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(1,020 ft) above sea level, dominates Contact Details A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S and forms part of the Steinhof DREAM Psychiatric Hospital; previous official Announcements By Wolfgang Geissler title was Niederösterreichische Landes- NEW Heil- und Pflegeanstalt für Nerven- und Now with Geisteskranke 'Am Steinhof' (Lower The SupplementSupplement......
Austrian State Healing and Care Institution for the Neurologically and Scottish Ladies’ Mentally Sick, 'Am Steinhof'). It is Heurigen located on a hillside (the Baumgartnerhöhe) below the By Wolfgang Geissler Galitzinberg in the 14th Vienna district, Penzing. It has a separate status as Once again ladies of Scottish part of the surrounding hospital and birth met at this renowned Heurigen in leafy Baden, does not form part of the Archdiocese “Streiterhof”, run by the Family of Vienna. Märzweiler, am Leesdorfer More in TheTTThe Supplement Domplatz.
Shakespeare in the Park of Open House Theatre Company, Schloss Pötzleinsdorf 8th August 2013. Organised and sponsored by the A Midsummer Night’s Dream deals with the universal Austro British Society. theme of love and its complications: lust, disappointment, confusion, marriage. The plot focuses on three parallel stories: the trials and experiences of two sets of lovers camping in a magical forest, the world of the Fairy King and Queen and their elves, and a group of rough craftsmen attempting to stage a production of “Pyramus and Thisbe” for the wedding of the Duke of Athens. Let the party begin!
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Calendar & Programme
Pages 3-27 September 2013
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
26 August 27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August 31 August 1 September
Walking Walking Sailing on the Winzer- Group Group Alte Donau wandern in Sooß
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Walking Pub Night Walking Group Group Sailing on the Pillichsdorfer Alte Donau Kellergassen Fest
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Walking Rainer’s Walking Sailing on the Buskers Buskers Buskers Group Walking Tour Group. Alte Donau Festival Festival Festival
Expat Centre
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Walking Sailing on the Wiesenfest Vienna Walking Group Alte Donau Aspern/ Shopping Vienna Group Shopping Street Festival Masters 2013
Vienna Street Masters 2013 Festival/ Vienna Masters 2013 Masters 2013
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Walking Hedy Lamarr Group lecture/ Walking Sailing on the The World’s Pass Egal/ Group Alter Donau Biggest Coffee Wagner Morning Exhibition Men’s Beisl Tour
How the weather on the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8th) does behave, so it should be for an additional four weeks. Wie sich's Wetter an Mariä Geburt (8.) tut verhalten, so soll sich's weitere vier Wochen noch gestalten.
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PUBLIC HOHOLIDAYSLIDAYS SEPTEMBER
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What’s on in September?
Pub Night Tuesday, Flanagan’s Irish 3rd at Flanagan’s Irish Pub Pub September Schwarzenbergstra 7 pm FIRST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH!!! sse 1-3 Vienna, 1st district Tram D, 2 to New Members Welcome! Schwarzenbergerpl atz, U1, U2, U4 Karlsplatz This is the BCA 's Shop Window! A chance for members to bring along friends and for new arrivals to try out the BCA. If you are able to attend it is a great way to catch up with old friends and to greet new friends. Meet in the “Post Office”, to the left as you enter. This month’s hosts: Monika Waddell.
Please note that ALL the following events are ALWAYS for BCA members and their guests unless otherwise indicated!
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SATURDAY, 777TH SEPTEMBER 2013 AT 14.35 OBERSDORF SS----BAHNBAHN STATION
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Open cellar doors in one of the largest continuous Kellergasse in Central Europe: FREE ADMISSION.
At the bottom of the Kellergasse or directly at Stefan Schmid’s stand you can buy a tasting glass for ONLY €9,-, (special price for our Group-otherwise €10, arranged under the name of GEISSLER) which, if you have the stamina, you can also use on Sunday (!) because this glass is the key to all the wines you can taste free of charge offered in every cellar!
I would like to invite you, as a group, to join me on Saturday, 7th September 2013 to meet at 2.35 pm at Obersdorf S-Bahn Station, (see time table) where we will be met by Stefan Schmid with his tractor and trailer and taken to the Pillichsdorfer Kellergasse!
You are of course free to explore the cellars in the Kellergasse and taste their wines at your leisure until we settle at Stefan Schmid, the vintner most of you already know from last year, with whom I have negotiated a special deal so that we ultimately can sit together and enjoy the Food and Wine:
His offer consists of: 1. Lift from the S-Bahn Station by Stefan Schmid with his tractor and trailer. 2. Reservation of Tables for our Group 3. A FREE Welcome Drink (Wine or Soft Drink) 4. A Voucher of 10% Discount per Box of 6 bottles of wine with free Delivery 5. 10 Minute introduction/exploration of the Kellergasse in English. Please reply to Wolfgang by latest 2nd September 2013.
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Station Datum Zeit Prognose Steig Verkehrsmittel Wien Meidling 07.09.2013 ab 13:50 3 Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz (ÖBB) ab 13:53 Wien Hbf (Bahnsteige 1-2) ab 13:56 Wien Quartier Belvedere ab 13:57 Wien Rennweg ab 14:01 Wien Mitte-Landstraße ab 14:04 Wien Praterstern ab 14:08 Wien Traisengasse ab 14:10 Wien Handelskai (Bahnsteige 1-2) ab 14:13 S 2 Wien Floridsdorf ab 14:16 Wien Siemensstraße ab 14:19 Wien Leopoldau ab 14:22 Gerasdorf b.Wien ab 14:26 Kapellerfeld ab 14:29 Seyring ab 14:32 Obersdorf NÖ (Bahnsteige 1-2) an 14:35 2 Bemerkungen: S-Bahn Richtung: Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel Fahrradmitnahme: Begrenzt möglich; nur 2. Klasse; Zustieg im Nahverkehr (REX, R, S-Bahn) nur mit gültiger Fahrkarte Dauer: 0:45; fährt nicht täglich, 12. Aug bis 14. Dez 2013 29 Tarif km
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Tuesday Start will be at 10th Rainer’s Walking Tour in September exactly 3 p.m. at the station of September 3 pm – the bus 92A at 6 pm Visit to the “Lion of Aspern“, the “Napoleon“ “Platz der Museum and the St. Martin’s Church Vereinten and Nationen“ next Supper to the U1 . station Kaisermuehle n/VIC. Please be there at 2:45 pm.
This event has been especially
Guided tour in English to Aspern, a historically very important planned place on the northeast outskirts of Vienna. The French emperor for ABICS Napoleon was defeated there for the first time in 1809: A magnificent monumental lion sculpted by Fernkorn reminds visitors and BCA at it. We will also see the small but excellent “Napoleon” Museum members which is well stocked with original pieces. Very interesting. Last but not least visit of the St. Martin’s church which has been enlarged but is also recently; the new design combines the old and new elements. open to all.
Start will be at exactly 3:00 p.m. at the station of the bus 92A at “Platz der Vereinten Nationen“ next to the U1 station Kaisermuehlen/VIC. Please be there at 2:45 pm.
Supper at about 5:15 p.m. in the garden of the nice restaurant Hollmann (Zachgasse 2, tel. 01/282 52 18).
Contribution: 5 €.
If interested please contact Dr.Rainer Zimmermann: Tel 0699 1 777 00 39 or email [email protected]
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Tuesday 46 tram from th Expat Center 12 Dr. Karl Renner September 6pm -10 pm Ring to PERSONAL INVITATION Auerspergstraße
„The Vienna Review Salon at the Expat Center Or U2 Rathaus. Vienna”
1010 Vienna, Schmerlingplatz 3 (corner of Bartensteingasse)
Selected journalists from the VIENNA REVIEW will be talking about some of their current stories in a relaxed, club- style atmosphere. Light refreshments will be served, with background piano jazz by Mr. Benjamin Kubaczek.
Moderation: Prof. Dardis McNamee, The Vienna Review
On behalf of the Vienna Business Agency and the Vienna Review, we are looking forward to having you join us, and kindly ask you to register by e-mail to [email protected] by Tuesday, 10th September.
Open to all. Not organised by the BCA
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Friday 20 SEPTEMBER 2013 17:00hrs Onwards
Come in your lederhosen to the best Wiesenfest on the Donau
http://www.aspern-essling.at/
Live music – Food – Beer
Entrance €10 (Includes first drink)
I have reserved a table for the BBBCCCAAA for this event. (The event is extremely popular and Saturday night is already fully sold out) Places are limited (First come first served) therefore you need to confirm early. If you are interested in joining for this event please contact
Bob Haigh
ASAP (first come first served)
e.mail : [email protected] Mobile : 0664 88390513
Location : Opelwerk Aspern – Directions from City: U2 to Aspernstrasse then 26 Bus to Saltenstrasse (Bus stops directly outside fest site)
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Tuesday Hedy Lamarr Lecture One way to th 24 get there is: September 6.15 pm U3 Stubentor, then walk up Wollzeile, first street to the right is Ladies and Gentlemen, Postgasse, on behalf of the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Research, I want to draw your attention to the continuation of the then first left "Hedy Lamarr Lectures", jointly organized with the Medienhaus into Wien, and cordially invite you to this next event. Bäckerstraße
The lectures start after the summer break with a lecture by . neuroscientist and Nobel Laureate Prof. Eric Kandel, Columbia University, New York, on "The Biology of Memory Storage".
The lecture will take place on Tuesday, 24 September 2013, at 6.15 pm in the Hall of the Academy of Sciences 1010 Vienna, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2. Please note that the presentation is not, as usual, on a Monday but this time will take place on a Tuesday instead, so please put this date in your diary!
We look forward to seeing you and wish you a relaxing summer!
Sincerely yours Ingrid Serini
Austrian Academy of Sciences Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Research Postgasse 7/4/1 1010 Wien
Tel: +43-1-51581-3110 Fax: +43-1-51581-3120 mailto: [email protected] http://www.oeaw.ac.at/cmc
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Sarah Schneider, 26, lives with a German passport in Austria:
"For 6 years I live in Austria. The Austrian policy creates the conditions for my life here. In order to feel politically represented here and to be able shape my environment democratically, ithe parliamentary elections should be also my elections. "
Evi Genetti, 40, lives with an Italian passport in Austria:
"I live for more than 20 years in Austria and pay taxes here. My daughter, who was born in Vienna, did not receive the Austrian citizenship at birth. The election law is as antiquated as the civil rights -. Unfortunately, otherwise I could vote those out, who are responsible for both. "
Izmaylova Alisa, 35, lives with Uzbek passport in Austria:
"For nearly a decade, I live in Austria. I wonder why I cannot vote and contribute to society. Undoubtedly, life in Austria is at a high level. When I tell them how everyday problems are being solved in Austria, my listeners in Uzbekistan are simply amazed. That's why it is sad to see how many eligible voters do not use their rights and do not vote, while others who would like to help shape society are excluded from voting. Every vote counts. "
Paulo Bitencourt, 46, lives with a Brazilian passport in Austria:
"That after 23 years in Austria my right to citizenship and the right to political participation has been refused, I can only describe as irrational. This policy causes me to think that the real reason is to exclude me and all who are in the same situation from the democratic process and to keep them in a parallel society. "
Hernan Villamizar, 26, lives with Colombian passport in Austria:
"For the last 9 years, Austria is the centre of my life. I'm studying, working and living in Vienna. Of course I have followed Austrian politics throughout this time. Be it the increases of tuition fees to the increase in parking fees or the army conscription. But I was never allowed to officially voice my opinion. I think that is wrong. Pay taxes, comply with the law, etc. - - with the fulfillment of our duties the fulfillment of our rights should automatically be guaranteed - to participate in elections, to carry public office, to the availability of the social system, etc. If a large part of the population is refused from democratic participation then the legitimacy of the state and its laws are put in question. The Republic of Austria has to solve that. "
Open to all, who do not hold an Austrian Passport. Not organised by the BCA
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Thursday, U2 or U3 to th Men’s Beisl Tour 26 Volkstheater. September Exit Burgasse and 7pm then it is about a 7 minutes walk to This month’s Men’s Beisl Tour will be organised by Siebensterngasse (see map) Bob Haigh .
