!!!Ostarrîchi

Ostarrîchi, earliest documented name for Austria, mentioned in a 
document dated November 1, 996, issued by Emperor Otto III and 
presented to Bishop Gottschalk of Freising (kept in the Bavarian Main 
State Archives in Munich) which certifies the donation of the estate 
"Niuuanhova" (Neuhofen an der Ybbs), "in regione 
vulgari vocabulo Ostarrîchi " ("a region popularly 
called O."). Etymologically the word means "territory" 
or "land in the East" (as related to the area inhabited by 
the Bavarians). In 998 it is again mentioned as 
"Osterrîche", and later also as "Osterlant". 
It appears to have been the name for the territory ruled by the 
Babenbergs, which, in the 11%%sup th/%  and 12%%sup th/%  centuries, 
became Austria.

!Literature
E. Zoellner, Der Oesterreich-Begriff, 1988.



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