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Vinzenz Katzler: Austria with Slav and Magyar nurse, colour lithograph, 1869

The Habsburg Empire, personified by the image of Austria as protector of the Slavs and Magyars, who in turn make their contribution to the well-being of the Empire.

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IMAGNO/Austrian Archives

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    The rise and fall of Austro-Slavism

    Austro-Slavism as an ideological programme of the Slavs under Habsburg rule regarded the Austrian empire as the optimum political framework for the existence of the Slav peoples of central Europe. They demanded the restructuring of the empire into a federalist state and the equality of the Austrian Slavs in order to ensure their unrestricted development.