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The Austro-Hungarian gulden (alternatively florin or forint; German: Gulden, Hungarian: forint, Croatian: forinta/florin, Czech: zlatý, Polish: złoty reński) was the currency of the lands of the House of Habsburg between 1754 and 1892 (known as the Austrian Empire from 1804 to 1867 and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy after 1867), when it was replaced by the Austro-Hungarian krone as part of ...
1587–1594 Dr. Jacob Kurz von Senftenau. 1594–1597 Johann Wolf Freymann von Oberhausen. 1597–1606 Dr. Rudolf Coradutz. 1606–1612 Leopold Freiherr von Stralendorf. 1612–1620 Hans Ludwig von Ulm. 1620–1637 Johann Baptist Verda von Verdenberg. 1637–1656 Johann Mathias Prücklmayer. 1656–1665 Hans Joachim Sinzendorf.
The Imperial Crown of Austria ( German: Österreichische Kaiserkrone) is a crown formerly in use by the monarchs of the Habsburg monarchy. The crown was originally made in 1602 in Prague by Jan Vermeyen as the personal crown of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, and therefore is also known as the Crown of Emperor Rudolf II ( German: Rudolfskrone ).
The dissolution of Austria-Hungary was a major geopolitical event that occurred as a result of the growth of internal social contradictions and the separation of different parts of Austria-Hungary. The more immediate reasons for the collapse of the state were World War I , the 1918 crop failure, general starvation and the economic crisis.
The Imperial Council [a] was the legislature of the Austrian Empire from 1861 [b] until 1918. It was a bicameral body: the upper house was the House of Lords ( German: Herrenhaus ), and the lower house was the House of Deputies (German: Abgeordnetenhaus ). To become law, bills had to be passed by both houses, signed by the government minister ...
Sigmund Freud (/ f r ɔɪ d / FROYD, German: [ˈziːkmʊnt ˈfrɔʏt]; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and ...
Austrian nobility. The Austrian nobility ( German: österreichischer Adel) is a status group that was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of Austria-Hungary. Austria's system of nobility was very similar to that of Germany (see German nobility ), as both countries were previously part of the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806).
