A Green politician sitting on the local council in Wolfsberg wants to see the return of aristocratic titles which were banned in Austria after the first world war. Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen, himself a descendant who would have the title Archduke, wants them to be returned to their former owners and their descendants by 2018 at the […]
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Food fit for a king
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The team from Landgasthof Kaiserbrunn, who have a long history themselves, have put that of the Habsburgs’ onto their menu. The small inn in Reichenau an der Rax, Austria, which serves up a range of regional Austrian dishes to hungry guests, has dug out some of the most traditional recipes of the Habsburg era. With […]
Europe bemoans death of Otto Habsburg
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Otto Habsburg, the last heir to the throne of the former Austrian-Hungarian Empire and oldest member of the Habsburg family, has died at the age of 98. Habsburg “peacefully passed away” yesterday morning (Mon), his family announced. They explained all of his seven children were at his death bed in Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany. He will […]
A Social Democratic (SPÖ) member of the Austrian parliament (MP) has waded into controversy by suggesting asking the Habsburgs to wave from the balcony of a tourism hotspot. SPÖ whip Josef Cap said in parliament yesterday (Thurs) members of the Habsburg family – who ruled vast parts of Central Europe for decades – could “wave […]
A couple suspected of having stolen antiques worth millions of Euros from a Habsburg family-owned estate have been arrested in Morocco.Claudia and Engelbert M. applied for support at the Austrian embassy in the Moroccan capital Rabat after having run out of money at the weekend. The married couple were arrested when officials realised they are […]
Posh pigeon loft reopened
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A Viennese tourism body has spent more than 270,000 Euros on the renovation of a pigeon loft, it has emerged.The citys Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und BetriebsgesmbH which manages Schönbrunn Palace, its gardens and the adjacent zoo said today (Fri) it had invested 272,000 Euros on the refurbishment of the baroque dovecot.Schönbrunn Zoo director […]
The Austrian government has come under fire for allegedly spending more than half a million Euros on a website documenting the history of the Habsburg family.Austrian newspapers report today (Thurs) that the coalition of Social Democrats (SPÖ) and Peoples Party (ÖVP) invested 600,000 Euros in the creation of the homepage www.habsburger.net which does not feature […]