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UPPER See also:AUSTRIA (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der See also:Enns, " Austria above the See also:river Enns ")
, an archduchy and See also:crown-See also:land of See also:Austria, bounded N. by Bohemia, W. by See also:Bavaria, S. by See also:Salzburg and See also:Styria, and E. by See also:Lower Austria
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It has an See also:area of 4631 sq. m
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Upper Austria is divided by the See also:Danube into two unequal parts
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Its smaller See also:northern See also:part is a prolongation of the See also:southern See also:angle of the Bohemian See also:forest and contains as culminating points the Plocklstein(4S10 ft.) and the Sternsteim (3690 ft.)
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The southern part belongs to the region of the Eastern See also:Alps, containing the See also:Salzkammergut and Upper See also:Austrian Alps, which are found principally in the See also:district of Salzkammergut (q.v.)
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To the See also:north of these mountains, stretching towards the Danube, is the Alpine foothill region, composed partly of terraces and partly of swelling undulations, of which the most important is the Hausruckwald
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This is a wooded See also:chain of mountains, with many branches, See also:rich in See also:
The inhabitants are almost exclusively of See also:German stock and See also:Roman Catholics
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For administrative purposes, Upper Austria is divided into two autonomous municipalities, See also:Linz (58,778) the See also:capital, and Steyr (17,592) and 12 districts
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Other See also:principal towns are Weis (12,187), Ischl (9646) and See also:Gmunden (7126)
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The See also:local See also:diet, of which the See also:bishop of Linz is a member ex officio, is composed of 50 members and the duchy sends 22 members to the Reichsrat at See also:Vienna
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The See also:soil in the valleys and on the lower slopes of the hills is fertile, indeed 35•o8 % of the whole area is arable
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See also:Agriculture is well See also:developed and relatively large quantities of the principal cereals are produced
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Upper Austria has the largest proportion of meadows in all Austria, 18.54%, while 2.49% is See also:lowland and Alpine pasturage
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Of the See also:remainder, See also:woods occupy 34.02 %, gardens 1.99 % and 4.93 % is unproductive
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See also:Cattle-breeding is also in a very advanced See also:stage and together with the See also:timber-See also:trade forms a considerable resource
of the See also:province
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The principal See also:mineral See also:wealth of Upper Austria is See also:salt, of which it extracts nearly 50% of the See also:total Austrian See also:production
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Other important products are See also:lignite, See also:gypsum and a variety of valuable stones and See also:clays
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There are about See also:thirty mineral springs, the best known being the salt See also:baths of Ischl and the See also:iodine See also:waters at See also:
The principal See also:industries are the See also:iron and See also:metal manufactures, chiefly centred at Steyr
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Next in importance are the See also:machine, See also:linen, See also:cotton and See also:paper manufactures, the milling, See also:brewing and distilling industries and See also:shipbuilding
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The principal articles of export are salt, See also:
See also:Government.---The See also:present constitution of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy (see AUSTRIA) is based on the Pragmatic See also:Sanction of the emperor See also: Budget.-See also:Side by side with the budget of each state of the Dual Monarchy, there is a common budget, which comprises the expenditure necessary for the common affairs, namely for the conduct of foreign affairs, for the army, and for the ministry of finance . The revenues of the joint budget consist of the revenues of the joint ministries, the See also:net proceeds of the customs, and the See also:quota, or the proportional contributions of the two states . This quota is fixed fora See also:period of years, and generally coincides with the duration of the customs and commercial treaty . Until 1897 Austria contributed 70 %, and Hungary 30 % of the joint expenditure, remaining after-See also:deduction of the common See also:revenue . It was then decided that from 1897 to See also:July 1907 the quota should be 66$ for Austria, and 33A for Hungary . In 1907 Hungary's contribution was raised to 36.4 % . Of the total charges 2 % is first of all debited to Hungary on See also:account of the See also:incorporation with this state of the former military frontier . The Budget estimates for the common administration were as follows in 1905:- Revenue- - The following table gives in thousands See also:sterling the joint budget for the years 1875-1905:- Debt.