Strassebahn 49 from Dr. Karl Renner Ring to Siebensterngasse.
Bus 13A from Hauptbahnhof direction Alserstraße: Siebernsterngasse 19, 1070 Wien Siebensterngasse (previous stop After last months expedition to the 22nd district this month we will Kirchengasse) sample the wonderful beers of the 7sternbrau in the heart of the th 7 district. The restaurant boasts an extensive menu of traditional Austrian fare, whilst serving a wide and a good selection of draught beers, all brewed on the premises including an interesting “chilli beer”! For more information see: http://www.7stern.at/eng.html If you would like to join us, please contact Bob Haigh by 20 Sept to allow us to book a table in this very popular venue: [email protected] or phone 0664 88390513
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Friday 27th The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Take the 37 tram from September Starting Schottentor...get off the 10.30 am tram at the Perntergasse This month's coffee morning is at stop where the ZAMG - (Meteorological office) Valerie Juge’s home, is ; go down Perntergasse and Stürzergasse is at the Stürzergasse 1a Top 1 (ground floor) in the 19th end on the left. District
There is ample parking in front of my apartment building.
My coffee morning, the 2nd one in aid of the MacMillan nurses will be Friday 27 September starting 10.30 am.
All over the UK and further afield ladies will be holding coffee mornings on this day, hence the title: the World's biggest coffee morning. Donations (the cost of a cup of coffee etc) would be gratefully welcome and the total amount will be sent, as last year, to the MacMillan nurses fund in the UK.
Please confirm by Monday 23 September 2013
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Arts and Crafts Club
Amateur artist and craftsperson, Sue Cornish-Hughes, is offering BCCCAAA members the opportunity to form an informal Arts and Crafts Club from her home in the 9th District.
Her initial idea is that the club will be held once a month between September and May, during the hours 10-14.00 with no costs other than for any materials we might buy, and for a coffee fund.
The types of art and craft will be open ended but drawing, painting, handcrafts, sewing, cooking, etc could be included.
! Recommences September 2013 – May 2014 !
You only have to drop in and bring your project, soup and bread lunch is provided.
Email or phone for directions and confirmation of date and time. Sue Cornish-Hughes [email protected] 06765504331
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Book Group
We are reading "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova in If you would like to attend, please June (meeting at the end of the month ) contact
Susan on and the book for September (to be read in July/August) is "Nicholas and Alexandra" by 01 87 777 87 Robert K Massie.
Email Susan on [email protected] for details
Any new people interested in joining please contact me about date and venue!
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Buskers Festival
The third Vienna Street Art Festival takes place on Karlsplatz from 13 to 15 September. Artists from across Europe display their expertise – from music to fire shows to acrobatics.
For a whole weekend in the middle of September, Karlsplatz belongs to the street artists. Around 30 artists' groups present their wide-ranging repertoires at the free open-air spectacle. Musicians and drummers perform, as do fire artists, acrobat, pantomimes, jugglers and magicians. There is also street art, break-dance and performances, as well as a special program for children.
Of course, food stands are an essential feature of the open-air festival. When things quiet down on Karlsplatz at night, the party continues at the Buskers after-parties at Club U and Ost Klub.
Buskers Festival 13-15 September 2013 2.00 pm - 10.00 pm www.buskers.at
Karlsplatz
1040 Wien www.karlsplatz.org
Map Accessibility
Comments Guiding system for the visually impaired with special "leading stones" (grooves and knobs), which can be felt with canes or feet - for the passage between the individual artistic institutions on Karlsplatz (e.g. Künstlerhaus, Musikverein) and for crossing the Friedrichstrasse-Lothringerstrasse intersection (which has heavy traffic), the traffic lights have audible signals.
Ost Klub Schwindgasse 1 / Schwarzenbergplatz 1040 Wien www.ost-klub.at
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Contacts
• +43 1 505 62 28 • [email protected]
Club U in the Otto Wagner Pavilion Karlsplatz / Künstlerhauspassage 1040 Wien www.club-u.at
Open to all. Not organised by the BCA
Vienna Shopping Streets Festival
On 20 and 21 September, the Vienna Shopping Streets Festival offers a special kind of shopping pleasure throughout the city. There are discount promotions, prize draws and a colorful supporting program with all sorts of entertainment.
A total of 40 shopping streets and markets invite you to go on a shopping spree across the city during the Vienna Shopping Streets Festival. And not only in the city center. Graben and Kärntner Straße, followed by Mariahilfer Straße, may be the most popular shopping streets, but each district has its own shopping area or an attractive market.
The Vienna Shopping Streets Festival brings even more life to the shopping streets – with prize draws, discount and voucher promotions. Numerous street parties are held, such as those on Währinger Straße, Krugerstraße, Landstraßer Hauptstraße and in Freihausviertel. On 20 September, there will be market parties at Karmelitermarkt, Meidlinger Markt and Vorgartenmarkt. Many small shops also invite shoppers in for a glass of sparkling wine and DJ music.
Vienna Shopping Streets Festival 20-21 September 2013 www.einkaufsstrassen.at
Open to all. Not organised by the BCA
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Vienna Masters 2013
From 19 to 22 September, Vienna plays host to the most important horse riding and show jumping tournament in Austria, the "Vienna Masters 2013". For the second time Rathausplatz becomes the central focus of the riding world.
The Global Champions Tour, the most prestigious show jumping series in the world, is hosted by Vienna for the second time. The best riders in the world ranking appear at 5-start show jumping trials. A 4-star dressage competition gathers together the elite of this discipline.
Set against the backdrop of Vienna City Hall in the center of the city, there's more on offer than just top-level sport: the program ranges from spectacular shows to celebrity riding demonstrations and amateur competitions to a gala performance by the Spanish Riding School on the Thursday. More than 20.000 visitors are expected.
4 days of premium sport - 3 evenings of parties The area lets fans dive into the world of horses. Numerous exhibitors present new and tested products related to horses and horse riding. The food area fulfills culinary wishes. There's no shortage of evening celebration at parties and clubbings.
The partly covered spectator grandstands offer space for more than 4,000 visitors. On the Thursday, Friday and Saturday, all competitions of the Vienna Masters can be attended for free into the afternoon; an admission ticket to the grandstand places is required for the top tournaments that follow and on the Sunday. The dining zone and exhibitor pavilions in front of the riding arena can always be accessed free of charge. Some million households will follow the competitions in television broadcasts.
Vienna Masters - Horse meets city 19-22 September 2013 Information, program and tickets: www.viennamasters.at www.oeticket.com
City Hall Square (Rathausplatz) Rathausplatz 1010 Wien
Open to all. Not organised by the BCA
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Forward Diary
Saturday, U3, U4, S-Bahn 14th BCA Christmas Party and Dinner Landstraße - Wien December Mitte 7 pm This year’s BBBCCCAAA Christmas Party and Dinner Then on foot th 400 metres or 5 Saturday, 14 December 2013 minutes walk 7pm across Invalidenstraße will be organised for the BBBCCCAAA by then in a south- easterly direction Jennie Ratcliffe along the right hand and side of Landstraßer will be held at Hauptstraße until Sünnhof.
Turn right into it and you are there! Grand Hotel Mercure Biedermeier Wien Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 28 1030 WIEN . €30,- for members, €35,- for non-
members
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Kokoschka in photographs
The Leopold Museum dedicates to Oskar Kokoschka an exhibition that focuses on photographs from his life for the first time.
Oskar Kokoschka and Olga Palkovska, London 1939, photo: Trude Fleischmann
Sven Simon, Oskar Kokoschka and Konrad Adenauer drinking schnapps in front of the portrait of Adenauer, Cadenabbia, 1966
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) was one of the most important Austrian artists of the 20th century. He numbers amongst the main protagonists of the Modern era. His works are world-famous. One little known fact is that Kokoschka's life and creative work is documented in an extensive series of photos. From the artist's estate, which is located in the Vienna University for Applied Arts, the Leopold Museum has created the exhibition "Kokoschka. Das Ich im Brennpunkt": unique photos and whole photographic series are directly compared against the works of the artist.
The exhibition presents, for example, some of the famous portraits of Kokoschka, the creation of which can be traced in detail through photos of the portrait sittings. Some of the photographs were taken by renowned photographers. Anonymous snapshots are also amongst the images. The photos placed alongside Kokoschka's paintings and graphics to provide additional information.
Kokoschka. Das Ich im Brennpunkt 4 October 2013 – 27 January 2014
Leopold Museum Museumsplatz 1 1070 Wien www.leopoldmuseum.org
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200 years of Verdi and Wagner
Birthdays must be celebrated. Especially the 200th, like those of both composers born in 1813, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi. Vienna's opera houses place a strong emphasis on this in their programmes. The Jewish Museum is presenting a Wagner exhibition. And at the Music Film Festival, their works can be enjoyed in the open air.
Cosima and Richard Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi
The Vienna State Opera is presenting many Verdi operas in the second half of 2013: La Traviata, Otello, Nabucco, Simon Boccanegra (with Thomas Hampson), Aida, Don Carlo (with Ramón Vargas) and Un ballo in mascera, as well as a Verdi gala. Tristan and Isolde by Wagner will be presented - his version of the medieval material about love and love-death revolutionised the music world.
In honour of Wagner, the Theater an der Wien is presenting Verdi's Attila in July 2013. The humorous New Year's Eve programme, ArriveVerdi in the Vienna Chamber Opera will end the Wagner-Verdi anniversary year in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
In the Vienna Volksoper, musicals and ballet will be on the stage, many in German language, in addition to opera and operetta. From 16 November, Verdi's Il Trovator will be presented in the original Italian version.
At the Music Film Festival at City Hall in the summer, Wagner and Verdi will be emphasised: Wagner's entire Ring will be shown and there will be a classic each week by Verdi, or even rarities, such as Nabucco, Rigoletto, I Masnadieri and his Requiem.
Wagner exhibitions
For the Wagner anniversary year, the Jewish Museum Vienna is showing the critical exhibition "Euphoria and Unease. Jewish Vienna and Richard Wagner" from 24 September 2013. Wagner established himself as an anti-Semitic leading figure within the German speaking public, on the one hand, while having an enormous influence on his time and his posterity through his musical works, on the other hand.
Verdi, Wagner and Vienna
The Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi, travelled to Vienna on his first foreign journey in 1843, where he conducted the first performance of one of his operas (Nabucco) outside of his home country in the Käntnertortheater, which was an important opera house at that time. By
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the way, the musicians that he considered to be progressive were the Vienna Philharmonic, which was founded at that time. In 1875, Verdi directed Aida and the Requiem in Vienna.
In 1857, the first Richard Wagner opera that was performed in its entirety in a suburban theatre in Vienna was Tannhäuser. One year later, Lohengrin came out at the Hofoper [Court Opera]. Empress Elisabeth was also present at an acclaimed concert in the Musikverein in 1862. Wagner rehearsed Tannhäuser (Viennese version) and Lohengrin himself in 1875. He then conducted the latter once in 1876.
Guided tour "Do you love Wagner? And Verdi?"
