I have ancestor that was supposedly born in Upper Austria just south of the Austrian Czech border. Being unsuccessful in locating him there, I am wondering if the border of Austria was once further north in what is now the South Bohemian region, so that it encompassed what is known as a portion of the Sudetenland. Although now in the Czech Republic, the entire region was part of the Hapsburg-ruled Austronesian-Hungarian Empire in the 19th century and was populated by German-speakers. Does anyone know about the history of the border in this area and if the Sudetenland part of the region was once part of Austria?
If you go to this website you can see Austria Hungary in its entirety. See the inclusion of Bohemia and Moravia, north of Austria, which is now called the Czech Republic, and which was established as a separate country under the name of Czechoslovakia in 1918. This map also includes all the other ethnic territories which belonged to the monarchy called Austria Hungary. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/austria_hungary_1911.jpg Aida On 8/17/09, John & Kathy Hartmann <[email protected]> wrote: > I have ancestor that was supposedly born in Upper Austria just south of > the Austrian Czech border. Being unsuccessful in locating him there, I > am wondering if the border of Austria was once further north in what is > now the South Bohemian region, so that it encompassed what is known as a > portion of the Sudetenland. Although now in the Czech Republic, the > entire region was part of the Hapsburg-ruled Austronesian-Hungarian > Empire in the 19th century and was populated by German-speakers. Does > anyone know about the history of the border in this area and if the > Sudetenland part of the region was once part of Austria? > > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >