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Like the buildings that line the Ringstrasse, its monuments are also informed by the notion of the historical Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), and also reveal the dualism between the ruling dynasty and the wealthy middle classes. Monuments such as that to Maria Theresa and successful generals such as Archduke Karl and Prince Eugene on Heldenplatz were intended to reinforce
When Hartmann von Habsburg was born in 1222, in Limberg, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Amt Breisach, Baden, his father, Albrecht IV von Habsburg, was 30 and his mother, Heilwig Gräfin von Kyburg, was 30. He died in 1252, in his hometown, at the age of 30.
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The lineage can be traced back to the late tenth century: Guntram the Rich is the first verifiable ancestor. His son Ratbod (died before 1054) was the founder of the family abbey of Muri in the Aargau, whose chronicles are the most important source for the history of the ‘original’ Habsburgs. Ratbod’s grandson Otto was the first to call himself von Habsburg, after the castle
An unusual document of a nobleman being able to read is provided by Hartmann von Aue. In 1190 he wrote these lines in the prologue to his Armer Heinrich.The author identifies himself as an educated knight who could at least read, thus emphasizing his own cultivation and revealing himself as a learned and competent narrator.
The Fall of the Symbols of Habsburg Rule. The destruction of symbols of foreign domination – including the Column of the Virgin Mary in Prague and the Maria-Theresa Monument in Bratislava – gave expression to a sense of victory over national suppression and of newly achieved independence. But another interesting aspect of these actions is ...
Otto von Habsburg (German: Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius, Hungarian: Ferenc József Ottó Róbert Mária Antal Károly Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Lajos Gaetan Pius Ignác; 20 November 1912 – 4 July 2011) was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of the empire in ...
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The statue The Liden Kirsten relief The Valkyrien relief. The monument consists of a bronze sculpture standing on a granite plinth and measures approximately 450 cm x 200 cm x 256 cm. An aging Hartmann is depicted seated on a chair, studying some sheet music lying in his lap. An inscription on the left side of the foot of the bronze sculpture ...
