!!!Generallandtag

General Provincial Diet: 1518 Emperor Maximilian I assembled a 
diet in Innsbruck, in session from January to May and attended by the 
Estates of the hereditary lands (domains west and east of the River 
Enns, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Tirol and the "Forelands" - 
Austrian possessions, what is now Germany and Switzerland). After the 
Diets of Muerzzuschlag 1508 and Augsburg 1510, it was the 
Emperor´s third attempt at establishing a centralised 
administration with a common government, common defence and common 
finance for Austria and the Empire. 70 participants attended the Diet, 
presided over by the governor of Tyrol. On May 18 the results of the 
debates on court order, armaments and general complaints were 
summarised in 3 documents. The Emperor promised that monies would be 
put to reasonable use, the Estates were granted better status. This 
general diet was the first all-Austrian parliament and marked an 
important step toward a centralised state.

!Literature
A. Nagl, Der Innsbrucker Generallandtag vom Jahre 1518, 
Jahrbuch fuer Landeskunde von Niederoesterreich 18/19, 1919; H. 
Wiesflecker, Kaiser Maximilian I., vol. 4, 1981; G. Burkert, Die 
oesterreichischen Ausschusslandtage, Bericht des 18. Historikertags 
Linz, 1990; A. Widowitsch-Ziegerhofer, Die oesterreichischen 
Ausschusslandtage, master´s thesis, Graz 1989.


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