Österrike

Berusad av Rilke komponerar den unga Alma vilda pianostycken i den palatsliknande villan i Wiens Hohe Warte. Klara riktar sin Voigtländerkamera mot byggnadernas raka linjer i den …

Austria has long been considered a European success story: a land-locked country on the losing side of World War Two, which emerged from ten years of post-war occupation as one of …

The music of the Strauss family – Johann and his three sons, Johann, Josef and Eduard – enjoys enormous popular appeal. Yet existing biographies have failed to do justice to the …

This volume presents the ideas of the main actors of the political scene in the Hungarian Kingdom during the long 19th century (1790-1920). Organised around key political thinkers, …

Der Altar von Schloss Tirol – ein Reliquienretabel mit Flügelbildern –, geschaffen um 1370/72, gilt als ältestes Retabel im Alpenraum. In Vorbereitung der Restaurierung fanden in …

Alle tier om noe. August 1989: Jernteppet rives. Ved den ungarske grensen er hundrevis av østtyske flyktninger ivrige etter å komme seg til østerriksk side. Dunkelblum, en …

Poets and intellectuals brushed shoulders in bustling coffeehouses, young avant-gardists heralded a new era in social and sexual liberalism, waltzes resounded through the …

Erwin Osen: Egon Schiele’s artist friend as a fascinating discovery As the charismatic artist friend of Egon Schiele, Erwin Osen also left his mark on the key early years of …

When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, he was given a rapturous reception. Millions lined the streets and filled the squares of Vienna. Tobias Portschy, a self-appointed …

In nineteenth century Cisleithanian Austria, poor, working-class women underwent mass migrations from the countryside to urban centers for menial or unskilled labor jobs. Through …