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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.
The "double" civil ensign, as a symbol of "corporate identity", was also used as the consular flag, as decreed on 18 February 1869. It came into use on 1 August 1869. Legations, however, flew the black-and-gold flag of Austria alongside the red-white-green flag of Hungary, while embassies flew the two national flags alongside the imperial ...
The national flag of Austria (Flagge Österreichs) is a triband in the following order: red, white, and red. The Austrian flag is considered one of the oldest national symbols still in use by a modern country, with its first recorded use in 1230. [1] The Austrian triband originated from the arms of the Babenberg dynasty.
Merchant flag of the Archduchy of Austria 1804–1918 Flag of the Austrian Empire: 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. 1869–1918 Unimplemented Naval Ensign 1869–1918
The Habsburg monarchy, [i] also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm [j] (/ ˈ h æ p s b ɜːr ɡ /), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is also referred to as the Austrian monarchy (Latin: Monarchia Austriaca) or the Danubian ...
Austria-Hungary, [c] also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe [d] between 1867 and 1918.
↑ Civil flag or Landesfarben of the Habsburg monarchy (1700-1806) ↑ Merchant ensign of the Habsburg monarchy (from 1730 to 1750) ↑ Flag of the Austrian Empire (1804-1867) ↑ Civil flag used in Cisleithania part of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918) House colours of the House of Habsburg
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, Habsburg hereditary lands before 1526; The Austrian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire