The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture
The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture or the Kronprinzenwerk is a 24-volume encyclopedia of regional studies, initiated in 1883 by Rudolf, [Crown Prince of Austria|Crown Prince Rudolf] of Austria-Hungary.
The encyclopedia describes countries, peoples, landscapes and regions of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Lands. It was also published in a 21-volume Hungarian edition. The German edition was edited by the history and geography professor, Josef Weil von Weilen, while the Hungarian edition was edited by the novelist and dramatist Mór Jókai. Only the German edition was financially successful. The Hungarian edition includes some anti-Semitic remarks that are missing from the German edition.
The volumes were issued from December 1885 through June 1902 in 398 installments, from the "" and, a publisher and bookseller. They contain 587 contributions, totaling 12,596 pages with 4,529 illustrations. The articles were written by 432 contributors, including Crown Prince Rudolf himself.
Volumes and dates
- Vienna and Lower Austria, 1st section: Vienna, 1886
- Summary 1. section: Nature Historical Theil, 1887
- Overview, 2nd section: Historical Theil, 1887
- Vienna and Lower Austria, 2nd section: Lower Austria, 1888
- Hungary, Part 1, 1888
- Upper Austria and Salzburg, 1889
- Styria, 1890
- Carinthia and Krain, 1891
- Hungary, Part 2, 1891
- The Littoral '', 1891
- Dalmatia, 1892
- Hungary, Part 3, 1893
- Vorarlberg and the Tyrol, 1893
- Bohemia, Part 1, 1894
- Bohemia, Part 2, 1896
- Hungary, Part 4, 1896
- Moravia and Silesia, 1897
- Hungary, Part 5, 1st section, 1898
- Galicia, 1898
- Bukovina, 1899
- Hungary, Part 5, 2nd section, 1900
- Bosnia and Hercegovina, 1901
- Hungary, Part 6, 1902
- Croatia and Slavonia, 1902