!!!Drei Grafschaften Tres Comitatus (Drei Grafschaften): Otto von Freising wrote in the "Gesta Friderici imperatoris" that Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa had proclaimed the March of Austria, together with its three counties, a duchy in 1156. There has been considerable controversy among historians as to the interpretation of the "three counties"; according to a more recent theory the three counties were the Marches of Ostarrichi, Hungary and Bohemia. !Literature M. Weltin, Die "tres comitatus", Otto von Freising und die Grafschaften der Mark Oesterreich, MIOeG 74, 1976. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Drei_Grafschaften|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]