Kaiserthum

Kaiserthum, or modern German Kaisertum (lit. 'Kaiser-dom'), is a German word for Empire in its meaning as a state ruled over by an Emperor, used in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1] It is most known as a description of the Empire of Austria after its creation in 1804.[2] A later used German term for it is "Kaiserreich".

See also

  • Empire
  • Austrian Empire
  • Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867)
  • German language

References

  1. ^ Paul Anton Fedor Konstantin Possart, Das Kaiserthum Rußland (in multiple parts), Literatur-Comptoir, Stuttgart, 1840 & 1841
  2. ^ Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Oesterreich. Jahrgang 1858


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