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The Duchy of Styria (German: Herzogtum Steiermark; Slovene: Vojvodina Štajerska; Latin: Ducatus Styriae) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution in 1918.
The history of Styria concerns the region roughly corresponding to the modern Austrian state of Styria and the Slovene region of Styria ( Štajerska) from its settlement by Germans and Slavs in the Dark Ages until the present. This mountainous and scenic region, which became a centre for mountaineering in the 19th century, is often called the ...
The Duchy of Styria was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution in 1918.
The Duchy of Austria ( Latin: Austriae Ducatus; German: Herzogtum Österreich) was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire, established in 1156 by the Privilegium Minus, when the Margraviate of Austria ( Ostarrîchi) was detached from Bavaria and elevated to a duchy in its own right. [1]
May 23, 2018 · Places. Germany, Scandinavia, and Central Europe. Austria Political Geography. Styria. views 3,027,323 updated May 23 2018. STYRIA (Ger. Steiermark ), province in S.E. and central Austria, originally a duchy connected with the *Hapsburgs from 1186.
When in 976 King Otto II separated the Duchy of Carinthia from the Bavarian stem duchy, it included the marches of Verona, Istria, Carniola, and the marchia Carantana (Styria), comprising the adjacent eastern territory beyond the Koralpe range on to the Mur, Mürz and Enns rivers.
