The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture

The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture or the Kronprinzenwerk ("Crown Prince's Work") is a 24-volume encyclopedia of regional studies, initiated in 1883 by Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary.

The encyclopedia describes countries, peoples, landscapes and regions of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Lands.

It was also published in a 21-volume Hungarian edition ("Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia írásban és képben").

The articles were written by 432 contributors, including Crown Prince Rudolf himself.

Notably, Poland is not mentioned in the encyclopaedia because, at the time, the Imperial partitions of Poland were considered final by the German authorities in the Kingdom of Prussia as well as Austria-Hungary.

Relief of Josef Weil von Weilen from the Zentralfriedhof