Wagner left behind numerous trails in Vienna, Verdi just a few. The guided city walk offers you an entertaining way to get to know the two musicians.
Open to all. Not organised by the BCA
Hollywood in Vienna
The universe and intergalactic spheres are the topic of the film music gala "Hollywood in Vienna" on 3 and 4 October at the Wiener Konzerthaus. The journey "On to New Worlds" continues with "A Tribute to James Horner", star guest and creator of famous film melodies such as "Avatar" and "Titanic".
The ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna (RSO) and Oscar prize-winner James Horner, composer of many great Hollywood melodies, send the audience "On to New Worlds". On board Star Trek and Apollo 13, listeners go on a musical journey to the universe, where all sorts of aliens are to be encountered in the sounds of Gattaca, Artificial Intelligence and Independence Day.
A Tribute to James Horner The Best of Horner Medley starts with the music to Avatar and und visualizes the fascination of the moon Pandora. A Beautiful Mind explores the depths of the human psyche; in Legends of the Fall, the listener can dream of rural idyll, and in Braveheart follow the fighter on his path to freedom. The journey comes to an end on board the sinking Titanic.
These highlights from the oeuvre of James Horner are performed by the RSO Wien under the direction of David Newman. James Horner himself will also stand at the conductor’s desk.
At the festive close of the gala, James Horner will receive the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award 2013. This award is one in a series of other important prizes: including two Oscars, seven Oscar nominations and two Golden Globes.
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Actor Gedeon Burkhard presents.
Hollywood in Vienna 2013 3 October 2013, 7.30 pm (pre-premiere) 4 October 2013, 7.30 pm (gala with prize-giving) www.hollywoodinvienna.com
Vienna Konzerthaus (Wiener Konzerthaus) Lothringerstraße 1030 Wien www.konzerthaus.at
+43 1 242 002
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Activities & Notices
Scottish Country Dancing Classes
Scottish Country dancing will restart every Wednesday evening from mid-September. Annual subs are 40€pp, including membership of RCSD headquarters in Edinburgh More information can be found on their website: www.rscdsvienna.org
Weekday Walks
Walks take place Mondays and Wednesdays come rain or shine and always start at the same place – 38a bus stop Armbrustergasse at 9.30am. The Monday walk is traditionally longer and tougher but both walks do require stamina! The walks end in a café for a well deserved drink. All welcome. Contacts Valerie 3709324, Sandra 3288452 or Gaye (Wednesday’s only) 3288167.
Sailing on the Alte Donau
The Vienna International Sailing Club invites BCA members to a joint evening of social sailing on Thursday evenings from 5:45 pm, at Segelschule Hofbauer near the UN on An der oberen Alten Donau (weather permitting). Come along and enjoy the sunsets over the Vienna Woods, and maybe even do a little sailing. The Club will pair up newcomers with more experienced sailors for an informal introduction to dinghy sailing.The cost is only 5€ pp (reduction for children). Good food, wine and beer are available from the Ufertavern overlooking the water before or after sailing. For further information, visit the VISC web site www.visc.at, which includes a map of the location, or contact Andrew Parker [email protected]
Please note that these sessions are organized by the VISC, not the BCA!
Book Group We meet every month.
Anyone keen to join us please get in touch with Susan Dennis-Gabriel
Email Susan on [email protected] for details or phone 01 87 777 87
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Dear Members,
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NEW BCA MEMBER, MELANIE CULVER, WISHES TO PLACE THE FOLLOWING ADVERTISEMENT
My mum is trying to organize an English evening in the Irish Pub in Deutsch Wagram (north of Vienna) for students and adults interested in practising their English. She is looking for a native speaker who would be willing to moderate an evening for a small compensation. More details are attached.
„English evening in the Irish Pub“
Hintergrund: Es soll in Deutsch Wagram die Möglichkeit geboten werden, einerseits für Schülerinnen und Schüler des Gymaniums (nach ca. 6 Jahren Englischunterricht) und interessierten Erwachsenen einmal im Monat zu einem regelmäßig festgesetzten Termin ihre Englischkenntnisse praktisch anzuwenden. Das Irish Pub in Deutsch Wagram würde sich dafür eignen. Deutsch Wagram ist mit der Schnellbahn von Wien Mitte in 27 Minuten zu erreichen. Vom Bahnhof kommt man zu Fuß in ca. 8 Minuten zum Irish Pub.
Gesucht: Native English Speaker (or professional English speaker, e.g.: teacher, interpreter), der/die Interesse hätte einen Abend mit einer Gruppe von fünf bis zehn Leuten zu moderieren.
Zeitrahmen: einmal im Monat an einem Wochentag (voraussichtlich Dienstag oder Donnerstag) am Abend von 19- 21h. Es besteht auch die Möglichkeit vorerst nur für einen einzelnen Termin zuzusagen, um zu sehen wie es funktioniert und ob der Moderator/die Moderatorin mit der Gruppe der Interessenten zusammenpasst.
Honorar: Vorgesehen wäre von den Teilnehmenden einen Betrag von 10 Euro bzw. 5 Euro für Schüler pro Abend als Kostenabgeltung für den Moderator einzuheben. Für die Einführungsphase (September 2013 bis Jänner 2014) würde ich für ein Mindesthonorar von 40 Euro pro Abend jedenfalls aufkommen. Grundsätzlich soll dem Moderator die Chance geboten werden einen „Stammtisch“ dieser Art zu etablieren und das Honorar entsprechend der Nachfrage selbst festzulegen, wobei den Schülerinnen und Schülern des Gymnasiums ein günstigerer Anreiz gesetzt werden soll.
Vorschlag für den Ablauf: Für den Abend soll ein Gesprächsthema gewählt werden. Der Einstieg in das Thema könnte ein kurzer Text sein, der vorgelesen wird, wie z.B. ein Artikel aus einer Zeitung über ein aktuelles Thema oder ein Text aus einem bekannten literarischen Werk, oder es wird ein Thema aufgegriffen, das gerade in der 7. oder 8. Klasse im BORG Deutsch Wagram im Englischunterricht bearbeitet wird. Rund um dieses Thema soll eine Diskussion stattfinden. Der Fokus soll Konversation sein!
Wer Interesse hat, bitte melden bei: Bettina Bergauer-Culver [email protected]
Obfrau des Elternvereins des BORG Deutsch Wagram 27.08.2013
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PROPERTY FOR SALE
This deceptively spacious, well presented and bright 3rd Floor Apartment without lift, located in residential Baden only ten minutes walk to the S-Bahn Station, town buses and Badner Bahn and some 28 km from Vienna City Centre is for sale. The accommodation comprises: Hallway, Bedroom, Bathroom/Toilet, Lounge/Dining Area, Kitchen and a covered Loggia, spanning the length of the Apartment with an uninterrupted view of the Vienna Woods. The property enjoys the benefits of gas fired central heating, is double glazed throughout and protected with security locks. Parking is available. All white goods are to remain with all blinds, light fitments, carpets/floor coverings and all furnishings at no extra cost, making this an excellent purchase for the discerning buyer.
VIEWING IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
TO VIEW CONTACT ALICE RUTHERFORD 06643756355 Or [email protected]
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Theatre –News
DEAR LIAR adapted by Jerome Kilty from the correspondence of Bernard Shaw and Mrs Patrick Campbell 9 Sept – 19 Oct 2013
9 Sept – 19 Oct 2013
No Performance on 10 Sep
Ticket sales from 19 Aug 2013
SYNOPSIS
Jerome Kilty’s Dear Liar marks the very beginning of the 50-year success story that is Vienna’s English Theatre. In 1963 founder Ruth Brinkmann gave her debut as Mrs Patrick Campbell, directed by her husband, co-founder Franz Schafranek, in the Palais Erzherzog Karl in the heart of Vienna. More than any other piece, this show has played a major part in the theatre’s history and thus provides the perfect opening production for the Jubilee Season.
Dear Liar is based upon the enthralling 40-year correspondence between dramatist, Bernard Shaw and legendary actress, Beatrice Stella Campbell known to all as Mrs Patrick Campbell; the letters that hurtled between the pair chronicle the intriguing relationship between these two fascinating and head-strong personalities. Stella and Joey – as the actress fondly called Shaw – are constantly at odds with one another, chiding, wounding, obstinate, cheeky, rude and even downright foolish; and yet, this verbal warfare never diminished their passionate affection for one another. To this day, Shaw’s and Campbell’s “love affair on paper” remains deeply moving.
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Agatha Christie’s WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
4 Nov – 21 Dec 2013
4 Nov – 21 Dec 2013
Ticket sales from 7 Oct 2013
SYNOPSIS
Leonard Vole, an attractive and charming man, is accused of murdering an elderly lady although he protests his innocence. However, all the evidence points towards his guilt, even the motive is there as Leonard is, unexpectedly, heir to her fortune. And yet, although it all seems so cut and dried, experienced barrister, Sir Wilfrid Robarts, shows interest in the case and takes it on, convinced of his client’s innocence and that a conviction is no foregone conclusion.
The play is full of surprising twists and unexpected pieces of circumstantial evidence all of which keep the cunning old fox on his toes. Disaster threatens as the evidence of his number one witness, Vole’s wife, is demolished and she is suddenly a witness for the prosecution. This is not the only coup de théâtre, however, in this spectacular courtroom case which became world-famous through the 1953 Billy Wilder film with Sir Charles Laughton as Sir Wilfred and Marlene Dietrich as the inscrutable Mrs Vole. Agatha Christie at her dazzling best!
“A walloping success.” – Herald Tribune “Packs plenty of surprise in its cargo of suspense.” – Daily Mirror
Witness for the Prosecution © 1953 Agatha Christie Limited. All Rights Reserved. AGATHA CHRISTIE is a registered trade mark of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and/or elsewhere. All Rights Reserved.
Vienna‘s English Theatre | Josefsgasse 12 | A-1080 Wien | Tel +43-1-402 12 60-0 | Fax +43-1-405 41 21 121 (+43-1-402 12 60-40) E-Mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.englishtheatre.at
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Welcome to Open House Theatre Company, Vienna's new English-speaking theatre!
Alan Burgon, Eric Lomas and Paul Elsbacher: Founders of Open House Theatre Company.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
December 1 - December 23, 2013
The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve, each showing him the wrongs of his ways and warning him to take Christmas into his heart. We bring this classic story to life in a vibrant new adaptation by Alan Burgon (who also directs) and Ticket Sale starts West-end legend John Harwood returns to Vienna October 7, 2013 to portray Scrooge. Join us to celebrate the festive Creative Team season, Dickens-style!
Pictures Continuing the International Theatre's tradition of Tickets staging this Christmas classic, this years' production will mark the 30 year anniversary of A Christmas
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Carol in Vienna, after it was first produced in the winter of 1983 at the old theatre in Porzellangasse.
Production Details: Performances daily from December 1 - December 23, 2013 Curtain: 7.30 pm Additional matinees on December 14 & 21 at 4.00 pm No performances on December 5 & 8
Location: KIP - Theater im Cafè Prückel Biberstraße 2 1010 Wien Public Transport: U3 Stubentor S-Bahn Wien Mitte Trams 1 & 2 Buses 1A & 74A
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ALL BRITISH CITIZENS WHO ARE NEWCOMERS TO AUSTRIA PLEASE READ
Citizens of the European Union and Switzerland have the right to take residence in Austria, if they
• work as employed or self-employed persons • or have a sufficient health-insurance and sufficient financial means • or are students or pupils at a university or school (and have a sufficient health insurance and sufficient means).
