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2 days ago · Detailed railway map of Austrian and Hungarian railways from 1911. By 1913, the combined length of the railway tracks of the Austrian Empire and Kingdom of Hungary reached 43,280 kilometres (26,890 miles).
1 day ago · Sigmund Freud was born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Freiberg, [12] [13] in the Austrian Empire (in Czech Příbor, now Czech Republic), the first of eight children. [14] Both of his parents were from Galicia .
2 days ago · Map showing the constituent lands of the Archduchy of Austria: the Duchy of Austria, comprising Upper Austria centered on Linz, and Lower Austria centered on Vienna; Inner Austria, centered on Graz, comprising the duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, and the lands of the Austrian Littoral; and Further Austria, comprising mostly the ...
5 days ago · By 906 they had destroyed Great Moravia, and in 907 near Pressburg (Bratislava, Slvk.) the Magyars defeated a large Bavarian army that had tried to win back lost territory. Liutpold of Bavaria as well as Theotmar, the archbishop of Salzburg, were killed in battle.
3 days ago · The world’s earliest surviving maps, starting with ancient Babylonian clay tablets from the 6th century BCE through early Greek maps of the 3rd century BCE, typically show the world as a small landmass entirely encircled by a ribbon of water, as in the map below.
5 days ago · Geographical and historical treatment of Austria, including maps and statistics as well as a survey of its people, economy, and government.
4 days ago · Germany - Prussia, Austria, Contest: In 1740 the death of the Habsburg emperor Charles VI without a male heir unleashed the most embittered conflict in Germany since the wars of Louis XIV. The question of the succession to the Austrian throne had occupied statesmen for decades.
