Austria-Hungary

The Lands of the Empire

Many texts refer to the non-Hungarian ("Austrian") half part of Austria-Hungary as Cisleithania -- because most of its territory lay west (or to "this" side, from an Austrian perspective) of the Leitha river (although Galicia to the north-east also counted as "Austrian"). This region (consisting of more than simply Austria) strictly speaking had no collective official name prior to 1915, and hence official sources referred to the "Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council". (The Imperial Council (Reichsrat) functioned as Cisleithania's parliament.) Similarly, the Transleithanian ("Hungarian") half also consisted of more than simply Hungary, and bore the official designation of the "Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Stephen" -- a reference to the canonised first Christian king of Hungary.

Related Topics:
Cisleithania - Leitha - Austria - Reichsrat - Transleithania - [Saint] Stephen - Canonised - Christian

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The "Kingdoms and Lands" of the Cisleithanian half of the Empire:

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• the Kingdom of Bohemia
• the Kingdom of Dalmatia
• the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
• the Archduchy of Austria (as Upper Austria and Lower Austria)
• the Duchy of Bukowina
• the Duchy of Carinthia
• the Duchy of Carniola
• the Duchy of Salzburg
• the Duchy of Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia
• the Duchy of Styria
• the Margravate of Moravia
• the Princely County of Tyrol (including the Land of Vorarlberg),
• the Coastal Land (including the Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca, the City of Trieste and the Margravate of Istria).

The "Lands" of the Transleithanian half of the Empire:

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• the Kingdom of Hungary- including Transylvania and Vojvodina
• the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia
• the City of Fiume.

Bosnia-Herzegovina formed a separate part of the Empire, jointly administered by both halves.

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