-Besides the debts of each state of the Dual Monarchy, there is a See also:general debt, which is See also:borne jointly by Austria and Hungary . The following table gives in millions sterling the amount of the general debt for the years 1875-1905:- 1875 . 1885 . 1895 . 1900 . 190.5 . 232.41 231.02 229.67 226.81 224.31 Delegations.-The constitutional right of voting See also:money applicable to the common affairs and of its See also:political control is exercised by the Delegations, which consist each of sixty members, chosen for one See also:year, one-third of them by the Austrian Herrenhaus (Upper House) and the Hungarian Table of Magnates (Upper House), and two-thirds of them by the Austrian and the Hungarian Houses of Representatives . The delegations are annually summoned by the monarch alternately to Vienna and to See also:Budapest . Each delegation has its separate sittings, both alike public . Their decisions are reciprocally communicated in See also:writing, and, in case of non-agreement, their deliberations are renewed . Should three such interchanges be made without agreement, a common plenary sitting is held of an equal number of both delegations; and these collectively, without discussion, decide the question by common See also:vote . The common decisions of both houses require for their validity the sanction of the monarch . Each delegation has the right to formulate resolutions independently, and to See also:call to account and arraign the common ministers . In the exercise of their See also:office the members of both delegations are irresponsible, enjoying constitutional See also:immunity . Army.-The military See also:system of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy is similar in both states, and rests since 1868 upon the principle of the universal and See also:personal See also:obligation of the See also:citizen to See also:bear arms . Its military 'force is composed of the common army (K. and K.); the special armies, namely the Austrian (K.K.) Landwehr, and the Hungarian Honveds, which are separate national institutions, and the Landsturne or See also:levy-inmass . As stated above, the common army stands under the administration of the joint minister of war, while the special armies are under the administration of the respective ministries of national defence . The yearly contingent of recruits for the army is fixed by the military bills voted by the Austrian and Hungarian parliaments, and is generally determined on the basis of the population, according to the last See also:census returns . It amounted in 1905 to 103,100 men, of which Austria furnished 59,211 men, and Hungary 43,889 . Besides 10,000 men are annually allotted to the Austrian Landwehr, and 12,500 to the Hungarian Honveds . The See also:term of service is 2 years (3 years in the See also:cavalry) with the See also:colours, 7 or 8 in the reserve and 2 in the Landwehr; in the case of men not drafted to the active army the same total period of service is spent in various special reserves . For the military and administrative service of the army the Dual Monarchy is divided into 16 military territorial districts (15 of which correspond to the 15 army See also:corps) and 108 supplementary districts (105 for the army, and 3 for the navy) . In 1902, since which year no material change was made in the formal organization of the army, there were 5 cavalry divisions and 31in- fantry divisions, formed in 15 army corps, which are located as follows:: I . See also:Cracow, II . Vienna, III . See also:Graz, IV . Budapest, V . See also:Press- See also:burg, VI . Kaschau, VII .
See also:Temesvar, VIII
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See also:Prague, IX
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Josefstadt, X
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See also:Przemysl, XI
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See also:Lemberg, XII
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Herrmannstadt, XIII
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See also:Agram,
there is the military district of See also:Zara
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The
usual strength of the corps is, 2 See also:infantry divi-
sions (4 brigades, 8 or 9 regiments, 32 or 36
battalions), 1 cavalry See also:brigade (18 squadrons),
and 1 See also:artillery brigade (16-18 batteries or
128-144 See also: 12,679,160 Navy . 2,306,100 Ministry of Finance 177,000 Board of Control 13,250 Extraordinary Military Expenditure 4,785,500 Extraordinary Military Expenditure in Bosnia 315,920 Total . . 420,762,410 Expenditure . 1875 . 1885 . 1895 . 1900 . 1905 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs 396 3'68.7 333 433'4 493'8 Ministry of War (Army and 9005.4 10,085 12,539 13,887.5 18,o87.7 Navy) Ministry of Finance 154.2 167.2 170.4 175 177.1 Supreme Court of Accounts . 10.5 io-6 10.7 12.5 13.3 Total 9566.1 10,631.5 13,053.1 14,508.4 20,430.3 Revenue . For the above Departments 432 258.2 260.7 260.3 331.9 Customs . . . . 997.4 402.2 4476 5202.3 4799.7 Proportional Contributions . 8136.7 9971.1 8316.4 9045.8 15,650.4 Total 9566 . 1 10,631.5 13,053.1 14,508.4 _se 20,430.3 applied to the Austrian See also:regular army) is organized in 8 divisions of varying strength, the " Royal Hungarian " Landwehr or Honveds in 7 divisions, both Austrian and Hungarian Landwehr having in addition cavalry (Uhlans and hussars) and artillery . It is probable that a Landwehr or Honveds See also:division will, in war, form part of each army corps except in the case of the Vienna corps, which has 3 divisions in See also:peace . The relnainingg men of military See also:age (up to 42) as usual form the See also:Landsturm . It is to be noted that this Land-'See also:sturm comprises many men who would elsewhere be classed as Landwehr . The strength of the Austro-Hungarian army on a peace footing was as follows in 1905:- See also:Officers . Men . Horses . Guns . Infantry- to,8oi 187,604 1,152 Common Army . . . Austrian Landwehr . . 1,883 23,905 174 • • Hungarian Honveds 2,258 21,149 262 Cavalry- 1,890 45,486 40,740 • • Common Army . . Austrian Landwehr . 170 1,861 1,282 Hungarian Honveds 390 4,170 3,510 Field Artillery . . . 1,630 27,612 14,520 1048 Fortress Artillery . . . 408 7,722 131 Technical troops 588 9,935 19 (Pioneers, and Railway and 461 4,312 3,097 • • See also:Telegraph See also:Regiment) Transport Service . . Sanitary Service . 85 3,062 . . Total . . . 20,564 336,818 64,887 1048 Belonging to the 15,863 285,733 59,659 1048 Common Army . . . Austrian Landwehr . . 2,053 25,766 1,456 . . Hungarian Honveds 2,648 25,319 3,772 The troops stationed in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1905 (376 officers and 6372 men) are included in the total for the common army . The peace strength of the active army in combatants is thus about 350,000 officers and men, inclusive of the two Landwehrs and of the Austrian " K.K." See also:guards, the Hungarian crown guards, the See also:gendarmerie, &c . The See also:numbers of the Landsturm and the war strength of the whole armed forces are not published . It is estimated that the first line army in war would consist of 460,000 infantry, 49,000 cavalry, 78,000 artillery, 21,000 See also:engineers, &c., beside See also:train and non-combatant soldiers . The Landwehr and Honved would yield 219,000 infantry and 18,000 cavalry, and other reserves 223,000 mien . These figures give an approximate total strength of 1,147,000, not inclusive of Landsturm . Fortifications.-The principal fortifications in Austria-Hungary are: Cracow and Przemysl in See also:Galicia; See also:Komarom, the centre of the inland fortifications, Petervarad, 6-See also:Arad and Temesvar in Hungary ; Serajewo, See also:Mostar and Bilek in Bosnia-Herzegovina . The Alpine frontiers, especially those in See also:Tirol, have numerous fortifications, whose centre is formed by See also:Trent and Franzensfeste; while all the military roads leading into See also:Carinthia have been provided with strong defensive See also:works, as at Malborgeth, Predil Pass, &c . The two capitals, Vienna and Budapest, are not fortified . On the Adriatic See also:coast, the See also:naval See also:harbour of See also:Pola is strongly fortified with sea and land defences; then come See also:Trieste, and several places in See also:Dalmatia, notably Zara and See also:Cattaro . Navy.-The Austro-Hungarian navy is mainly a coast defence force, and includes also a flotilla of monitors for the Danube . It is administered by the naval See also:department of the ministry of war . It consisted in 1905 of 9 See also:modern battleships, 3 armoured cruisers, 5 cruisers, 4 See also:torpedo gunboats, 20 destroyers and 26 torpedo boats . There was in See also:hand at the same See also:time a naval See also:programme to build 12 armourclads, 5 second-class cruisers, 6 third-class cruisers, and a number of torpedo boats . The headquarters of the See also:fleet are at Pola, which is the principal naval See also:arsenal and harbour of Austria; while another great naval station is Trieste . Trade.-On the basis of the customs and commercial agreement between Austria and Hungary, concluded in 1867 and renewable every ten years, the following affairs, in addition to the common affairs of the monarchy, are in both states treated according to the same principles: Commercial affairs, including customs legislation; legislation on the duties closely connected with See also:industrial production -on See also:beer, See also:brandy, See also:sugar and mineral See also:oils; determination of legal See also:tender and coinage, as also of the principles regulating the Austro-Hungarian See also:Bank; ordinances in respect of such See also:railways as affect the interests of both states . In conformity with the customs and commercial compact between the two states, renewed in 1899, the monarchy constitutes one identical customs and commercial territory, inclusive of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the principality of Liechtenstein . The foreign trade of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy is shown in the following table: Value in Millions Sterling . Articles . 