Text in German. This richly illustrated anthology with articles by well-known experts illuminates the period from summer 1918 to the first elections in April 1919 in the province of Salzburg from various perspectives. The book is the only scientific publication that deals with the transition from monarchy to republic from the point of view of the entire state in the anniversary year 1918-2018. In addition to the pressing problems, from the inadequate supply of the population with the most essential daily necessities to the unstable security situation, triggered by the collapse of the military and state structures that existed up to now, those months were also shaped by personnel, institutional and political Continuities on Salzburg's way from the crown land to the federal state.