Styria (duchy)

Styria was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until it dissolved in 1918. It is often called 'green mark' because half of the total area is covered with forests and one quarter with meadows, grasslands, vineyards and orchards.

Styria bordered on (from clockwise) Lower Austria, Hungary, Croatia,Carniola, Carinthia, Salzburg and Upper Austria. After World War I in 1918 the southern Slovene-speaking third was incorporated into Slovenia in Yugoslavia. The remaining two thirds is a federal state of Austria, while the Slovenian third (Lower Styria) is an informal province in Slovenia.

See also: Styria.