Before January 1, 2006 they only had to register (with the Meldezettel). Citizens of the EU and Switzerland who come to Austria after January 1, 2006 and intend to stay longer than three months, have to apply at the Municipal Department for Immigration, Citizenship and Registry Offices (MD 35) for a document called "Anmeldebescheinigung". This is a documentation for their right of residence. If they came before January 1, 2006 and registered, they do not need this paper.
For their spouses, civil partners, children, parents and parents in law, who are not EU-citizens or Swiss, they have to apply for a document called "Aufenthaltskarte", which is issued for 10 years.
Where to get the „Anmeldebescheinigung“?
Magistratsabteilung 35 (MA 35) Einwanderung, Staatsbürgerschaft, Standesamt - Dienststellenleitung the Municipal Department for Immigration, Citizenship and Registry Offices (MD 35) Address and contact 1200 Wien, Dresdner Straße 93, Block C Homepage http://www.wien.gv.at/verwaltung/personenwesen/ E-Mail [email protected] Servicenummer +43 1 4000 3535 Fax +43 1 4000 99350
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Contact Details
British Embassy Vienna The UK diplomatic presence in Austria consists of three missions - the British Embassy, the UK Mission to the United Nations and the UK Delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The missions are co-located in Vienna. Please visit the individual web pages for information. See full profile and all contact details
British Embassy Telephone +43 (1) 716130 Jauresgasse 12 1030 Vienna Fax (Chancery) +(43) (1) 71613 2999 Austria Fax (Commercial) +(43) (1) 71613 6900
Email [email protected] Fax (Management) +(43) (1) 71613 2900
Email (Consular) Fax (Consular) +(43) (1) 71613 5900 [email protected] Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Emergency Telephone Numbers
European Emergency Number 112 Fire (Feuerwehr) 122 Police (Polizei) 133 Ambulance (Rettung) 144 Poison Antidote Service 01 406 4343 Medical Emergency / Foreign Service Board 01 310 24 63
Doctor’s Telephone Service
Monday – Friday (7am – 7pm) 1771 After hours. Sat. Sun. (Notarzt) 141 Pharmacy Service (Apotheken-Bereitschaft) 550
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Announcements to Members
Sign-up List for Regular BBBCCCAAA Events, 2013 If you are willing to volunteer for one of these events during 2013 please contact [email protected]
Pub Night Coffee Morning Restaurant Evening September Monika Waddell Valerie Juge 2013 ?
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December Ursula Perry Sue Cornish-Hughes BBBCCCAAA Christmas 2013 Dinner & Party
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Volume 12 Issue 9 38 September 2013 The Supplement. The BCA News No. 15 September 2013
Rainer’s Walking Tour in August By Wolfgang Geissler
Otto Wagner designed this church, which was built between 1904 and 1907, on the grounds of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S the Lower Austrian State Asylum, now the DREAM Psychatric Hospital of the City of Vienna. By Wolfgang Geissler The leaf gold-covered dome (2 kg of gold! ) of this prime example of Viennese Art Nouveau architecture is visible from quite a distance, as
the church stands high on the crest of the hill.
The interior design was adjus ted to the requirements of the handicapped parishioners attending services here. The glass mosaics in the windows were designed by Kolo Moser. Although Meeting the Cast the inside of the church can be seen only once a A magnificent week in a guided tour Rainer Zimmermann treated us to a very personalised and informative performance by the Open House Theatre Company tour, not only of the church but also of the on two separate stages in grounds of Steinhof. this enchanted park of Schloss Pötzleinsdorf. Meeting more of the Cast
After Shakespeare we Scottish Ladies’ were invited to a Heurigen Champagne and Buffet By reception where we had Wolfgang Geissler the opportunity to meet That not only ladies (once and chat with the cast. again) are permitted to participate but also non- Scots will prove the R following picture. COR RECTION
At the foot of the BCA Our Group Church In the August The News I reported, amongst other things, about the Alex Highton Concert at Schloss Orth and the Royal Summer Party at “Kattus”. Although the Sponsors had been mentioned, it is only fair to disclose that all the events were organised by the Austro-British Society .
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The Interior Settling down at the “Alm” WG Four Flowers of Scotland!
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The Joglland
By Wolfgang Geissler
Consular Corner The Joglland, nestling south of the Wechsel (a mountain range) between Peter Rossegger's forest home and the Dear Members of the BCA. Monastery of Vorau, got its name according to the legend from
Empress Maria Theresa. It beckons with a gentle hill and We hope to in this, our second article in moun tain landscape, with fresh forests, lush meadows, scenic our “Consular Corner” inform you picnic areas and clear spring water and fresh mountain air. about......
According to legend, the unforgettable mother of the Austro LOST PASSPORTS ABROAD COST Hungarian Monarchy, Empress Maria Theresa, once travelled through Eastern Styr ia and inquired randomly passing locals BRITS £5 MILLION A YEAR after their name. "I'm Jogl," they said. Or "I’m the publican’s Thousands of British nationals pay pig keeper and shepherd and my name is Jogl". Or "Oh my, for emergency travel documents what else should I be called but Jogl". Everywhere she met a every month as last-minute passport Jogl, men who were baptized after St. James ( St. Jakob ), the replacements patron saint of pilgrims who travelled so numerously in and through the Joglland. Thereupon they said that she exclaimed Using your passport as a beer mat, laughing: "This beautiful country is indeed the purest Joglland!" (Oral tradition of the origin of the name Joglland ) notebook or putting it in the washing
machine are just some of the reasons From Vienna to Wenigzell in the Joglland by Public Transport
why British holidaymakers are now It is so easy: with the S Bahn to Wiener Neustadt, where you change spending millions each year on to the regional train direction Fehring and get off at the station emergency travel documents (ETDs) - Rohrbach Vorau. Right outside the station building is the Postbus issued when passports are lost, stolen or Number 314 that takes you directly to Wenigzell Fast., where the bus damaged while abroad.*
stops right outside the Hotel Fast, Wenigzell your destination. And the problem is on the rise: Hotel Fast in Wenigzell ‘avoidable’ cases have increased We stayed at this charming four star hotel, which sports a Wellness area. significantly in 2012-13, with ETDs The food is excellent and the service impeccable! I can highly issued for expired or damaged passports recommend it.! Hotel Fast increasing by over 300%.
Miles of brilliant walks through forests and meadows. Check it The Foreign and Commonwealth Office out! Hotel-Inn Fast**** (FCO) is urging people to save Pittermann 3 8254 Wenigzell themselves the time, hassle and cost of Tel.+43(3336)2202 Fax+43(3336)220255 buy ing ETDs by looking after their E-Mail: office@hotel fast.at passport while on holiday this summer. Obtaining an ETD can take several days,
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Consular Corner 2
depending on local circumstances. You may Key data need to obtain a police report, get passport • Around 80 ETDs are issued to British photos, and of course get to and from your nationals around the world every nearest British Consulate or Embassy. You single day , with 28,783 issued in the may also have to replace any visas you need past year alone.** for your journey. And it can cost up to £200 to • Avoidable cases have increased replace your passport.*** These expenses significantly in 2012-13 with ETDs can spiral if you need to rearrange holiday issued for expired or damaged plans, so make sure you take out passports increasing by over 300%. comprehensive travel insurance. More than a fifth of all ETDs (6,005)
were issued in Spain , one of the most Will Middleton, Consular Director for popular holiday destinations for Brits. Southern Europe, said: • Consular staff in the USA also issued a high number of ETDs (3,180) followed
“Our staff deals with people every day who by Australia (1,618), which has seen a require ETDs for a range of reasons. Some number of Britons having to buy ETDs are victims of crime, but we also hear of as their passport was no longer valid.** passports being damaged carelessly, like becoming damaged after being hidden in the Theft remains an issue in big cities like freezer. Barcelona, which issued more ETDs than most countries (1,291) last year, mainly
due to people’s bags being stolen, “These are situations that could have been avoided and end up costing holidaymakers distraction thefts and pickpocketing. valuable time and money. We strongly advise people to look after their passport, keep it safe and check its validity well in advance of travel. Simple steps such as locking your passport in a safe if you have access to one and carrying a photocopy with you can help prevent problems later on.”
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Consular Corner 3
Key tips for keeping your passport safe abroad • Value your passport and look after it carefully • Your passport is not always safer on you – lock it in a safe if you have access to one • Make two photocopies of your passport – leave one with friends or family and take the second with you, or store it online using a secure data storage site • Where possible, use this photocopy as alternative ID, for example when going out at night
• Make sure your passport is valid
• For certain countries your passport must be valid for 6 months after the date you travel – check the entry requirements before you go
The FCO is encouraging people to sign up to its Facebook and Twitter feeds to ensure they are informed of the latest travel advice:
www.facebook.com/fcotravel or twitter.com/fcotravel
We will have more news and another topic in next month’s BCA Newsletter.
Your Vienna Consular Team
Kathryn takes the bow!
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The following items are with kind permission from Flights ABICS NEWSLETTER August 2013
British Airways have nibbled at an ideas which cheaper airlines adopted a long time ago, in that they are for the first time making a charge for hold luggage – or to be specific they are to offer a discount to passengers with only cabin baggage – but this is only being operated on Gatwick flights and BA say they have no plans to introduce any further baggage restrictions or charges. This Gatwick “charge” of course has little effect on Vienna travellers as all BA flights to/from Vienna use Heathrow airport. BA now have an “app” which can give you a Boarding Card on your Handy .
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Ryanair are always being slated for their hold luggage charges, but it should be noted that they will accept hold baggage of any shape and size, such as a cardboard box, provided its length and breadth do not exceed 119 cm, ie much larger than a standard suitcase.
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Trains & Trams & Ferries
Britain .
DFDS Seaways are curently offering 2 people in a double cabin + car for £169 return, on some sailings of their daily Amsterdam Newcastle route. Worth looking at for northeners and Scots folk.
They also offer Dunkirk Dover for up to 4 poeple in a car for 23€ off peak and from 55€ in the summer holidays for a 5 night break. See www.dfdsseaways.de/ for the details.
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Austria . Westbahn are offering special fares for weekend travel all along their route between Vienna and Salzburg until August 29th. The special prices run from Saturday noon until Sunday noon. See https://westbahn.at/angebote/westbahn angebote/bestpreis holiday/ for the details. For example Vienna Salzburg is 17.90€ return within this time 24 hour time frame.
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Have you wondered why wine costs so much more in UK than Austria? The following little article might make things clearer, and help towards confirming why we like living here in Austria!
UK duty on a bottle of wine is a fixed £2, no matter what the wine is worth, and there is also 20% VAT to be added; so it costs £2.40 for a bottle of wine in UK before you begin to pay for the contents (+ VAT) . This tends to set the supermarkets off on a yo yo discounting spree where wines swing between typically £9.99 and £4.99 during the month, so that no self respecting wine buyer buys anything other than at a discount offer. The taxation structure also makes the more expensive wines somewhat better in value.
This £2.40 starting price for UK purchases of wine goes a long way to showing why it is virtually impossible to buy even a cheap 75cl bottle in the UK for less that £3.80, which equates to 4.40€, for which one can buy quite a nice Austrian white.
David Hope
Joke of the Month No. 13
The "world's funniest joke" is a term used by Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire in 2002 to summarize one of the results of his research . For his experiment, named LaughLab , he created a website where people could rate and submit jokes. Purposes of the research included discovering the joke that had the widest appeal and understanding among different cultures , demographics and countries.The History Channel eventually hosted a special on the subject.The winning joke, which was later found to be based on a 1951 Goon Show sketch by Spike Milligan , was submitted by Gurpal Gosal of Manchester :
Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator says "Calm down. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a gun shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says "OK, now what?"
