The term Habsburg Austria may refer to the lands ruled by the Austrian branch of the
Habsburgs, or the historical Austria. Depending on the context, it may be defined as:
* The
Duchy of Austria, after 1453 the
Archduchy of Austria
* The ''
Erblande
The ''Erblande'' ("Hereditary Lands") of the House of Habsburg formed the Alpine heartland of the Habsburg monarchy.Kann, ''Habsburg Empire'', 1–4. They were the hereditary possessions of the Habsburgs within the Holy Roman Empire from before ...
'', Habsburg hereditary lands before 1526
* The
Austrian Circle
The Austrian Circle (german: Österreichischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was one of the four Imperial Circles created by decree after the 1512 Diet at Cologne, twelve years after the original six Circles w ...
of the Holy Roman Empire
* The
Habsburg monarchy as a whole, or after 1804 the
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence ...
*
Cisleithania, the Austrian half of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1867 to 1918
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