cisleithania

Cisleithania (German Zisleithanien) was the name of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary, the Dual monarchy which was created in 1867 and dissolved in 1918. The Cisleithanian lands continued to constitute the Empire of Austria. The somewhat cumbersome official name was "Die im Reichsrat vertretenen Knigreiche und Lnder" ("The Kingdoms and Lands represented in the Imperial Council"). The Cisleithanian capital was Vienna. The territory had a population of 28,571,900 in 1910. The name of Cisleithania derives from Leitha river, because most of its territory lay west (or to "this" side, from an Austrian perspective) of it.

Provinces

It consisted of 15 crownlands, which had representatives in the Reichsrat (Cisleithanian parliament): Crownlands of Cisleithania with capitals in alphetical order in German>

State!! Capital
a href="/encyclopedia/Bohemia" title="Bohemia">Bhmen (Bohemia)	Prag (Prague)
a href="/encyclopedia/Bukovina" title="Bukovina">Bukowine (Bukovina)	Czernowitz
a href="/encyclopedia/Dalmatia" title="Dalmatia">Dalmatien (Dalmatia)	Spalato (Split)
a href="/encyclopedia/Galicia-(Central-Europe)" title="Galicia (Central Europe)">Galizien und Lodomerien (Galicia and Lodomeria)	Lemberg (Lviv)
a href="/encyclopedia/Carinthia-(state)" title="Carinthia (state)">Krnten (Carinthia)	Klagenfurt
a href="/encyclopedia/Carniola" title="Carniola">Krain (Carniola)	Laibach (Ljubljana)
a href="/encyclopedia/Kstenland" title="Kstenland">Kstenland (Coast Land)	Triest (Trieste)
a href="/encyclopedia/Moravia" title="Moravia">Mhren (Moravia)	Brnn (Brno)
a href="/encyclopedia/Lower-Austria" title="Lower Austria">Niedersterreich (Lower Austria)	Wien (Vienna)
a href="/encyclopedia/Upper-Austria" title="Upper Austria">Obersterreich (Upper Austria)	Linz
a href="/encyclopedia/Salzburg-(state)" title="Salzburg (state)">Salzburg	Salzburg
a href="/encyclopedia/Silesia" title="Silesia">Schlesien (Silesia)	Troppau (Opava)
a href="/encyclopedia/Styria" title="Styria">Steiermark (Styria)	Graz
a href="/encyclopedia/Tirol" title="Tirol">Tirol	Innsbruck
a href="/encyclopedia/Vorarlberg" title="Vorarlberg">Vorarlberg	Bregenz

Politics

Each crownland had a regional assembly, the Landtag, which sent representatives to the Reichsrat until 1873, when the population was granted universal suffrage based on class differences (high classes got more influence during elections). The Reichsrat (with 498 members) was a stage of nationalist struggle between Germans and Slavs, more notably Czechs. At first Germans dominated but after an electoral reform in 1907 (which abolished class based suffrage) Slavs gained a majority. For representation in federal matters (finance, defences) the Reichsrat appointed a delegation of 60 members to discuss these matters with the Emperor. Politics were frequently paralysed because of the tensions between different nationalities. From 1909 onward Emperor Franz Joseph autocratically ruled through imperial decrees. The Reichsrat was prorogued in March 1914 and did not meet again until after the accession of Karl I in 1916.

Ethnic composition of the population (1910)

Ethnicity!! % of total Cisleithanian population
ermans	33%
zechs	22%
oles	15%
uthenians	12%
lovenes	5%
talians	3%
roats and Serbs	3%
ther	7%

References

Allgemeines Verzeichnis der Ortsgemeinden und Ortschaften sterreichs nach den Ergebnissen der Volkszhlung vom 31. Dezember 1910 (ed. by K.K. Statistische Zentralkommission, Vienna, 1915) (=latest austrian gazetteer, register of political communities, giving the results of 1910 census)

For more info see: Austria-Hungary

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