Ostarrîchi is an Old High German name found to the famous Ostarrîchi document of 996, where it refers to the Margraviate ruled by the Babenberg Count Henry I located mostly in what is today Lower Austria. Old High German is the earliest recorded form of the modern German language, and was spoken from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century. ... Events March/April - Pope John XV dies before being being able to coronate Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. ... Graf is a German noble title equal in rank to a count or an earl. ... Originally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, the Babenbergs or Babenberger ruled Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976 - 1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg. ... Margrave Henry I of Austria (died June 23, 1018), was a son of Margrave Leopold I from the Babenberg family. ... Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesländer in Austria. ...

Content

In the document, issued by Emperor Otto III on November 1, 996 in Bruchsal to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, the emperor grants some land around Neuhofen an der Ybbs to the abbey of Freising as a fief. The lands and some other communities in the vicinity, which the abbey acquired later, were held until 1803, when they were incorporated into Austria. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... Events March/April - Pope John XV dies before being being able to coronate Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. ... Bruchsal is a city approximately 20 km to the north of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. ... This article is about an abbey as a religious building. ... Freising (List of European cities with alternative names) is a city in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the district Freising. ... Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud or fee, consisted of heritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a vassal knights service (usually fealty, military service, and security). ... Events January 30 - Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans. ...

Historical significance

The historical significance of the document lies in the fact that it is the first time that the name Ostarrîchi, apparently the linguistic ancestor of Österreich, the German name for Austria, is mentioned, even though it applied only to a relatively small territory. The document states that the term is used in the vernacular (see the Latin in the text of the document below), which is taken to mean that the term must have been used before the document was issued. German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... The Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. ... This article addresses vernacular language; see also vernacular architecture. ... Latin - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

The document also implies that the term Ostmark, a concise 19th century translation of the Latin marchia orientalis which has later been appropriated by the Nazis, is unhistoric. It appears that the translation of the Latin term into German in the time when the document was issued was actually Ostarrîchi, i.e. Eastern realm. Ostmark (Eastern March) is a modern German term to translate the term Ostarrîchi a vernacular for marcia orientalis that appears in a single later 10th century document. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...

Text of the Ostarrîchi document

In nomine sanctae et individuae trinitatis. Otto divina preordinante clementia imperator augustus. Noverint omnium industriae fidelium nostrorum tam praesentium quam et futororum, qualiter nos dignis petitionibus dilectissimi nepotis nostri Baioariorum ducis Heinrici annuentes quasdam nostri iuris res regione vulgari vocabulo Ostarrichi in marcha et in comitatu Heinrici comitis filii Liutpaldi marchionis in loco Niuuanhova dicto, id est cum eadem curte et in proximo confinio adiacentes triginta regales hobas cum terris cultis et incultis pratis pascuis silvis aedificiis aquis aquarumve decursibus venationibus zidalweidun piscationibus molendinis mobilibus viis en inviis exitibus et reditibus quesitis et inquirendis omnibusque iure legaliterque ad easdem hobas pertinentibus super gremium Frigisingensis aecclesiae ad servicium sanctae Mariae sanctique Christi confessoris atque pontificis Corbiniani cui nunc fidelis noster Kotascalus venerabilis presidet episcopus, in proprium atque perpetuum usum concessimus firmiterque tradidimus nostra imperiali potentia, eo modo eoque tenore ut eadem praefata Frigisingensis aecclesia idemque praelibatus antistes Kotascalhus atque omnes sui successores libero deinceps perfruantur arbitrio haec omnia tenendi commutandi et quidquid voluerint inde faciendi. Et ut nostrae largitionis auctoritas firmior stabiliorque cunctis sanctae dei aecclesiae filiis perpetim credatur, hanc cartam inscribi iussimus anuloque nostro signatam manu propria subtus eam firmavimus. Signum domni Ottonis invictissimi imperatoris augusti. Hildibaldus episcopus et cancellarius vice Uuilligisi archiepiscopi recognovi. Data kal. nov. anno dominicae incarnationis DCCCCXCVI, indictione X, anno autem tertii Ottonis regnantis XIII, imperii vero I; actum Bruochselle, feliciter.

External links

• AEIOU Encyclopedia (http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.o/o622377.htm)
• Historical information in German (http://www.noel.gv.at/service/k/k2/ostarrichi.htm)