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Third Austrian History Stamp!
3. Babenbergs
Featuring:
1. The "Ostarrichi" signature - the first documented mentioning of the German Name for Austria - 996
2. Leopold III Holding the red-white-red court of arms. The modern flag of Austria Comes from the Babenberg flag.
3. Leopold III - Patron saint of Austria
4. Castle Gars am Kamp - birthplace of Leopold III and the only Babenberg Castle that is still intact.
5. Heinrich II. "Jasomirgott" - First duke of Austria. Legend tells that he got his nickname for saying "Ja so mir Gott helfe" after everything - (which really annoyed everybody around him)
6. Agnes of Waiblingen - her marriage with Leopold III was the first great step of Austrian Marriage Policy.
7. Leopold V - Legend tells he designed the Austrian flag form his blood-soaked clothe after the battle of Acre
8. The Capture of King Richard the Lionheart - Leopold V took him prisoner and held him for ransom - he used the ransom money to build Wiener Neustadt, the Viennese City wall and to found the Austrian Mint which still exists today.
9. Leopold VI - most influential of all the Babenberg Dukes - transformed Vienna into one of the cultural capitals of Europe
10. The seal of Friedrich II. - The first recorded depiction of the Austrian flag.