Introduction The Free State of Austria [Ger: Der Freistaat Österreich] is one of the nine constituent states of the Danubian Federation [Ger: Die Donauföderation], the location of the Federal capital of Vienna, and the sole majority-German state in the Federation. Conquered by Charlemagne in 788, the territory was given to the House of Babenberg and governed as the Eastern March [Old High German: Ostarrîchi] until the end of that line in 1246. Administrative Subdivisions The Free State of Austria is divided into nine State Districts: