The Battle Hostile_encounter of Kressenbrunn was fought Hostile_encounter in July 1260 near Groissenbrunn in Lower Austria between the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Kingdom of Hungary for the possession of the duchies of Austria and Styria .

In 1251 Ottokar 's father King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia had not only granted Giving him the title of a Margrave of Moravia but also installed Placing him as duke of Austria and Styria , territories that were princeless after the ruling Babenberg dynasty Change_of_leadership had become Becoming extinct in 1246 .

The quarrels Quarreling were at first settled Resolve_problem with the aid Assistance of Pope Innocent IV in 1254 , when Béla received Receiving large parts of Styria and later installed Change_of_leadership his son Stephen as a duke .

After Ottokar 's victory Earnings_and_losses King Béla renounced Surrendering the Duchy of Styria and in 1261 even arranged Arranging the marriage Forming_relationships of his granddaughter Kunigunda of Slavonia with the Bohemian king .

In November 1918 , after the First World War ended Process_end , the territories of southern Carinthia and southern Styria , which had been claimed Statement by the Republic of German Austria , were captured Conquering by military units under Maister 's command Control .

Maribor was the largest city of southern Styria , and had a predominately German population .

In response Response , German Austria launched Process_start a military offensive which expelled Removing the Yugoslavs from several small towns in Upper Styria along the Mur River .

Mariazell is located in the Austrian province of Styria , about south of St. Pölten .

Being without heirs , in 1617 Matthias had his cousin Ferdinand of Styria elected Choosing King of Bohemia , a gesture which amounted to naming him as his successor .

They were related through their paternal grandfather Ferdinand I. Ferdinand of Styria , or Ferdinand II as he was to become Becoming known , was an ardent follower of Catholicism and the counter-reformation and not likely to be as willing to compromise as his two cousins and predecessors on the Bohemian throne were or had been forced Hostile_encounter to do by circumstance .