Facts about Austria-Hungary
The full name of Austria-Hungary is Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen.
Capital: Vienna (Imperial Austria and the country in general), Budapest (Royal Hungary)
Official Languages: German, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Italian, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene
Religions: Roman Catholicism, but also Protestant, Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism and Sunni Islam(Bosnia)
Currency: Austro-Hungarian Krone (crown in English)
Area in 1914: 676,615 km2
Population in 1914(estimate): 52,800,000
Real GDP (in billions of current dollars): 101
Effective Real GDP(in billions of current dollars): 30
Capital: Vienna (Imperial Austria and the country in general), Budapest (Royal Hungary)
Official Languages: German, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Italian, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene
Religions: Roman Catholicism, but also Protestant, Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism and Sunni Islam(Bosnia)
Currency: Austro-Hungarian Krone (crown in English)
Area in 1914: 676,615 km2
Population in 1914(estimate): 52,800,000
Real GDP (in billions of current dollars): 101
Effective Real GDP(in billions of current dollars): 30
Peoples of Austria-Hungary
Austrian Germans 24%
Hungarians 20%
The word "Hungarian" comes from the Turkic word on-ogur, or ten arrows, which may refer to the region's early Magyar tribes. Descendants of the Finno-Ugric peoples, who lived between the Volga River and Ural Mountains and Bulgar-Turkic nomads, Magyars make up most of Hungary's population. They speak a language related to Finnish. The breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire left the Romanian region of Transylvania and the Yugoslavian province of Vojvodina with large Hungarian enclaves.
Czechs 13%
Czechs are a western Slavic people living in central Europe. They speak Czech, which is closely related to Slovak. They inhabit the Bohemia and Moravia regions. Large numbers of Czechs immigrated to America.
Poles 10%
Poles lived in the Galicia region of the empire. Many in the city of Krakau(Cracow, Kraków). Lots of Poles immigrated to North America, because they couldn't be provided with enough food from the primitive agricultural methods.
Ukrainians 8%
Until the 17th century, Ukrainians and Belorussians were thought as the same people, or "Ruthenians". Many Ukrainians immigrated to North America seeking better economic conditions. Most Ukrainians are Orthodox Christians.
Romanians 6%
"Latins in a sea of Slavs" is how Romanians describe themselves. Romanians speak the only major Romance language in eastern Europe.
Croats 5%
Like Serbs, Croats are Serbo-Croatian speaking south Slavs. Croats, however, are mostly Roman Catholic and use Latin alphabet instead of Cyrillic used by Orthodox Serbs. Those differences divided the Croats and Serbs.
Serbs 4%
In the 6th and 7th century, Serbian Slavs moved into what is now Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Saints Cyril and Methodius converted them to Orthodox Christians in the mid-800s. Founded in the 12th century, the kingdom of Serbia seized Albania, Macedonia, and parts of Bosnia, Bulgaria, and Greece.
Slovaks 4%
Slovaks, like Czechs, are also Slavs. They are mainly Catholics. The Slovakian territories once had rich gold and silver mines under Hungarian rule. In the 19th century, however, Buda became the new capital of Hungary. Slovaks are impoverished and many immigrated to North America. Many others immigrated to America to escape "Magyarization" ordered by the Hungarian government.
Slovenes 3%
The Slovene language is related to Serbo-Croatian and written in Latin alphabet. Overwhelmingly Catholic, they owe their survival of their cultural identity through centuries of Austrian rule mainly to intense education carried out by priests.
Italians 3%
Hungarians 20%
The word "Hungarian" comes from the Turkic word on-ogur, or ten arrows, which may refer to the region's early Magyar tribes. Descendants of the Finno-Ugric peoples, who lived between the Volga River and Ural Mountains and Bulgar-Turkic nomads, Magyars make up most of Hungary's population. They speak a language related to Finnish. The breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire left the Romanian region of Transylvania and the Yugoslavian province of Vojvodina with large Hungarian enclaves.
Czechs 13%
Czechs are a western Slavic people living in central Europe. They speak Czech, which is closely related to Slovak. They inhabit the Bohemia and Moravia regions. Large numbers of Czechs immigrated to America.
Poles 10%
Poles lived in the Galicia region of the empire. Many in the city of Krakau(Cracow, Kraków). Lots of Poles immigrated to North America, because they couldn't be provided with enough food from the primitive agricultural methods.
Ukrainians 8%
Until the 17th century, Ukrainians and Belorussians were thought as the same people, or "Ruthenians". Many Ukrainians immigrated to North America seeking better economic conditions. Most Ukrainians are Orthodox Christians.
Romanians 6%
"Latins in a sea of Slavs" is how Romanians describe themselves. Romanians speak the only major Romance language in eastern Europe.
Croats 5%
Like Serbs, Croats are Serbo-Croatian speaking south Slavs. Croats, however, are mostly Roman Catholic and use Latin alphabet instead of Cyrillic used by Orthodox Serbs. Those differences divided the Croats and Serbs.
Serbs 4%
In the 6th and 7th century, Serbian Slavs moved into what is now Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Saints Cyril and Methodius converted them to Orthodox Christians in the mid-800s. Founded in the 12th century, the kingdom of Serbia seized Albania, Macedonia, and parts of Bosnia, Bulgaria, and Greece.
Slovaks 4%
Slovaks, like Czechs, are also Slavs. They are mainly Catholics. The Slovakian territories once had rich gold and silver mines under Hungarian rule. In the 19th century, however, Buda became the new capital of Hungary. Slovaks are impoverished and many immigrated to North America. Many others immigrated to America to escape "Magyarization" ordered by the Hungarian government.
Slovenes 3%
The Slovene language is related to Serbo-Croatian and written in Latin alphabet. Overwhelmingly Catholic, they owe their survival of their cultural identity through centuries of Austrian rule mainly to intense education carried out by priests.
Italians 3%
Imperial & Royal kaiserlich und königlich or K.u.K
The emperor of Austria-Hungary uses the title of K.u.K because Austria-Hungary is a joint monarchy. The map below shows the Imperial Austria in red and Royal Hungary in green. Bosnia is a jointly controlled condominium.