!!!Erblande, Erbländer

Hereditary Lands (German: Erblande, Erblaender), since the Middle Ages 
name used for the traditional Habsburg domains as opposed to new 
acquisitions, which also had different constitutional regulation. The 
"German hereditary lands" comprised most of the Austrian provinces 
(except Salzburg and Burgenland) and Carniola. In a wider sense the 
hereditary lands also included the Bohemian estates but not the lands 
of St. Stephen´s crown, Galicia, the possessions in Italy and 
the Austrian Netherlands. In the 19%%sup th/%  century the term 
was replaced by "crownlands" ("Kronlaender").


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