AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

austria-hungary, or the austro-hungarian monarchy (ger. _oesterreichisch-ungarische monarchie_ or _oesterreichisch-ungarisches reich_), the official name of a country situated in central europe, bounded e. by russia and rumania, s. by rumania, servia, turkey and montenegro, w. by the adriatic sea, italy, switzerland, liechtenstein, and the german empire, and n. by the german empire and russia. it occupies about the sixteenth part of the total area of europe, with an area (1905) of 239,977 sq. m. the monarchy consists of two independent states: the kingdoms and lands represented in the council of the empire (_reichsrat_), unofficially called austria (_q.v._) or cisleithania; and the "lands of st stephen's crown," unofficially called hungary (_q.v._) or transleithania. it received its actual name by the diploma of the emperor francis joseph i. of the 14th of november 1868, replacing the name of the austrian empire under which the dominions under his sceptre were formerly known. the austro-hungarian monarchy is very often called unofficially the dual monarchy. it had in 1901 a population of 45,405,267 inhabitants, comprising therefore within its borders, about one-eighth of the total population of europe. by the berlin treaty of 1878 the principalities of bosnia and herzegovina with an area of 19,702 sq. m., and a population (1895) of 1,591,036 inhabitants, owning turkey as suzerain, were placed under the administration of austria-hungary, and their annexation in 1908 was recognized by the powers in 1909, so that they became part of the dominions of the monarchy. _government_.--the present constitution of the austro-hungarian monarchy (see austria) is based on the pragmatic sanction of the emperor charles