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Republic of German-Austria
German-Austria Deutschösterreich (German) | |||||||||
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| 1918–1919 | |||||||||
![Proposed Coat of arms (1918)[1] of German-Austria](view.php?q=Republic_of_German-Austria&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:AustriaCoA-1918.svg) | |||||||||
Seal of the German-Austrian State Chancellery | |||||||||
.png)  Territory claimed by German-Austria | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized rump state | ||||||||
| Capital | Vienna | ||||||||
| Common languages | German | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | German-Austrian | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary directorial republic (1918–1919) Unitary parliamentary republic (1919) | ||||||||
| Head of state | |||||||||
• 1918–1919 | State Council | ||||||||
• 1919 | Karl Seitz | ||||||||
| Chancellor | |||||||||
• 1918–1919 | Karl Renner | ||||||||
| Legislature |
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| History | |||||||||
• Proclaimed | 12 November 1918 | ||||||||
• Prohibited by Treaty of St Germain | 10 September 1919 | ||||||||
| Currency | Krone | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, and Slovenia | ||||||||
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The Republic of German-Austria (German: Republik Deutschösterreich, alternatively spelt Republik Deutsch-Österreich) and German-Austria (German: Deutschösterreich) was an unrecognised state that was created following World War I as an initial rump state for areas with a predominantly German-speaking and ethnic German population within what had been the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with plans for eventual unification with Germany. The territories covered an area of 118,311 km2 (45,680 sq mi), with 10.4 million inhabitants.
In practice, however, its authority was limited to the Danubian and Alpine provinces which had been the core of Cisleithania. Much of its claimed territory was de facto administered by the newly formed Czechoslovakia, and internationally recognized as such.
Attempts to create German-Austria under these auspices were ultimately unsuccessful, especially since union with Germany was forbidden in the Treaty of Versailles, and the new state of the First Austrian Republic was created in 1920.
- ^ The first state coat of arms of the Republic of German Austria, adopted by the State Council on 31 October 1918; design: Karl Renner StGBl. 257/1919
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