The First Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich) existed between the signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of September 1919 – the settlement after the end of World War I which ended the Republic of German-Austria – and the Anschluss (union) of Austria and Nazi Germany in 1938. Some argue that the republic came to an end with the establishment of an Austro-fascist dictatorship in 1934. The period was marked by violent strife between those with left-wing and right-wing views, leading to the July Revolt of 1927 and the Austrian Civil War.
The Republic's constitution was enacted in 1920 and amended in 1929. Technically, the Republic was only de facto a republic, as the constitution did not identify it directly as such. Its official name was the Federal State of Austria (Bundesstaat Österreich).
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