The BCA News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 7 Until December 2013 I intend to provide our British (and maybe also Austrian?) members of the BBBCCCA with a selection of, so I hope, interesting historical information, relevant to the appropriate month, about their host country Austria. I call it: This Month in Austrian History.
Wolfgang Geissler THIS MONTH IN AUSTRIAN HISTORY
SEPTEMBER
17th September 1156 - Privilegium Minus (the “little letter of liberty”) The founding act for what was to become a nation
The Privilegium Minus is the denotation Henry Jasomirgott and his wife Theodora of a deed issued by Emperor Frederick Komnene (dux Austriae patruus noster et Barbarossa on 17 September 1156. It uxor eius) for life, as both had no children included the elevation of the Bavarian and Henry's brothers Otto of Freising and frontier march of Austria ( Ostarrîchi ) to a Conrad of Passau had chosen duchy , which was given as an inheritable ecclesiastical careers. The emperor fief to the House of Babenberg . reserved for himself the act of enfeoffment (Also known as feoffment. Complete The name is opposed to the 14th century surrender and transfer of all land Privilegium Maius , (the “big letter of ownership rights from one person to liberty”) which was a forgery drawn up at another.) but would respect Henry's the behest of the Habsburg duke Rudolf IV choice. of Austria . The recipient of the Privilegium Minus was Frederick's paternal uncle, the The duke's duty to attend the Imperial Diet Babenberg margrave Henry II was limited to those cases where it Jasomirgott . convened within the Bavarian lands (ad curias, quas imperator prefixerit in In addition to the elevation of his Bavaria), which saved costly traveling margraviate , the emperor determined that throughout the Empire. Also, Austria was inheritance should also be possible henceforth only required to provide troops through the female line of the ducal family. to the emperor in wars in its vicinity (in In the absence of children, the duke was regna vel provincias Austriae vicinas). allowed to designate a successor (libertas Henry Jasomirgott was obliged to further affectandi). However, this extraordinary on discharge his traditional duties as privilege was bound to the persons of former margrave .
Background The issue of the Privilegium Minus of the conflict between the Imperial House document is to be seen before the backdrop of Hohenstaufen and the ducal House of
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 8 Welf in the Holy Roman Empire . In 1138 5 June 1156 near the Bavarian capital Emperor Frederick's father, King Conrad Regensburg . After the conditions were III of Germany had deposed the reluctant fixed, the emperor called for another diet Bavarian duke Henry the Proud and had in Regensburg on September 8, where the enfeoffed his duchy to the Austrian Babenberger officially renounced the margrave Henry Jasomirgott. King Conrad Bavarian duchy, which passed to the Welf died in February 1152 and a few weeks Henry the Lion. To make up for the loss, later his nephew Frederick was elected Austria with the explicit consent by the King of the Romans , probably with the Princes of the Holy Roman Empire , led by support of late Henry the Proud's son Duke Vladislaus II of Bohemia , was raised Henry the Lion . to the status of a duchy. Frederick thereby avoided the degradation of Henry The young king and Henry the Lion were Jasomirgott to the rank of a margrave, cousins through Frederick's mother Judith which would have lacked any explanation of Bavaria , sister of Henry the Proud. and furthermore would have exposed Frederick prepared for a campaign to Henry Jasomirgott to persecution by the Rome to be crowned Holy Roman Welfs. On the other hand, Henry the Lion Emperor and in order to gain military only received a diminished Bavarian duchy support wished to end the conflict he had and Henry Jasomirgott's right of libertas inherited from his uncle. He called for a affectandi would preserve any succession diet at Würzburg —however, Henry of the House of Welf in Austria. Jasomirgott, who anticipated the king's Disappointed, Henry the Lion turned to his intentions, did not appear under the Saxon estates in Northern Germany. pretext, that he had not been duly summoned. After several attempts to make Frederick prevailed, settling the long time an arrangement, Frederick left for Italy and conflict, keeping the Welfs covered and was crowned Emperor on 18 June 1155. securing support by the House of Babenberg. Only much later, the document Back in Germany, Frederick resolved upon turned out to be founding act for what was returning the Duchy of Bavaria to Henry to become a nation . Because of it, 1156 is the Lion. He finally was able to hold a sometimes given as Austria's date of secret meeting with Henry Jasomirgott on independence, which it then gained from Bavaria. 13th century succession crisis Because the Babenberg Austria was inheritable by female lines, two rival candidates emerged after the last male Babenberg Frederick II, Duke of Austria , Styria and Carinthia died in 1246.
• Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (died 1250), second husband of Gertrude of Babenberg , the daughter of the late Henry of Mödling , the elder brother of the now late Duke Frederick. She was the primogenitural heir of Duke Frederick and the entire Babenberg line of Dukes of Austria. Her first husband Vladislav of Bohemia , Margrave of Moravia (died 1247) had already claimed Austrian duchy against Duke Frederick, as Gertrude was heiress of the elder brother. After Herman's death, her third husband Roman, Prince of Novogrudok (married 1252, divorced 1253) continued the claim in 1252 53. And then Gertrude and Herman's son Frederick I, Margrave of Baden 's claim was asserted to the Babenberg inheritance, but he was killed in 1268, leaving a sister (the future Countess of Heunburg) to continue the line.
King Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233–78), since 1252 husband of the (childless) Margaret of Babenberg , dowager Queen of the Romans and the only surviving sister of Duke Frederick.
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 9 By proximity of blood , she was the closest surviving relative of the last duke. Ottokar and Margaret were proclaimed Duke and Duchess of Austria. However, Margaret was barren and they got divorced in 1260, Ottokar marrying a younger woman. Margaret died in 1267 and left no children (so her heiress would be Gertrude again) but Ottokar kept Austria, Styria etc. claiming to be the heir designated by Margaret in their divorce settlement. He held the duchies until deposed by Rudolf I, King of the Romans in 1276.
Rudolf I (also known as Rudolf of Habsburg ) ( German : Rudolf von Habsburg , Latin : Rudolphus , Czech : Rudolf Habsburský ) (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. Rudolf was the first of the count kings , so called by the historian Bernd Schneidmüller.
He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg dynasty to a leading position among the Imperial feudal dynasties. Originally a Swabian count, he was the first Habsburg to acquire the duchies of Austria and Styria , territories that would remain under Habsburg rule for more than 600 years and would form the core of the Habsburg Monarchy and the present day country of Austria .
Count-kings ( German : Grafenkönige ) was a description given by the historian, Bernd Schneidmüller, to the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire between the Great Interregnum and the final acquisition of the royal throne by the Habsburg dynasty in 1438. They were as follows:
• Rudolf of Habsburg , king (1273–1291) • Adolphus of Nassau , king (1292–1298) • Albert I of Habsburg , king (1298–1308) • Henry VII of Luxembourg , king from 1308, emperor (1312–1313) • Louis IV the Bavarian , king from 1314, emperor (1328–1347), House of Wittelsbach • Charles IV of Luxembourg , king from 1346 (re elected in 1347), emperor (1355–1378) • Wenceslaus of Luxembourg , king (1378–1400) • Rupert of the Palatinate , king (1401–1410), House of Wittelsbach • Jobst of Moravia , king (1410–1411), House of Luxembourg • Sigismund of Luxembourg , king from 1410, emperor (1433–1437)
This categorisation is, however, not universally recognised by historians. In fact, during this period only Rudolf I, Adolphus of Nassau and Henry VII were imperial counts , all the other kings were dukes or (Bohemian) kings and prince electors.
Imperial Count ( German : Reichsgraf ) was a title in the Holy Roman Empire . In the medieval era, it was used exclusively to designate the holder of an imperial county , that is, a county that was a fief held directly (or immediately ) from the emperor, rather than from a prince who was a vassal of the emperor, such as a duke or prince elector . These imperial counts sat on one of the four "benches" of Counts , whereat each exercised a fractional vote in the Imperial Diet until 1806. In the post Middle Ages era, anyone granted the title of Count by the emperor in his specific capacity as ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (rather than, e.g. as ruler of Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, the Spanish Netherlands, etc.) became, ipso facto , an "Imperial Count", whether he reigned over an immediate county or not.
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 10 18th century succession crisis The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 was partially based on provisions of Privilegium Minus of Austria. Although not given to the Habsburgs but to the Babenbergs, it anyway allowed female heirs to succeed in Austria, and it designated to the Duke the right to name a successor in absence of heirs. It led to War of Austrian Succession .
9th September 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
In the Treaty of Neuberg , concluded between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III on September 9, 1379 in Neuberg an der Mürz , the Habsburg lands were divided between the two brothers. While Albert retained the Archduchy of Austria , Leopold became the exclusive ruler of the Duchies of Styria (including the town of Wiener Neustadt ), Carinthia , Carniola , the Windic march , the County of Gorizia and the Habsburgs' possessions in Friuli , Tyrol and Further Austria . With the treaty began a split between the Albertinian and Leopoldinian lines of the Habsburg families and the Austrian lands. While the Albertinian line became extinct in 1457 (by death of king Ladislaus the Posthumous ), the territories were finally reunified in 1490, when Sigismund handed over the rulership of Tyrol to Archduke Maximilian I .
Archduchy of Austria Erzherzogtum Österreich State of the Holy Roman Empire ← 1358–1804 →
Flag Coat of arms Motto Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan "All the world is subject to Austria"
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 11 The Archduchy of Austria (orange) in 1477. Capital Vienna Languages Austro Bavarian Religion Roman Catholic Government Feudal monarchy Archduke a 1358–1365 Rudolf IV (first) 1792–1804 Francis II (last) Historical era Middle Ages Privilegium 20 July 1358 Maius Treaty of 9 September 1379 Neuberg Treaty of 13 May 1779 Teschen Empire 11 August 1804 proclaimed Currency Conventionsthaler Today part of Austria ^a The title "Archduke of Austria" remained part of the official grand title of the rulers of Austria until 1918
The Archduchy of Austria ( German : Erzherzogtum Österreich ), one of the most important states within the Holy Roman Empire , was the nucleus of the Habsburg Monarchy and the predecessor of the Austrian Empire . Over nearly 700 years, it evolved from a margravate to the centre of an empire .
9th September 1556 - Pope Paul IV refuses to recognise Ferdinand I as Emperor elect
Born in Capriglia Irpina, Italy (100 km East of Naples) to one of Naples most prestigious families. Many of his family were already among the hierarchy of the Church. His uncle, Cardinal Oliviero Carafa, was especially helpful in paving the way for him to the papacy.
After the sudden death of Pope Marcellus Pope Paul IV's hardline character proved II (1555), the respected Cardinal even stronger as pope. He was fiercly Alessandro Farnese nominated 79 year old against the Reformation Movement, Cardinal Caraffa as successor. Despite his imprisoning even Cardinals he suspected age, his hardline character, and the of being secret reformers. In his short 4 opposition of Emperor Charles V, the year reign, he would terrorise Italy with a conclave elected him. He was made renewed Inquisition, decree the burning of cardinal in December 1536, and then "Prohibited" books, order Rome's Jews Archbishop of Naples. He was later placed into a Ghetto, provoke war between Spain in charge of the Roman Inquisition, which and France, and indirectly aid England to he reorganised and rekindled in Italy. return to Protestantism.
