109 years ago, in May 1917, Miklós Horthy, commanding the light cruiser Novara, secured one of the Austro-Hungarian Navy’s greatest victories. Previously unknown details of this legendary naval engagement are revealed in the pages of the Novara’s ship’s logbook preserved in our collection. Richly illustrated, the document offers a deeper insight into the everyday life of the Imperial a
The Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, the decoration worn by András Hadik, who captured Berlin, Count Ferenc Nádasdy, Baron József Alvinczi and Charles I (IV), is for the first time placed in a public collection in Hungary, the Otto von Habsburg Foundation.
On 29 October 2024, we opened our exhibition “Instead of Victory Reports” in the Mindszentyneum Zalaegerszeg, concluding the series of events held on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the beatification of our namesake’s father, Emperor and King Charles.
Twenty years ago, on 3 October 2004, Pope John Paul II beatified the last Hungarian king, the father of our Foundation’s namesake, in Rome. At the suggestion of the Hungarian branch of the Emperor Karl League of Prayers, the Golden Cross of Merit was established on the occasion.
