 the history of austria covers the history of austria and its predecessor states, from the farming communities of the early stone age to the present sovereign state. the name ostarrÃ®chi (austria) has been in use since 996 ad when it was a margravate of the duchy of bavaria and from 1156 an independent duchy (later archduchy) of the holy roman empire of the german nation (heiliges rÃ¶misches reich 962â1806). during this time austria was dominated by the house of habsburg (haus Ãsterreich) from 1273 to 1806, when the old empire came to an end. austria then emerged into the nineteenth century as the austrian empire, a part of the german confederation until the austro-prussian war of 1866 excluded her, after which austria continued as the austro-hungarian empire (1867â1918) as a dual monarchy with hungary. when this empire collapsed in 1918 after the end of world war i, austria was reduced to the main german speaking areas of the empire corresponding to its current frontiers and adopted the name german austria, since it wanted to join the new german weimar republic. this union was forbidden by the victorious allies at the treaty of versailles. following the first republic (1918â1933) austrofascism tried to keep austria independent from the german reich, but in 1938 it was annexed by nazi germany with the support of the majority of the austrian people.austria: a country study. select link on left for the anschluss and world war ii. eric solsten, ed. (washington, d. c.: federal research division of the library of congress, 1993).emil mÃ¼ller-sturmheim after the second world war austria again became an independent republic as the second republic in 1955 and joined the european union in 1995. == historiography == the history of austria creates a number of problems. for instance, should it be confined to the current relatively small republic of austria, whose boundaries date from the end of the first world war, or to all lands that fell under the various rulers of what is now known as austria? should austrian history include 1938â1945 when it no longer existed, having been annexed to the german third reich? of the lands now encompassed in modern austria, many were added over time and only two of the nine provinces or lÃ¤nder are strictly 'austria', namely the 'core' provinces of lower austria and upper austria, while other parts are now included in surrounding countries such as italy or the czech republic. within austria there are large regional variations, and parts of austria have at various times wished to become part of adjacent countries.beller 2006, 2â9 == overview ==  human habitation of current austria can be traced back to the first farming com
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