Duchy of Osterreich

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The Duchy of Osterreich has as its seat the city of Wien. Always a rich city, in recent times Wien has become increasinly affluent as a result of the new silver mining industry. Since the elevation of Leopold to Prinz, the city has begun to take on a flashy, showy look, becoming festooned with statues, fountains and other symbols of municipal wealth and grandeur.

The Prinz himself resides and has his Court at the Palace, a gothic and forbidding building based around the old city Keep. Within its imposing walls a series of hallways decorated with armour, weapons and tapestries depicting the ancient legends of the Germanic people confront the visitor, before he is led into the main hall, a lofty space draped in reams of black silk.

Overall the atmosphere in the Palace of Wien is intimidating and forbidding - servants tend to speak in hushed tones and the passageways echo with the clash of mailed boots.

Nobles of Osterreich:
Prinz Leopold, Duke of Osterreich and son of Kaiser Heinrich
Count Jens Herden of Budapest.
Herr Harold Merode
Herr Elberhard von Essen

Lands of Osterreich:
Osterreich, capital: Wien
Local industry: Silver mining

Hungary, capital: Budapest

Battles:
The Battle of Breslau, 1083
The Battle of Silesia, 1086
The Battle of Wien, 1117
The Battle of Tyrol, 1123
The Third Battle of Innsbruck, 1123