In Habsburg Lands
The world of the Habsburgs was a vast one – both geographically and metaphorically. The Habsburgs ruled over a great and multifarious empire, composed of different countries, landscapes and peoples, each with their own history, language and tradition.
Many common features, but also significant differences, characterized coexistence within the Habsburg Monarchy. A great deal of economic and cultural convergence took place, which in some instances is still perceptible today.
Following the collapse of the Monarchy in 1918, the successor states mostly stressed what made them different, and what they shared became submerged by events of the Second World War and the partition of central Europe by the Iron Curtain.
For many years, Vienna and Austria viewed themselves as the sole trustees of the Habsburg inheritance. However, it should not be forgotten that the house of Habsburg and its history were and still are viewed and appraised differently from Prague or Budapest, from the perspective of the Habsburg legacy lying outside the borders of today’s Austria.
Katika Nchi za Habsburg Ulimwengu wa Habsburg ulikuwa mkubwa - kijiografia na kwa njia ya mfano. Habsburgs walitawala juu ya milki kubwa na mbalimbali, iliyoundwa na nchi tofauti, mandhari na watu, kila mmoja na historia yao wenyewe, lugha na utamaduni. Sifa nyingi za kawaida, lakini pia tofauti kubwa, zilionyesha kuishi pamoja ndani ya Milki ya Habsburg. Mwingiliano mkubwa wa kiuchumi na kitamaduni ulifanyika, ambao katika visa fulani bado unaonekana leo. Baada ya kuanguka kwa utawala wa kifalme wa Uingereza mwaka 1918, nchi zilizofuata zilijishughulisha na mambo yaliyowafanya wawe tofauti na yale yaliyowashirikisha, lakini mambo hayo yalipungua wakati wa Vita vya Pili vya Ulimwengu na kugawanywa kwa Ulaya ya Kati na pazia la chuma. Kwa miaka mingi, Vienna na Austria zilijiona kuwa wadhamini pekee wa urithi wa Habsburg. Hata hivyo, haipaswi kusahaulika kwamba nyumba ya Habsburg na historia yake walikuwa na bado ni kutazamwa na kutathmini tofauti na Prague au Budapest, kutoka mtazamo wa urithi Habsburg uongo nje ya mipaka ya leo Austria.