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After the First World War, in the Treaty of Saint-Germain in 1919, Austria had to give up Lower Styria (Untersteiermark). Which state did it go to?

In the exam (German)

Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg musste Österreich 1919 im Vertrag von Saint-Germain die Untersteiermark abgeben. An welchen Staat kam sie?

  1. aTo the Republic of Czechoslovakia, founded in 1918an die 1918 gegründete Republik Tschechoslowakei
  2. bTo the Kingdom of Italy under Victor Emmanuel IIIan das Königreich Italien unter König Viktor Emanuel III.
  3. cTo the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenesan das Königreich der Serben, Kroaten und SlowenenCorrect answer
  4. dTo Hungary, an independent state since 1918an Ungarn, das 1918 ein unabhängiger Staat wurde

Why?

Lower Styria, with towns such as Marburg (Maribor), Cilli (Celje) and Pettau (Ptuj), went to the new South Slav state. Styria thus lost a good quarter of its area and about a third of its population; the area is part of Slovenia today.

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