Styria (duchy)

The Duchy of Styria (German: Herzogtum Steiermark) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution in 1918. This mountainous and scenic region, which became a center for mountaineering in the 19th century, is often called the "green march", because half of the area is covered with forests and one quarter with meadows, grasslands, vineyards and orchards. Styria is also rich in minerals, soft coal and iron, which has been mined at Erzberg since the time of the Romans. The Windisch Buheln is a famous Austrian wine-producing district. Styria was for long the most densely-populated and productive mountain region of Europe.

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German - Duchy - Holy Roman Empire - 1806 - Austria-Hungary - 1918 - Erzberg - Romans

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Styria, which had a population before World War I that was 68% German-speaking, 32% Slovene, bordered on (clockwise) Lower Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Carniola, Carinthia, Salzburg, and Upper Austria. After World War I in 1918 the southern, Slovene-speaking third south of the river Mur was incorporated into Slovenia in the Yugoslavia. The remaining two thirds became a federal state of Austria, while the Slovenian third (Lower Styria) is an informal province in Slovenia. The traditional capital of the duchy has always been Graz, the residence of the governor and the seat of the administration of the province.

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World War I - Lower Austria - Hungary - Croatia - Carniola - Carinthia - Salzburg - Upper Austria - Mur - Slovenia - Yugoslavia - Federal state - Austria - Lower Styria - Graz

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