Deutschösterreich

name for Germany-Austria

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The term Deutschösterreich was the name for German-Austria, a state proclaimed in 1918 after the collapse of the Austria-Hungary empire. This new republic aimed to unite German-speaking territories. However, the Treaty of Saint-Germain in 1919 prohibited Austria from using the name "Deutschösterreich" and forbade union with Germany without the League of Nations' consent. Consequently, the state became officially known as the Republic of Austria.

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Austria
Early postwar years
…should cease to call itself Deutschösterreich (German-Austria); it became the Republik Österreich (Republic of Austria). The Austrian claim for the German-speaking areas of Bohemia and Moravia was denied by the Saint-Germain peace conference, and Austria also had to recognize the frontiers of Czechoslovakia along slightly rectified historical administrative lines. On…
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…should cease to call itself Deutschösterreich (German-Austria); it became the Republik Österreich (Republic of Austria). The Austrian claim for the German-speaking areas of Bohemia and Moravia was denied by the Saint-Germain peace conference, and Austria also had to recognize the frontiers of Czechoslovakia along slightly rectified historical administrative lines. On…
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