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 12 Spanish-French War in 1556, when Charles V abdicated, and Paul IV never liked the Emperor nor the passed his title of Holy Roman Emperor to Spanish Habsburgs in Italy long before his brother, Ferdinand I. He stated that becoming pope, nor they him. As pope, he papal approval was not consulted. began building up his papal forces, and allying himself with France to expell the In 1559, still dealing with the defeat to the ruling Spanish from central Italy. Habsburgs, and after many scandals, Pope Paul IV publicly humiliated his recruited He recruited several of his own family to nephews, and ordered them banished from positions within his army, making his the city. His other ventures into politics nephew, Cardinal Carlo Carafa, his chief also lacked moderation. He denounced the advisor in June 1555, and Carlo's older peace of Augsburg (25 Sept. 1555), which brother, Giovanni, commander of the papal recognized the co existence of Catholics army. He also placed his nephew, Antonio, and Lutherans in the Empire, as a pact with in charge of the Papal guard and made him heresy. When Paul IV died on 18 August, Marquis of Montebello. 1559, an outburst of violence broke out in Rome, as Romans expressed their hatred of As a result, King Henry II of France and him and his family. Mobs of Romans King Philip II of Spain along with his attacked the palace of the Inquisition father Emperor Charles V, went to war in freeing dozens of its prisoners, and December 1555. Queen Mary I, wife of destroying many of its secret documents. Philip II, joined the war later that year, He was buried in St. Peter's Basilica the attacking France in the north. By August day after his death, but was later 1557, after the battle at St. Quentin, transferred to Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. France, the allies had won. With the Duke It took nearly 4 months for the cardinals to of Alba later positioned to enter Rome, elect a successor, Pius IV (1559 1565), Pope Paul IV was forced to sign peace who immediately began reversing many of terms with Spain on 12 September 1557. Paul IV's policies. He never gave up his animosity however. He refused to recognise the titular change Charles V's abdication and Ferdinand's Emperorship
Coat of arms of Ferdinand I as King of Bohemia and Hungary
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Coat of arms of Ferdinand I as King of the Romans, 1536, Hofburg palace, Schweizertor, Vienna
In 1556, amid great pomp, and leaning on the shoulder of one of his favourites (the 24 year old William, Count of Nassau and Orange ) Charles gave away his lands and his offices. The Spanish empire , which included Spain, the Netherlands, Naples , Milan and Spain's possessions in the Americas , went to his son, Philip . His brother, Ferdinand, who had negotiated the treaty in the previous year, was already in possession of the Austrian lands and was also to succeed Charles as Holy Roman Emperor. This course of events had been guaranteed already on 5 January 1531 when Ferdinand had been elected the King of the Romans and so the legitimate successor of the reigning Emperor.
Charles' choices were appropriate. Philip was culturally Spanish: he was born in Valladolid and raised in the Spanish court, his native tongue was Spanish, and he preferred to live in Spain. Ferdinand was familiar with, and to, the other princes of the Holy Roman Empire. Although he too had been born in Spain, he had administered his brother's affairs in the Empire since 1531. Some historians maintain Ferdinand had also been touched by the reformed philosophies, and was probably the closest the Holy Roman Empire ever came to a Protestant emperor; he remained nominally a Catholic throughout his life, although reportedly he refused last rites on his deathbed. Other historians maintain he was as Catholic as his brother, but tended to see religion as outside the political sphere.
Charles' abdication had far reaching consequences in imperial diplomatic relations with France and the Netherlands, particularly in his allotment of the Spanish kingdom to Philip. In France, the kings and their ministers grew increasingly uneasy about Habsburg encirclement and sought allies against Habsburg hegemony from among the border German territories, and even from some of the Protestant kings. In the Netherlands, Philip's ascension in Spain raised particular problems; for the sake of harmony, order, and prosperity Charles had not blocked the Reformation, and had tolerated a high level of local autonomy. An ardent Catholic and rigidly autocratic prince, Philip pursued an aggressive political, economic and religious policy toward the Dutch, resulting in a Dutch rebellion shortly after he became king. Philip's militant response meant the occupation of much of the upper provinces by troops of, or hired by, Habsburg Spain and the constant ebb and flow of Spanish men and provisions on the so called Spanish road from northern Italy, through the Burgundian lands, to and from Flanders.
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 14 The abdication did not automatically make Ferdinand the Holy Roman Emperor. Charles abdicated as Emperor in January 1556 in favour of his brother Ferdinand; however, due to lengthy debate and bureaucratic procedure, the Imperial Diet did not accept the abdication (and thus make it legally valid) until 3 May 1558. Up to that date, Charles continued to use the title of Emperor.
16th September 1597 - Defeat by the French
Albert VII (13 November 1559 – 13 July II planned to make him archbishop of 1621) was the ruling Archduke of Austria Toledo as soon as possible, but the current for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with incumbent, Gaspar de Quiroga y Sandoval , his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia , sovereign lived much longer than expected. In the of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 mean time Albert only took lower orders. and 1621. Prior to this, he had been a He would never be ordained priest, nor cardinal, archbishop of Toledo , viceroy of bishop. His clerical upbringing did Portugal and Governor General of the however have a lasting influence on his Habsburg Netherlands. He succeeded his lifestyle. [1] brother Matthias as reigning archduke of Lower and Upper Austria , but abdicated in After the dynastic union with Portugal, favor of Ferdinand II the same year, Albert became the first viceroy of the making it the shortest (and often ignored) kingdom and its overseas empire in 1583. reign in Austrian history. He was likewise appointed Papal Legate Archduke Albert was the fifth son of Holy and Grand Inquisitor for Portugal. As Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Maria viceroy of Portugal, he took part in the of Spain , daughter of Holy Roman organization of the Great Armada of 1588 Emperor Charles V and Isabella of and beat off an English counter attack on Portugal . He was sent to the Spanish Court Lisbon in 1589. [2] In 1593 Philip II recalled at the age of eleven, where his uncle, King him to Madrid, where he would take a Philip II , looked after his education. leading role in the government of the Initially he was meant to pursue an Spanish Monarchy. [3] Two years later, the ecclesiastical career. In 1577 he was rebellious Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone , appointed cardinal at the age of eighteen and Hugh Roe O'Donnell offered Albert and was given the Santa Croce in the Irish crown in the hope of obtaining Gerusalemme as his titular church. Philip Spanish support for their cause.
Albert and Isabella Clara Eugenia, by an anonymous 17th century master, after originals by Frans Pourbus the younger
After the death of Archduke Ernst in 1595, in Brussels on 11 February 1596. His first Albert was sent to Brussels to succeed his priority was restoring Spain's military elder brother as Governor General of the position in the Low Countries. She was Habsburg Netherlands . He made his entry facing the combined forces of the Dutch
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 15 Republic, England and France and had Spain on 14 September, unaware that known nothing but defeats since 1590. Philip II had died the night before. Pope During his first campaign season, Albert Clement VIII celebrated the union by surprised his enemies by capturing Calais procuration in Ferrara on 15 November, and nearby Ardres from the French and while the actual marriage took place in Hulst from the Dutch. These successes Valencia on 18 April 1599. were however offset by the third bankruptcy of the Spanish crown later that The first half of the reign of Albert and year. As a consequence, 1597 was marked Isabella was dominated by war. After by a series of military disasters. Stadholder overtures to the United Provinces and to Maurice of Orange captured the last Queen Elizabeth I of England proved Spanish strongholds that remained north of unsuccessful, the Habsburg policy in the the great rivers, as well as the strategic Low Countries aimed at regaining the town of Rheinberg in the Electorate of military initiative and isolating the Dutch Cologne. Still, the Spanish Army of Republic. The strategy was to force its Flanders managed to surprise Amiens , opponents to the conference table and thereby stalling the counter offensive that negotiate from a position of strength. Even King Henry IV of France was about to if Madrid and Brussels tended to agree on launch. With no more money to pay the these options, Albert took a far more troops, Albert was also facing a series of flexible stance than his brother in law, mutinies. King Philip III of Spain . Albert had first hand knowledge of the devastation While pursuing the war as well as he wrought by the Dutch Revolt and had could, Albert made overtures for peace come to the conclusion that it would be with Spain's enemies, but only the French impossible to reconquer the northern King was disposed to enter official provinces. Quite logically, Philip III and negotiations. Under the mediation of the his councillors felt more concern for papal legate Cardinal Alessandro Spain's reputation and for the impact that a de'Medici — the future Pope Leo XI — compromise with the Dutch Republic Spain and France concluded the Peace of might have on Habsburg positions as a Vervins on 2 May 1598. Spain gave up its whole. Spain provided the means to conquests, thereby restoring the situation continue the war. Albert took the decisions of Cateau Cambrésis . France tacitly on the ground and tended to ignore accepted the Spanish occupation of the Madrid's instructions. Under the prince archbishopric of Cambray . She circumstances, the division of pulled out of the war, but maintained her responsibilities repeatedly led to tensions. financial support for the Dutch Republic. Only a few days after the treaty, on 6 May Albert's reputation as a military 1598, Philip II announced his decision to commander suffered badly when he was marry his eldest daughter, the Infanta defeated by the Dutch stadtholder Maurice Isabella to Albert and to cede them the of Orange in the battle of Nieuwpoort on 2 sovereignty over the Habsburg July 1600. His inability to conclude the Netherlands. The Act of Cession did lengthy siege of Ostend (1601–1604), however stipulate that if the couple would resulted in his withdrawal from the tactical not have children, the Netherlands would command of the Spanish Army of return to Spain. It also contained a number Flanders. From then on military operations of secret clauses that assured a permanent were led by the Genuese Ambrogio presence of the Spanish Army of Flanders. Spínola . Even though he could not prevent After obtaining the pope's permission, the almost simultaneous capture of Sluis , Albert formally resigned from the College Spínola forced Ostend to surrender on 22 of Cardinals on 13 July 1598 and left for September 1604. He seized the initiative
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 16 during the next campaigns, bringing the the river Scheldt. The archducal regime war north of the great rivers for the first had plans to bypass the blockade with a time since 1594. system of canals linking Ostend via Bruges to the Scheldt in Ghent and joining the Meanwhile the accession of James VI of Meuse to the Rhine between Venlo and Scotland as James I in England had paved Rheinberg . In order to combat urban the way for a separate peace with England. poverty, the government supported the On 24 July 1604 England, Spain and the creation of a network of Monti di Pietà Archducal Netherlands signed the Treaty based on the Italian model. of London . The return to peace was severely hampered by differences over Meanwhile the archducal regime ensured religion. Events such as the Gunpowder the triumph of the Catholic Reformation in Plot caused a lot of diplomatic tension the Habsburg Netherlands. Most between London and Brussels. Yet on the Protestants had by that stage left the whole relations between the two courts Southern Netherlands. After one last tended to be cordial. execution in 1597, those that remained were no longer actively persecuted. Under Spínola's campaigns and the threat of the terms of legislation passed in 1609, diplomatic isolation induced the Dutch their presence was tolerated, provided they Republic to accept a ceasefire in April did not worship in public. Engaging in 1607. The subsequent negotiations religious debates was also forbidden by between the warring parties failed to law. The resolutions of the Third produce a peace treaty. They did lead Provincial Council of Mechlin of 1607 however to conclusion of the Twelve were likewise given official sanction. Years' Truce in Antwerp on 9 April 1609. Through such measures and by the Under the terms of the Truce, the United appointment of a generation of able and Provinces were to be regarded as a committed bishops, Albert and Isabella sovereign power for the duration of the laid the foundation of the catholic truce. Albert had conceded this point confessionalisation of the population. It against the will of Madrid and it took him should be noted however, that the same a lot of effort to persuade Philip III to period saw important waves of witch ratify the agreement. When Philip's hunts . ratification finally arrived, Albert's quest for the restoration of peace in the Low In the process of re catholisation, new and Countries had finally paid off. reformed religious orders enjoyed the particular support of the Archdukes. Even The years of the Truce gave the Habsburg though Albert had certain reservations Netherlands a much needed breathing about the order, the Jesuits received the space. The fields could again be worked in largest cash grants, allowing them to safety. The archducal regime encouraged complete their ambitious building the reclaiming of land that had been programmes in Brussels and Antwerp. inundated in the course of the hostilities Other champions of the Catholic and sponsored the impoldering of the Reformation, such as the Capuchins , were Moeren, a marshy area that is presently also given considerable sums. The astride the Belgian–French border. The foundation of the first convents of recovery of agriculture led in turn to a Discalced Carmelites in the Southern modest increase of the population after Netherlands depended wholly on the decades of demographic losses. Industry personal initiative of the Archdukes and and in particular the luxury trades likewise bore witness to the Spanish orientation of underwent a recovery. International trade their spirituality. was however hampered by the closure of
