Margraviate of Austria
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The Margraviate of Austria was a medieval frontier march, centered along the river Danube, between the river Enns and the Vienna Woods, within the territory of the modern Austrian provinces of Upper A
The first mention of the word Ostarrîchi (996), the word is marked with a red circle.
Ostmark (Austria)
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Ostmark was a name that referred historically to the Margraviate of Austria, a medieval frontier march. It was also used in Nazi propaganda from 1938 to 1942 to refer to the formerly independent Feder
Margraviate of Austria
…Eastern March (Sächsische Ostmark) in the northeast. During the Anschluss period of 1938–45 the Nazi authorities tried to replace the term "Austria" with Ostmark. The march comprised the lands north and south of the Danube river, with the Enns tributary in the west forming the border with the Traungau shire of…
1938 postage stamp showing a German and Austrian embracing with the date "10 April 1938," marking the sham referendum that legalised the Anschluss. The text translates as, "1 May 1938: The Eastern March celebrates the Day of National Labour!"
The Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark ('Eastern March Aircraft Engine Factories') in Wiener Neudorf, 1944.