The Rise and Fall of Austria or Habsburg Empire / Österreich

Austria was ruled by the Habsburg dynasty from 1278/1282 until 1918. Therefore, historical Austria is also known as the Habsburg Empire or the Habsburg Monarchy. The Habsburgs made Austria a great power ever since 1477, when they inherited much of what is now the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Soon afterwards they inherited many more lands by their marriage policies. During the 16th century, the Habsburgs ruled over large parts of Europe (not to speak of their enormous American colonial empire). The centuries afterwards they remained a great power until World War I, when the nationalist thoughts in Europe finally divided the old empire into many small states.

It's important to put in mind that Austria has always been a "part" of Germany until the 19th century. Indeed, the German Empire didn't exist until 1871, but the Germans (Austrians included) always realized they shared a same language and culture, and the medieval Holy Roman Empire actually was more or less a German state until it fell apart in the fatal 13th century. Since 1452, the Habsburgs were (with one short exception) the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, which was by now virtually a very loose confederation of states. However, the position of the Holy Roman Emperor gave the Habsburgs privileges and some sort of loyalty from the German dukes, although monarchs like the Prussian kings didn't care. The Austrians were finally abandoned outside the German Empire in 1871.

Music:
Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau (English title: The Blue Danube), 1866

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[yespr]

This whole empire was based on inbreeding among aristocrats

[maneggl]

The Habsburgs turned my country, Spain, into the most powerful in the world at the time. Spain will never forget what the Austrian family did for it.

[LordPlautus]

@kedemdaniyela

Austria was always a small piece of shit, this simulation is nonesense

[LordPlautus]

bollocks

[TSetznagel]

very well, but under Karl V the Habsburger Empire was bigger (South America)

[kedemdaniyela]

EXTREMELY inaccurate. Very badly made.

[Cameronseibona]

@boyidrsk

Why would that be?

[herebere444]

You forgot King Hunyadi "Corvin" (crow) Mátyás, who occupied Wien, and most of Bohemia.

[slobaheroj]

@ShovelHorse ali nesto od metohije

[weather368]

Savoy is spelled Chambèrry

[ShovelHorse]

@slobaheroj Nista od Kosova 

[slobaheroj]

@ShovelHorse i turci su tako govorili pa ih nema, i hitel pa ga nema, i austrougari pa ih nema, nestace i amerika samo ce ostati istinski pravoslavan narod koji je uvek opstao jer ga Bog cuva