Styria coins catalog
Duchy of Styria (Steiermark)
To organize border defense, Emperor Otto I
the Great created (c. 970) a system of stamps along the borders
of Germany. One of them was the Karantan Mark (Latin: marchia
Carantana , German: Karantanermark), formed in the territory of
modern Styria. Then (976) the Duchy of Great Carantania, later
Carinthia, was formed from the eastern marks.
In 1056 the Traungau dynasty took over. Under Margrave Ottokar I
and his successors, extensive territories were annexed to the
marque: Steyr in Upper Austria, Pitten in Lower Austria, the
Graz region, the Podrava marque (Ptuj and Maribor), and the
Prekmurje. As a result, the territory of the Margraviate
extended from the Drava to the Danube. At the same time there
was a process of expanding independence: the power of the Dukes
of Carinthia over the Marquesa gradually weakened, and in 1122
it was finally eliminated. A large feudal domain was formed,
which was called the Styrian Mark (Steiermark) after the
ancestral town of the house of Traungau Steyr.
During the reign of the Traungau dynasty, Styria gradually
strengthened its position in the international arena. Border
conflicts with Hungary and Austria ended successfully for the
Styrian margraves. Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa granted
Ottokar IV the title of Duke (1180), thus equalizing him in
rights with neighboring princes. German colonization of Styrian
lands intensified, as a result of which the Slavs were
completely ousted from the northern part of the principality.
Cities (Enns, Steyr, Graz) and mining developed. The social
structure of Styria was characterized by the absence of a large
aristocracy and the great influence of small knights-ministerials,
who together with the towns constituted the main support of the
ducal power in the country. Styrian ministrals enjoyed quite
broad rights, forming a special privileged class.
Duke Ottokar IV had no heirs, so he concluded the Treaty of St.
Georgenberg (1186) with Leopold V Babenberg, Duke of Austria,
according to which after Ottokar's death Styria passed to the
Babenbergs and was to be united with Austria forever. Leopold V
guaranteed the preservation of the rights of the Styrian
estates.
In 1192 Ottokar IV died and Leopold V became Duke of Styria.
After the death of the latter, Styria became independent for a
short time (1194-1198), but with the accession to the Austrian
throne of the Styrian Duke Leopold VI (1198) it was finally
united with Austria.
The termination of the Babenberg dynasty (1248) led to the
temporary transfer of Styria first to Hungary, and from 1260 to
the Czech king Přemysl II Ottokar. In 1276, Emperor Rudolf I
Habsburg defeated Přemysl Ottokar and captured Styria, which he
handed over to his son Albrecht I. Thus Styria became part of
the Austrian hereditary possessions of the Habsburgs. In 1290th
in Styria there was a revolt of nobles against the centralizing
policy of Habsburgs, but it was quickly suppressed.
In 1379 the Habsburg lands were divided between the two branches
of the dynasty. Styria went to the Leopoldinian line and became
the center of the Duchy of Inner Austria. At the same time, the
lands in the Traungau (Steyr and the lower reaches of the Ens)
were separated from Styria and became part of Upper Austria.
Kreuzr=4 pfennig; Pfennig=2 heller
Alert (Albrecht) I king of Germany since 1298 (1282-1308)
pfennig
silver
Value - 80-100 USD
Coins of Styria in the catalog are presented divided by historical periods, indicating the main characteristics and differences by type.
Inside the sections, the coins are sorted by denomination - from large to small.
The cost of the coin is approximate and is indicated specifically for the coin shown in the picture. You can use this price to evaluate similar coins (of the same type), but remember that the value is affected by many factors, such as the state of preservation and the date of minting. The cost of coins of the same type can vary greatly depending on the number of surviving copies.
Coins of Styria presented on this page are not sold or bought - this is only a catalog.