Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Geography

There also exists the reference work The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Image (German: Die österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild), a 24-volume encyclopedia devoted to the regional and cultural features of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The encyclopedia was initiated in 1883 at the initiative of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Rudolf, and is therefore also known as the Crown Prince's Work (German: Kronprinzenwerk). A total of 432 authors participated in its creation, including Crown Prince Rudolf himself, who died by suicide in 1889. The encyclopedia was published in German (24 volumes) and Hungarian (21 volumes; Hungarian: Az Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia írásban és képben). The German edition contains 587 articles across 12,596 pages of text, as well as 4,529 wood engravings.