Hunting History in Red-White-Red from the Roots to the Present

Summary:
The book "2000 Years of Hunting in Austria - from the Roots to the Present" traces every stage of Austria's hunting history step by step. It also captures curious, humorous, or simply exciting details: Who still knows today that Emperor Maximilian I, the "powerful hunter," loved the crossbow and despised firearms because with them "any fool could shoot his deer"? Who knows that Emperor Charles VI not only decimated game with his shots but also the Austrian high nobility? Who knows that Emperor Leopold I hunted from horseback with leopards? Who knows that Maria Theresa gave Joseph "Seppel" Haydn - also a hunter - a hearty slap in Schönbrunn?

If hunting had not held such a high status among the Babenbergers and the Habsburgs, Austria would look different today. Schönbrunn, Laxenburg, the Prater - hunting has inspired all these sites. The book makes it clear what immense traces the millennia-old hunting tradition has left in the area of present-day Austria - in the people, in culture, and in the shaping of the country.