From 1382, Triest was part of the Habsburg Empire, the center of the Coastal Province. The city was the Monarchy’s most important seaport for civilian traffic and a competitor to [ … ]
Category: Roundtrip in Austria-Hungary
Burg Hochosterwitz, KuK 7. Infanterie Regiment “Khevenhüller”
Burg Hochosterwitz has been owned by the Khevenhüller family since 1541. It is located near Launsdorf in Carinthia. It was built on a 175 meter high dolomite rock. On the [ … ]
Drei Zinnen / Tre Cime di Lavaredo
During the roundtrip, I occasionally show natural beauties on the badges. That’s because we’re running out of city badges. Drei Zinnen is a triple peak in the Sexten-Dolomites, on the [ … ]
Olmütz
St. Michael’s Church with its triple dome is the defining building of the city’s panorama. The church was built in the mid-1200s and rebuilt between 1673 and 1686 into the [ … ]
Theresienstadt (Terezin)
Theresienstadt was a military town. It was founded in 1780 by Joseph II. The construction of his fortress served the protection of the German-Prussian border region. The city was named [ … ]
Prague/Praha
The Czech capital city does not require a lengthy description. It has been a popular destination today and a long time ago. Lots of foreigners made pilgrimages to see the [ … ]
Lemberg 2.
The capital city of Galicia was already a major commercial and military center in the early historical periods. This role was provided by the position of the town in the [ … ]
Lemberg/Lwów/Lviv
The foundation of the city can be linked to the formation of the eastern Slavic states on the Eastern European plain. It was part of a disputed territory between the [ … ]
Nyitra (Nitra)
The city of Nyitra is an ancient settlement, first officially mentioned in 880. But it was already known in Roman times. It may have been a commercial center at the [ … ]
Munkács (Mukacevo)
The Castle of Munkács is one of the known and important sites of Hungarian history. The castle is best known for the presence of Ms Ilona Zrínyi here, who was [ … ]