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Flag of the Habsburg monarchy and also the flag of the Austrian Empire; from the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, flag of Cisleithanian Austria. Sometimes used as the unofficial national flag of Austria-Hungary .
The Austrian Empire, [a] officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a multinational European great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs.
Flaga Austrii – prostokąt podzielony na trzy poziome pasy: czerwony, biały i czerwony. Flaga ta należy do najstarszych symboli Europy. Pochodzi z 1230 roku. Legenda głosi, że kolor flagi nawiązuje do białej tuniki księcia Leopolda V Babenberga, zakrwawionej podczas bitwy w 1191 roku (oblężenie Akki w trakcie trzeciej wyprawy krzyżowej).
The black–gold flag was used in a way similar to a modern national flag by the Austrian Habsburg monarchy within the Holy Roman Empire, by the later Austrian Empire, and by the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary, and was sometimes informally used for the entire empire, up until 1918.
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Even when Austrian rulers held sway over the heartland of a great European empire, the duchy of Austria used that coat of arms and a flag of corresponding design. With the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, Austria lost its imperial banners and was reduced to its present borders.
Learn about the history and meaning of the flags and coats of arms of the Austrian Empire (1804-1867), a successor state of the Holy Roman Empire. See images of the black and gold eagle, the red and white band-shield, and other variants.
