Further Austria
Further Austria, Outer Austria or Anterior Austria (German: Vorderösterreich, formerly die Vorlande (pl.)) was the collective name for the early (and later) possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-western Germany, including territories in the Alsace region west of the Rhine and in Vorarlberg.
| Vorderösterreich Österreichische Vorlande | |||||||||||||||||
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| Territory of Habsburg monarchy and the Austrian Empire | |||||||||||||||||
| 1278–1805 | |||||||||||||||||
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Further Austrian territories, after the loss of the Sundgau in 1648 | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Ensisheim Freiburg im Breisgau | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1278 | ||||||||||||||||
• Peace of Pressburg | 1805 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Austria France Germany Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
While the territories of Further Austria west of the Rhine and south of Lake Constance (except Konstanz itself) were gradually lost to France and the Swiss Confederacy, those in Swabia and Vorarlberg remained under Habsburg control until the Napoleonic Era.
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