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 17 Albert's reign saw a strengthening of The right to succeed the Archdukes princely power in the Habsburg thereupon passed to his eldest son Philip Netherlands. The States General of the IV . loyal provinces were only summoned once in 1600. Thereafter the government Albert had a precarious health and it preferred to deal directly with the deteriorated markedly in the closing provinces. The years of the Truce allowed months of 1620. As the Twelve Years' the archducal regime to promulgate Truce would expire the next April, he legislation on a whole range of matters. devoted his last energies to securing its The so called Eternal Edict of 1611, for renewal. In order to reach this goal he was instance, reformed the judicial system and prepared to make far reaching concessions. ushered in the transition from customary to Much to his frustration neither the Spanish written law. Other measures dealt with Monarchy, nor the Dutch Republic took monetary matters, the nobility, duels, his pleas for peace seriously. His death on gambling, etc. 13 July 1621 therefore more or less coincided with the resumption of hostilities Driven by strategic as well as religious between the two. motives, Albert intervened in 1614 in the squabbles over the inheritance of the Virtually nothing remains of the United Duchies of Jülich Cleves Berg . The Archdukes' palace on the Koudenberg in subsequent confrontation with the armies Brussels, their summer retreat in of the Dutch Republic led to the Treaty of Mariemont or their hunting lodge in Xanten . The episode was in many ways a Tervuren . Their once magnificent rehearsal of what was to come in the Thirty collections were scattered after 1633 and Years' War . After the defenestration of considerable parts of them have been lost. Prague , Albert responded by sending Still, the Archdukes Albert and Isabella troops to his cousin Ferdinand II and by enjoy a well merited reputation as patrons pressing Philip III for financial support to of the arts. They are probably best the cause of the Austrian Habsburgs. As remembered for the appointment of Peter such he contributed considerably to the Paul Rubens as their court painter in 1609. victory of the Habsburg and Bavarian They likewise gave commissions to forces in the Battle of the White Mountain outstanding painters such as Frans Pourbus on 8 November 1620. the Younger , Otto van Veen and Jan Brueghel the Elder . Less well known As the years passed, it became clear that painters such as Hendrik de Clerck , Albert and Isabella would never have Theodoor van Loon and Denis van Alsloot succession. When Albert's health suffered were also called upon. Mention should a serious breakdown in the winter of 1613 furthermore be made of architects such as 1614, steps were taken to ensure the Wenzel Cobergher and Jacob Franquart , as succession of Philip III in accordance to well as of the sculptors de Nole. By far the the Act of Cession. As a result, the States best preserved ensemble of art from the of the loyal provinces swore to accept the archducal period is to be found at Spanish King as heir of the Archdukes in a Scherpenheuvel where Albert and Isabella number of ceremonies between May 1616 directed Cobergher, the painter Theodoor and January 1617. Philip III however van Loon and the de Noles to create a predeceased his uncle on 31 March 1621. pilgrimage church in a planned city.
6th September 1688 - Austrian armies occupy Belgrade
Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663 1736), was a general of world renown, and one of the most prominent military commanders in European history. During the siege of Belgrade on
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 18 September 6th, 1688, the Prince suffered a severe wound to his knee by a musket ball. Despite that, he managed to defeat the Turks and liberate the city, but that didn't last long, only until 1690.
7th September 1714 - Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI & France, ends War of Spanish Succession.
The Treaty of Baden was the treaty that ended formal hostilities between France and the Holy Roman Empire , who had been at war since the start of the War of the Spanish Succession . It was signed on 7 September 1714 in Baden, Switzerland , and complemented the treaties of Utrecht and of Rastatt , by which Emperor Charles VI accepted the Utrecht Treaty on behalf of the Habsburg Monarchy . In the Baden Treaty, the terms of peace between France and the Holy Roman Empire — formally incomplete — were agreed, and thereby the last of the many conflicts within the War of the Spanish Succession was ended.
The treaty was the first international agreement signed on Swiss territory. In the margins of the conference, the signatories also secretly agreed to a Catholic union to intervene in favour of the Catholic cantons defeated at nearby Villmergen two years previously, as a result of which the Peace of Aarau had ended Catholic hegemony within the Confederacy.
18th September 1739 - Turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks
The Treaty of Belgrade ( Russian : Белградский мир, Turkish : Belgrad antla ması ) was the peace treaty signed on September 18, 1739 in Belgrade , Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia (today Republic of Serbia ), by the Ottoman Empire on one side and the Habsburg Monarchy on the other.
This treaty ended the hostilities of the two year Austro Turkish War, 1737 1739 , in which the Habsburgs joined Imperial Russia in its fight against the Ottomans. With the Treaty of Belgrade, the Habsburgs ceded the Kingdom of Serbia with Belgrade, the southern part of the Banat of Temeswar and northern Bosnia to the Ottomans, and Oltenia , gained by the Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718, to Wallachia (an Ottoman subject), and set the demarcation line to the rivers Sava and Danube . The Habsburg withdrawal forced Russia to accept peace at the Russo Turkish War, 1735 1739 with the Treaty of Niš , whereby it was allowed to build a port at Azov , gaining a foothold on the Black Sea .
The Treaty of Belgrade effectively ended the Kingdom of Serbia which had existed since 1718. This territory would await the next Habsburg Ottoman war to be temporarily again included into the Habsburg Monarchy in 1788 with the help of Koča Anđelković .
13 th September 1743 - Treaty of Worms
In an attempt to gain the balance in the War of the Austrian Succession, Lord Carteret persuaded Maria Theresa and George II to sign the treaty of Worms with Charles Emmanuel
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 19 of Sardinia, offering him subsidies and territorial concessions in exchange for support. But the move was cancelled by France bringing Spain into the war on her side.
14th September 1759 - Austrian troops occupy Dresden 29th September 1760 - Russian & Austrian army occupy Berlin
The Seven Years' War was a world war war was characterized in Europe by sieges that took place between 1754 and 1763 and arson of towns as well as open battles with the main conflict being in the seven involving extremely heavy losses; overall, year period 1756–1763. It involved most some 900,000 to 1,400,000 people died. of the great powers of the time and affected Europe , North America , Central Great Britain expelled its French and America , the West African coast, India , Spanish rivals in the contested overseas and the Philippines . In the historiography territories, gaining the bulk of New France of some countries, the war is alternatively in eastern Canada, Spanish Florida , some named after combatants in the respective individual Caribbean islands in the West theatres: the French and Indian War ( North Indies , the colony of Senegal on the West America , 1754–63); Pomeranian War African coast and superiority over the (with Sweden and Prussia , 1757–62); French trading outposts on the Indian Third Carnatic War (on the Indian subcontinent. The native American tribes subcontinent , 1757–63); and Third Silesian were excluded from the peace settlement, War (with Prussia and Austria , 1756–63). and were unable to return to their former status after the resulting Indian Wars of The war was driven by the antagonism Pontiac's Rebellion in the Ohio Country, between Great Britain ( in personal royal west of the Appalachian Mountains in union with the principality of Hanover in North America. In Europe, Frederick II Germany ) and the Bourbon Dynasty (in ("the Great") of Prussia failed to complete France and Spain ), resulting from a pre emptive strike against Austria , and overlapping interests in their colonial and his forces were nearly annihilated by trade empires, and by the antagonism numerically superior opponents at the between the Hohenzollern Dynasty (in Battle of Kunersdorf . However, Frederick Prussia ) and Habsburg Dynasty (with their recovered, regained ground and managed Holy Roman Emperors and archdukes in to avoid any concessions in Hubertusburg, Austria ), resulting from territorial and which remained status quo ante bellum . hegemonial conflicts in the Holy Roman The British prime minister William Pitt Empire . The Diplomatic Revolution (1st Earl of Chatham) said that "America established an Anglo Prussian alliance , was won in Germany" referring to the allied with some smaller German states Prussian war effort, which enabled Great and later Portugal , as well as an Austro Britain to keep her continental French camp , allied with Sweden , Saxony commitments limited while focusing on and later Spain . The Russian Empire left her "blue water policy", successfully its offensive alliance with the Habsburgs establishing naval supremacy elsewhere. upon the succession of Peter III in 1762, French and allied forces were able to and like Sweden concluded a separate occupy Prussian and Hanoverian territories peace with Prussia. The war ended with the up to East Frisia . But French ambitions to peace treaties of Paris (Bourbon France invade Britain in 1759 and to continue and Spain, and the Georgian/Hanoverian with their guerre de course were thwarted Dynasty in Great Britain) and of by a British Royal Navy blockade, which Hubertusburg (German Hohenzollerns, also impaired French nautical supply Habsburgs, Saxon elector ) in 1763. The routes to her colonies. The involvement of
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 20 Portugal , Spain and Sweden did not return America, west of the Mississippi , in them to their former status as Great exchange. Besides, Britain returned the Powers . Spain's short intervention western portion of the Spanish island of practically resumed to the defeated Cuba and the occupied portion of the main invasion of Portugal (1762). Its net result island of Luzon with the city of Manila in was the loss of Florida, though it gained the Spanish colony of the Philippine the former French Louisiana in North Islands off eastern Asia.
The year 1759 saw some severe Prussian defeats. At the Battle of Kay , or Paltzig, the Russian Count Saltykov with 47,000 Russians defeated 26,000 Prussian troops commanded by General Carl Heinrich von Wedel . Though the Hanoverians defeated an army of 60,000 French at Minden , Austrian general Daun forced the surrender of an entire Prussian corps of 13,000 men in the Battle of Maxen . Frederick himself lost half his army in the Battle of Kunersdorf , the worst defeat in his military career, and one that drove him to the brink of abdication and suicide. The disaster resulted partly from his misjudgment of the Russians, who had already demonstrated their strength at Zorndorf and at Gross Jägersdorf .
Battle of Kunersdorf
The French planned to invade the British Isles during 1759 by accumulating troops near the mouth of the Loire and concentrating their Brest and Toulon fleets. However, two sea defeats prevented this. In August, the Mediterranean fleet under Jean François de La Clue Sabran was scattered by a larger British fleet under Edward Boscawen at the Battle of Lagos . In the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November, the British admiral Edward Hawke with 23 ships of the line caught the French Brest fleet with 21 ships of the line under Marshal de Conflans and sank, captured or forced aground many of them, putting an end to the French plans.
Battle of Liegnitz (1760)
1760 brought even more disasters to the Prussians. The Prussian general Fouqué was defeated in the Battle of Landshut . The French captured Marburg , and the Swedes part of
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 21 Brandenburg Prussian Pomerania . The Hanoverians were victorious over the French at the Battle of Warburg , their continued success preventing France from sending troops to aid the Austrians against Prussia in the east. Despite this the Austrians, under the command of General Laudon captured Glatz (now Kłodzko) in Silesia. In the Battle of Liegnitz Frederick scored a victory despite being outnumbered three to one. The Russians under General Saltykov and Austrians under General Lacy briefly occupied his capital, Berlin, in October. The end of that year saw Frederick once more victorious, defeating the able Daun in the Battle of Torgau , but he suffered heavy casualties and the Austrians retreated in good order.
