The Franziszeische Kataster, also known as the Franciszäischer Kataster, is the first complete Austrian real estate cadastre, recording land parcels of the Austrian Empire. Often called the Grundkataster, Steuerkataster, or Grundsteuerkataster, it was created between the 1810s and 1870s and named after Emperor Franz I.
The Franziszeische Kataster differs from the Franziszeische (2.) Landesaufnahme (Franziska land survey), conducted concurrently. The cadastre aimed to establish a uniform basis for property tax assessment, while the land survey served primarily military purposes (military geography).
