Austerlitz

Austerlitz, a battle, fought on 2 December 1805 between the French armies under Napoleon and the combined Austrian and Russian armies. The battlefield lay to the west of Austerlitz, a small town in Moravia, then Austrian territory. The forces engaged amounted to 65, 000 French and 82, 000 allies. The French outmanœuvred and outfought their opponents, who lost in casualties and prisoners 30 per cent of their strength. The battle ended the campaign and led to the Treaty of Preßburg (1805), by which Austria suffered substantial territorial loss, and ultimately to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. (See Napoleonic Wars and Deutsches Reich, Altes.)

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a town in the Czech Republic; site of the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805

Meaning #2: a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian and Austrian armies of Czar Alexander I and Emperor Francis II
  Synonym: battle of Austerlitz

Contents 1 People 2 History 3 Places 4 Culture

Austerlitz may refer to:

People

• Austerlitz (family)
• Fred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz
• Robert Austerlitz (1923 - 1994), linguist, specialist in the Proto-Finno-Ugric language

History

• Battle of Austerlitz

Places

• Another name for Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic, giving its name to the Battle of Austerlitz
• Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris, France
• Austerlitz (Netherlands)
• Austerlitz (Oscar, Louisiana), a plantation house listed on the NRHP in Louisiana, USA
• Austerlitz, New York, USA

Culture

• Austerlitz (film)
• Austerlitz (novel)

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