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Eckartsau Palace, red saloon

Karl I held meetings in the Palace’s red saloon.

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Imperial Hunting Lodge Eckartsau - Donau Auen National Park of the Austrian Federal Forests AG
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Österreichische Bundesforste AG, Bildarchiv

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    Emperor Karl on his way into exile

    In the winter of 1918/1919 Eckartsau was the setting for the final act in the long rule of the Habsburgs: for three months the hunting lodge was the home of Karl, the last, disempowered Austrian emperor, before the imperial family set off into exile.