Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a constitutional monarchy in Central and
Eastern Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed when the Austrian Empire adopted a new constitution; as a result Austria (Cisleithania) and Hungary
(Transleithania) were placed on equal footing. It dissolved into several new states at the end of the First World War. Austria-Hungary was a multinational state
and one of Europe's major powers at the time. Austria-Hungary was geographically the second-largest country in Europe after the Russian Empire, at
621,538 km2 (239,977 sq mi),[7] and the third-most populous (after Russia and the German Empire). The Empire built up the fourth-largest machine building
industry of the world, after the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.[8] Austria-Hungary also became the world's third largest manufacturer
and exporter of electric home appliances, electric industrial appliances and power generation apparatus for power plants, after the United States and the
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A large scale composite map from 1856 at the David Rumsey Collection.
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General-Post und Strassen Karte der Oesterreichischen Monarchie (1854) Franz Ersten
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Austria-Hungary (1884) J. Arrowsmith
Courtesy of the David Rumsey Collection |
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Osterreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie (1888) K. u. k. militär-geographisches Institut Austro-Hungarian Monarchie
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Verkehrs-Karte Oesterreich-Ungarn (1901) W. Liebenow Traffic map of Austria-Hungary The west and southwest portion of European Russia, as well as the entire Balkan region is included. Source: Bibliotheque nationale de France |
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Ubersichtskarte der osterreichischen Staatsbahnen (1909) K. Prochaska Outline map of Austrian State Railways
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Oesterreich-Ungarn (1910) C. Flemming
Post WWI borders have been roughly drawn on the map. Courtesy of http://mapywig.org |
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Austria-Hungary (1912) A.K. Johnston
Includes the late addition of Bosnia.
Courtesy of the David Rumsey Collection |
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