1900 . 1901 . 1902 . 1903 . 1904 . Raw material (including 41.5 40.5 41.8 45.9 51.9 articles of See also:food; raw material for agriculture and See also:industry ; and See also:mining 9.6 9.6 Io•3 io•6 10.8 and smelting products) Semi-manufactured goods . Manufactured goods . . . 19.5 18.7 19.5 21.6 22.5 Exports . Value in Millions Sterling . Articles . 1900 .. 1901 . 1902 . 1903 . 1904 . Raw material (as above) . 34'1 34.1 35'8 39 35.3 Semi-manufactured goods . 12.6 I 1.1 11.1 12.4 12.6 Manufactured goods . . . 34.2 33.3 32'8 37.2 38.3 The most important See also:place of derivation and of destination for the Austro-Hungarian trade is the German empire with about 40 % of the imports, and about 6o % of the exports . Next in importance comes Great See also:Britain, afterwards See also:India, Italy, the See also:United States of See also:America, Russia, See also:France, Switzerland, Rumania, the See also:Balkan states and See also:South America in about the See also:order named . The principal articles of import are cotton and cotton goods, See also:wool and woollen goods, See also:silk and silk goods, See also:coffee, See also:tobacco and metals . The principal articles of export are See also:wood, sugar, cattle, See also:glass and glassware, iron and iron-See also:ware, eggs, cereals, millinery, See also:fancy goods, earthenware and pottery, and See also:leather goods . The Austro-Hungarian Bank.-Common to the two states of the monarchy is the " Austro-Hungarian Bank," which possesses a legal exclusive right to the issue of bank-notes . It was founded in 1816, and had the title of the Austrian National Bank until 1878, when it received its actual name . In virtue of the new bank See also:statute of the year 1899 the bank is a joint-stock See also:company, with. a stock of £8,780,000 . The bank's notes of issue must be covered to the extent of two-fifths by legal specie (See also:gold and current See also:silver) in reserve; the See also:rest of the paper circulation, according to bank usage . The state, under certain conditions, takes a portion of the clear profits of the bank . The management of the bank and the supervision exercised over it by the state are established on a footing of equality, both states having each the same influence . The accounts of the bank at the end of 1900 were as follows: capital, £8,750,000; reserve fund, £428,250; See also:note circulation, £62,251,000; See also:cash, £50,754,000 . In 1907 the reserve fund was £548,041; note circulation, £84,501,000; cash,-s£bo,o36,625 . The See also:charter of the bank, which expired in 1897, was renewed until the end of 1910 . In the Hungarian ministerial crisis of 1909 the question of the renewal of the charter played a conspicuous part, the more extreme members of the See also:Independence party demanding the See also:establishment of separate See also:banks for Austria and Hungary with, at most, common superintendence (see See also:History, below) . (O . BR.) HISTORY I . The ,Whole Monarchy . The empire of Austria, as the official designation of the territories ruled by the Habsburg monarchy, See also:dates back only to 1804, when Francis II., the last of the See also:Holy Roman The title emperors, proclaimed himself emperor of Austria as Emperor Francis I . His See also:motive in doing so was to guard °t against the great house of Habsburg being relegated arstrla.° to a position inferior to the parvenus Bonapartes, in the event of the final collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, or of the possible See also:election of See also:Napoleon as his own successor on the throne of See also:Charlemagne . The title emperor of Austria, then, replaced that of " Imperator Romanorum See also:semper See also:Augustus " when the Holy Empire came to an end in 18o6 . From the first, however, it was no more than a title, which represented but See also:ill the actual relation of the Habsburg sovereigns to their several states . Year . Imports . Exports . 1900 £70,666,000 £80,916,000 1901 68,833,000 78,541,000 1902 71,666,000 79,708,000 1903 78,200,000 88,600,000 1904 85,200,000 86,200,000 1905 89,430,000 93,500,000 See also:min The See also:foil g tables give the foreign trade of the Austro-H ungarian monarchy as regards raw material and manufactured goods: Imports . See also:Magyars and Slays never willingly recognized a See also:style which ignored their national rights and implied the superiority of the German elements of the monarchy; to the Germans it was a poor substitute for a title which had represented the political unity of the German See also:race under the Holy Empire . For See also:long after the Vienna See also:Congress of 1814—1815 the "Kaiser "as such exercised a powerful influence over the imaginations of the German See also:people outside the Habsburg dominions; but this was because the title was still surrounded with its See also:ancient See also:halo and the essential change was not at once recognized . The outcome of the long struggle with See also: |