Duchy of Bukovina

Duchy of Bukovina
Herzogtum Bukowina or Herzogtum Buchenland (German)
Ducatul Bucovinei (Romanian)
Герцогство Буковина (Ukrainian)
1849–1918
Coat of arms of Bukovina
Coat of arms
The Duchy of Bukovina within Austria-Hungary
The Duchy of Bukovina within Austria-Hungary
StatusLand of the Austrian Empire (1849–1867)
Crown land of Cisleithania (1867–1918)
CapitalCzernowitz (Cernăuți / Chernivtsi)
Common languagesGerman, Romanian, Ukrainian
GovernmentConstitutional Monarchy (1861–1918)
Landespräsident 
• 1849
Eduard von Bach
• 1917–1918
Josef Graf von Ezdorf
History 
• Annexation of northwestern Moldavia by the Habsburg monarchy[1][2][3] and integration into the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria as the Bukovina District
1775
• Establishment of the Duchy of Bukovina
March 4, 1849
November 28, 1918 
September 10, 1919
Area
• Total
10,442 km2 (4,032 sq mi)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Bukovina District
Kingdom of Romania
Today part ofRomania
Ukraine

The Duchy of Bukovina (German: Herzogtum Bukowina or Herzogtum Buchenland; Romanian: Ducatul Bucovinei; Ukrainian: Герцогство Буковина, romanizedHertsohstvo Bukovyna) was a constituent land of the Austrian Empire from 1849 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary from 1867 until 1918.

  1. ^ "History of Bukovina, Dr. Sophie A. Welisch (publ 2002)". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ^ "The Bukovina-Germans During the Habsburg Period" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  3. ^ Charles King (1 September 2013). The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture. Hoover Press. pp. 21–. ISBN 978-0-8179-9793-9.

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