Further Austria

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Further Austria Austria anterior Vorderösterreich Österreichische Vorlande
Territory of Habsburg monarchy and the Austrian Empire
1278–1805
Coat of arms
Further Austrian territories, after the loss of the Sundgau in 1648
Capital	Ensisheim Freiburg im Breisgau
Historical era	Middle Ages Napoleonic Wars
• Established	1278
• Peace of Pressburg	1805
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Swabia Electorate of Baden Kingdom of Bavaria Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Kingdom of Württemberg
Today part of	Austria France Germany Switzerland

Further Austria, Outer Austria or Anterior Austria (Latin: Austria anterior; German: Vorderösterreich, formerly die Vorlande (pl.)) was the collective name for the early (and later) possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-western Germany, including territories in the Alsace region west of the Rhine and in Vorarlberg.^[1]

While the territories of Further Austria west of the Rhine and south of Lake Constance (except Konstanz itself) were gradually lost to France and the Swiss Confederacy, those in Swabia and Vorarlberg remained under Habsburg control until the Napoleonic Era.