The Partition of the Austro Hungarian Monarchy

The Partition of the Austro Hungarian Monarchy
The yellow area represents the Austrian provinces; the red area shows Hungary "In pre-war times the world only knew of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and nothing was known of Hungary. The entire Habsburg Empire, inclusive of Hungary, came under the collective name : "Austria." Hungary was thought to be only one of the Austrian provinces and nothing was left undone in Vienna to maintain this erroneous public opinion abroad. Also the diplomatists of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy endeavoured to render obscure Hungary's constitutional independence. The truth was. however, that the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was a confederation of two co-ordinate States in virtue of dualism. The Habsburgs - already Emperors of Austria - acceded to the Hungarian Royal Throne in 1526. The Hungarian Kingdom has, however, for centuries before been an undivided State encircled by natural frontiers, whilst the territory of Austria previous to and after the accession of the Habsburgs to the Hungarian Throne was, according to the chances of war, continually changing. In 1526 the Habsburgs ruled over only one part of Austria, to the west of Hungary, After 1526 they conquered in war Silesia, Galicia, Bucovina furthermore Dalmatia, Bosnia, etc.
The partition of Austria, a country established and maintained by military force, can therefore not be compared with that of thousand-year-old Hungary forming a natural economic and geographical unit.
"(Forrás: https://mek.oszk.hu/20400/20410/20410.pdf)