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Vienna

Advertising postcard map of Austria-Hungary from the Amidon Starch Company with images of Vienna, Budapest, and a wheat field.
Text in French and Dutch:
Demandez L'Amidon REMY en paquets de 1, 1/2 et 1/4 kg.
Vraagt het stijfsel REMY in pakken van 1, 1/2 et 1/4 ko.
Ask for REMY Starch in packages of 1, 1/2, and 1/4 kg.
Il n'est pas de meilleur Amidon que l'Amidon REMY, Fabrique de Riz Pur.
Er bestaat geenen beteren Stijfsel dan den Stijfsel REMY, Vervaardigd met Zuiveren Rijst.
There is no better starch than Remy Starch, made of pure rice.

Advertising postcard map of Austria-Hungary from the Amidon Starch Company with images of Vienna, Budapest, and a wheat field.

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Text in French and Dutch:

Demandez L'Amidon REMY en paquets de 1, 1/2 et 1/4 kg.



Vraagt het stijfsel REMY in pakken van 1, 1/2 et 1/4 ko.



Ask for REMY Starch in packages of 1, 1/2, and 1/4 kg.



Il n'est pas de meilleur Amidon que l'Amidon REMY, Fabrique de Riz Pur.



Er bestaat geenen beteren Stijfsel dan den Stijfsel REMY, Vervaardigd met Zuiveren Rijst.



There is no better starch than Remy Starch, made of pure rice.

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Capital of Austria-Hungary and the Austrian Empire, Vienna was the cultural and political center of the country, although Hungary had its own capital and parliament in Budapest.

Vienna was the site of the shabby funeral of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on July ??, 1914 and the solemn one of Franz Josef on November 30, 1916. It saw Karl declared Emperor.

Food was short across Europe in the harsh winter of 1916–17. On January 11, 1917 2,000 women rioted in Vienna's public market. On the 16th, 25,000 stood in line at the main meat market, many having spent the night. Soup kitchens and beggars were common, and the police feared starvation and rebellion. Hungary cut food supplies to feed its own, victory in Romania had not unleashed the bounty expected, and negotiations with Russia dragged on. Austria-Hungary was desperate for peace; Germany and Russia were not. Factory workers went on strike, 200,000 in Vienna alone.

Peace with Ukraine in February brought some relief.

Vienna was not directly threatened by the war militarily, but on August 9, 1918 the Italian writer and pilot Gabriele D'Annunzio led nine Ansaldo S.V.A.s from the Venetian La Serenissima Squadron in his 'Flight over Vienna,' dropping 50,000 cards in the colors of the Italian tricolor and bearing D'Annunzio's message to the Viennese that destiny was turning from them to Italy, that the Italian aviators could return as they wished.

As the Empire dissolved with Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Yugoslavia seizing independence, the Parliament of Lower Austria voted on October 21, 1918 to create a new German-Austrian state.

Vienna is a city in Austria-Hungary.

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Statistics for Vienna (1)

Type Statistic
Population 2,031,468