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The arms of the Austro-Hungarian state with the device “Indivisibiliter ac inseparabilter” (Indivisible and inseparable)

The often-evoked unity was in reality, however, threatened by serious differences, a growing discrepancy and reciprocal alienation.

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Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur-und Betriebsges.m.b.H./Fotograf: Alexander E. Koller

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  • Development

    The Dual Monarchy – Cisleithania and Transleithania

    The Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy was created through the Compromise of 1867. The Habsburg Monarchy now had two capitals, Vienna and Budapest. The two halves of the empire were united by their common army and foreign policy. The strongest linking factor was the monarch, who personified the unity of the empire.

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    ‘Indivisible and inseparable’ – the supranational state

    The Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary was a union of two states based constitutionally on the 1867 Compromise. It was reflected in shared institutions and a joint ruler, Franz Joseph, who as a person was much more than just a symbolic connecting link.