Julius Wagner Knight von Jauregg was the noble prize owner in the year of 1927 from Austria. He was quite popular in the name of Jauregg Wagner. He was... more

The Roman Catholic Church provided the most vocal objections to Joesephat policy. Apart from the bishops and archbishops, the Church was against the continuous... more

The middle classes provided significant opposition to Joseph. The Guilds bitterly resented the abolishment of their privileges, the confiscation of their... more

Joseph was in favour of the total abolition of slavery. He believed that serfdom both hindered the development of agriculture and involved the exploitation... more

Joseph's social reform was the area which he was most influenced by Enlightenment thinkers. Before 1780, Austria had no government funded welfare agencies.... more

Joseph was opposed to Church-run education. He wanted to establish a system of state schools were children would be trained for their future work. His... more

The result was some improvement but it was not as great as Maria Theresa would have hoped. It was able to fight much better in the Seven Years War, even... more

Before 1740, there was a great religious rivalry in Austria. The religion of the state was Roman Catholicism and the other minority religions were persecuted.... more

Maria Theresa was a devout and pious Catholic. The idea of striking at the Church for political or economic reasons was contrary to her deepest beliefs.... more

In 1765 Austrian empress was frail and old. Her son, Joseph, was one of the leading figures running the country along with some of Maria Theresa’s advisors.... more

The Ruler of the Hapsburg Empire before Maria Theresa was Charles VI. He left the middle age system of serfdom largely unchanged. Serfs were tied to their... more

The government was responsible for very long delays before orders were implemented. All the official bodies saw themselves as separate entities, more concerned... more

Maria Theresa had been left with an empire virtually bankrupt and ill prepared in foreign relations to meet the great challenge of Fredrick. When she came... more

Maria Theresa saw the need to reform central government, as it was very disorganised and inefficient before 1740. She argued that the conduct of affairs... more

In terms of local government, the establishment of the Direktorium (an important government committee) led to an extension of bureaucracy. Maria Theresa... more

Maria Theresa’s senior advisor, Haugwitz, tried to provide extra finances for the army. It was agreed that an overhaul of training, equipment and recruitment... more

Maria Theresa had to make changes to the economy as she was basically left with a bankrupt country. Haugwitz was put in charge of economic and tax reforms.... more

One of Maria Theresa’s advisors, Van Swieten, was concerned with education. The schooling system was dominated by Jesuits, which involved emphasis on... more

As soon as Joseph came to the throne in 1780, he refused the coronation ceremony in Hungary and transferred the Crown of St Stephen from Budapest to Vienna.... more

There was an inevitable resistance to Joseph’s reforms when he decided to impose a uniform judicial system on the hereditary lands. This led to the tax... more

Maria-Theresa ruled in Austria between 1740 and 1780 during the years of the Enlightenment. She was just 24 years of age when she came to the throne and... more

Austria is a country in Central Europe. It is surrounded by land on all sides. The flag of Austria has three horizontal stripes. The top and the bottom... more

Okay, the first thing to say is that there is no such thing as just an Austrian Dictionary, the reason for this is that although Austria is an independent... more

Hitler's Germany, also known as the Third Reich, annexed Austria on March 12, 1938 and the Sudetenland on October 10, 1938. The annexation of Austria is... more

Okay, Airport to Airport I made out the distance as 4015 miles (6462 km). Average cruise speed of the Airbus 300 is 890 km/hr. So, we can make that... more

The country of Austria is where you can find a city that is known to the world as Neulengbach. The city is located in the west of Vienna, the capital of... more

Mayrhofen is a town that is located in the Zillertal of Tyrol, Austria. It is situated below the Hintertux glacier, which is higher than the snowline.... more

Reifnitz is in Austria. It is the town of Ferlach in the municipality of Maria Woerth. There are four towns in this municipality- Dellach, Sekirn, Maria... more

There are a number of places that go by the name of Schwarzenbach. In Austria for example there is Schwarzenbach (Niederösterreich), located in the district... more

Nearly most of Austria is exhausted by the Danube in the Black Sea. The rivers which flown into this sea are classified in an alphabetic order. They... more

There are nine regions in Austria. These regions are collectively known in German, the official language of Austria, as Bundesland. They are Burgenland,... more

The capital of Austria is Vienna it is the largest city in Austria. Austria is a landlocked country; it shares its borders with Germany and Czech Republic... more

Charles VI of Austria reigned as Holy Roman Emperor commencing 1711 to 1740. He had two children, named Maria Theresa and Maria Anna, both girls. This... more

Charles VI of Austria was born on the 1st of October 1685, and he reigned as Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740. He was born to Leopold I and his third... more