8th September 1796 - Battle of Bassano
The Battle of Bassano was fought on 8 September 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars , in the territory of the Republic of Venice , between a French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces led by Count Dagobert von Wurmser . The battle ended in a French victory. The Austrians abandoned their artillery and baggage, losing supplies, cannons, and battle standards to the French. This engagement occurred during the second Austrian relief attempt of the Siege of Mantua .
26th September 1815 - Russia, Prussia & Austria sign Holy Alliance
The Holy Alliance ( German : Heilige Allianz ; Russian : Священный союз, Svyashchennyy soyuz ; also called the Grand Alliance ) was a coalition created by the monarchist great powers of Russia , Austria and Prussia . It was created after the ultimate defeat of Napoleon at the behest of Czar Alexander I of Russia and signed in Paris on 26 September 1815.
30 th September 1818 Congress of Aachen (Aix la Chapelle)
The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle , held in the autumn of 1818, was primarily a meeting of the four allied powers Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia to decide the question of the withdrawal of the army of occupation from France and the nature of the modifications to be introduced in consequence into the relations of the four powers towards each other, and collectively towards France.
It was part of the series of conferences in the Concert of Europe .
France succeeded in its goal of reducing the obligations imposed by the Treaty of Paris of 1815, which involved stationing an Allied army in France and reparations. The occupation was formally terminated at the conference on 30 September 1818; by 30 November evacuation was complete. The French representative Duc de Richelieu succeeded in having France admitted as a full discussion partner in the European congress system and France's position as a European power was restored.
21st September 1884 - 6.37 mile Arlberg railroad tunnel completed in Austria
The Arlberg Railway , which connects the floods. It is operated by the Austrian Austrian cities Innsbruck and Bludenz , is Federal Railways (ÖBB) and frequented Austria's only east west mountain railway. by international trains, including the Orient The 135.7 km line is considered one of Express Europe's most problematic mountain railways, in part because it is threatened by As early as 1842 a railway over the avalanches, mudslides, rockfalls and Arlberg Pass was under discussion, as the
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 22 British sought a rail connection for traffic Construction of the Arlberg Railway from England to Egypt. Two years later, in started in 1880 and proceeded at a faster 1847, Carl Ganahl a textile industrialist pace than planned. Completion was from Feldkirch decided to privately originally not expected until the autumn of support construction of the railway, despite 1885, but already by May 29, 1883 the the many technical challenges involved. valley route from Innsbruck to Landeck in On the other hand, the opening of the Tyrol was put into service. On September Semmering Railway in 1854 showed that 21, 1884 the entire stretch of mountain mountain railways were basically possible railway was completed, including the then and feasible. single track, 10.25 km (6.37 mi) long Arlbergtunnel , the construction of which claimed 92 lives.
9th September 1898 - Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
Classification: Murderer Characteristics: Italian anarchist Number of victims: 1 Date of murder: September 10, 1898 Date of birth: April 22, 1873 Victim profile: The Austrian Empress Elisabeth (commonly referred to as Sisi) Method of murder: Stabbing with a needle file Location: Geneva, Switzerland Status: Sentenced to life in prison. Found hanged in his cell by his belt on October 19, 1910, apparently a suicide
Luigi Lucheni (April 22, 1873 – October the military, he immigrated to Switzerland. 19, 1910) was an Italian anarchist who During his life in Switzerland, he assassinated the Austrian Empress developed his anarchistic ideas. However, Elisabeth (commonly referred to as Sisi) in other anarchists considered Lucheni inept 1898. at understanding the philosophy of anarchy Lucheni believed in propaganda by the and often referred to him as "the stupid deed, a philosophy advocating spreading one". beliefs through direct action. Lucheni sought to kill a member of what Born in Paris to an Italian mother and he felt was an elite and oppressive upper raised in an orphanage, he worked odd jobs class, and he did not care which member of before joining the Italian Army for three it he killed. In his diary, Lucheni penned, and a half years. After a successful stay in "How I would like to kill someone — but
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 23 it must be someone important so it gets in walked onto the ship, where she later the papers." collapsed and died. At his trial, Lucheni openly admitted to his At first Lucheni decided that he would kill crimes, and at the age of 25, was sentenced Philippe, Duke of Orleans, but due to the to life in prison. After his memoirs were Duke's change of itinerary and the confiscated by prison guards, he was found discovery of another royal being in town, hanged in his cell by his belt on October he later settled for taking the life of 19, 1910, apparently a suicide. Elisabeth. Elisabeth traveled with few bodyguards, as she was adored by the Lucheni's assassination of Elisabeth gave populace in general. rise to the International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against It is generally held that while she was Anarchists held from November 24 to boarding a steamship to Montreux on December 21, 1898. This conference September 10, 1898 in Geneva, Lucheni agreed on a definition of anarchism as "any stabbed her with a needle file (which is act that used violent means to destroy the now part of the Vienna Sisi Museum's organization of society". exhibition). Not realising she was hurt and wanting to board as quickly as possible, Elisabeth got to her feet straight way and
Elisabeth of Austria
A photograph of Elisabeth on the day of her coronation as Queen of Hungary, 8 June 1867 Empress consort of Austria ; Apostolic queen consort of Hungary ; Queen consort of Bohemia and Croatia
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 24 Tenure 24 April 1854 – 10 September 1898 Coronation 8 June 1867
Spouse Franz Joseph I of Austria Issue Archduchess Sophie Archduchess Gisela Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria Archduchess Marie Valerie Full name Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie House of Habsburg Lorraine House House of Wittelsbach Father Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria Mother Princess Ludovika of Bavaria 24 December 1837 Born Munich , Kingdom of Bavaria (now part of Germany) 10 September 1898 (aged 60) Died Geneva, Switzerland (assassinated) Religion Roman Catholic
Elisabeth of Austria (24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898) was the wife of Franz Joseph I, and therefore both Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary . She also held the titles of Queen of Bohemia and Croatia, among others. From an early age, she was called Sisi by family and friends.
Although Elisabeth had a limited (but significant) influence on Austro Hungarian politics, she became an historical icon . The Empress is now thought to have been a non conformist who abhorred conventional court protocol, and was a free spirit, who valued an individual sense of freedom above anything else. Following the suicide of her son Rudolf , she withdrew from public life. She was murdered by an anarchist in Geneva, Switzerland in 1898. Elisabeth is the longest serving consort of Austria
10 th September 1919 - Treaty of Saint Germain
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye , was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the Republic of German Austria on the other. Like the Treaty of Trianon with Hungary and the Treaty of Versailles with Germany , it contained the Covenant of the League of Nations and as a result was not ratified by the United States but was followed by the US–Austrian Peace Treaty of 1921.
The treaty signing ceremony took place at the Château de Saint Germain en Laye .
26 th September 1929 Johann Schober becomes chancellor (conservative) of Austria
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13th September 1931 - Rightwing-radical coup of Dr Pfrimer fails in Austria
Walter Pfrimer (born 22 December 1881 in Marburg an der Drau died 31 May 1968 in Judenburg ) was an Austrian politician and leader of the Heimwehr in Styria . He was the leader of a failed putsch in 1931.
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In 2013 Austria remembers the “Anschluss” on Nazi-Germany in 1938. It also recalls the crimes committed by so many Austrians in the Nazi-Machinery but also its hitherto unsung heroes who gave their lives for others . Karl Burian
born 4th August 1896 in Vienna; executed 13 th March 1944 Austrian Officer and Resistance Fighter against the Nazis.
Karl Burian graduated from the military academy in Mährisch Weißkirchen and was a lieutenant in the k.u.k. (Imperial and Royal) Dragoon Regiment No. 11. In World War I he served as the youngest lieutenant in the k.u.k. Dragoon Regiment No. 8. From 1916 to 1917 he was Prisoner of War in Russia. After the war he studied philosophy in Vienna and was a founding member of the Corps Ottonen , Vienna. His anti Nazi, Habsburg oriented Austro patriotic attitude should determine his actions from 1933.
In 1936 he joined the Austrian Army as a lieutenant. After the German invasion in 1938 he was transferred to the German army (Wehrmacht), was promoted to captain in August 1938 and has since been active as a Recruitment Inspector in Vienna. As a staunch monarchist and convinced Austrian he sought to rally like minded people, but was betrayed and was arrested on 13th October 1938. He remained for five years in custody and was eventually following absurd trumped up charges of espionage and for resisting the Third Reich condemned to death on the 9th December 1943 and executed on the 13th March 1944.
Resistance to National Socialism
Burian did not believe that the Nazi regime could last in Austria and continued to pursue legitimist aspirations. Via a Brother of the Corps Ottonen, who had emigrated to Paris in 1938, Burian was commissioned by Otto von Habsburg with the construction of a legitimist association and resistance group in Vienna. She was named after his Corps and called itself The Resistance Group of the Corps Ottonen but called itself also the Central Committee of the Monarchist Movement. This group is recruited amongst others, from legitimist sympathizers
BCA The News The SuppleSupplement.ment. September 2013 26 and Corp Students. Otto von Habsburg was also regularly informed about the expansion of the group’s activities to Brno and Prague.
On the 13th October 1938 Burian was arrested, when he was expecting a messenger with news from Habsburg. After about five years detention a three day trial against Burian and his six co defendents (four were Viennese Ottonen) took place by an external panel of the Berlin People's Court in the Vienna Regional Criminal Court, which ended with his death sentence and long prison terms for the other co defendants.
According to the indictment he was found guilty of forming a legitimist organization that should serve the purpose of the forceful secession of the Ostmark (Nazi name for Austria) from the Third Reich and the establishment of a monarchy under Otto von Habsburg comprising of all former Austrian territories . The harshness of the judgment was based, inter alia, on the position of Burian as a Wehrmacht officer, and the accusation to have systematically prepared and organised high treason and thus has actually committed treason. The defendants were sentenced to several terms of imprisonment (for example, 8 years in prison for Ludwig Krausz Wienner), Burian’s Corp Brother Erwin Drahozwal could escape arrest.
The execution of the verdict against Burian took place on the 13th March 1944 in Vienna’s Regional Criminal Court (Landesgericht) by decapitation. He has remained loyal to the end to his motto: Emperor and the Empire!
The Federal Army of the Second Republic honoured him and his comrade Lieutenant Colonel Franz Heckenast , who was also murdered by the Nazis, by renaming the Army Logistic Centre Building in Schwenkgasse 47 in 1121 Vienna to the Commando Centre Heckenast -Burian.
Legitimist Corps were a phenomenon of interwar Austria. It was the duelling (schlagend) legitimist fraternity, that described themselves, sooner or later, as corps in all known cases.
What these organisations had in common, following the collapse of the monarchy, was that they recruited themselves from conservative circles, former nobility and the military. So they were more or less entitled to call themselves legitimists. For the Corps loyalty to the Emperor and political neutrality before World War I was very acceptable. In the First Republic, however, perceived as politically positioned, new formations had no place in the Corps.
Nevertheless, the legitimist differed from most conservative organisations, because they had neither denominational nor national links: The Roman Catholic organisations rejected the Duel (Mensur), the Student fraternities (Burschenschaften) strongly supported and enforced the German National Movement and the Kösener Corps tended especially since the German war (Prussia versus Austria 1866) rather towards the Prussian-Protestant than the Catholic Habsburg monarchy.
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