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The Treaty of Schönbrunn was signed between France and Austria in 1809, ending the war of the Fifth Coalition during the Napoleonic Wars, at the beautiful castle Schloss Schönbrunn (http://www.schoenbrunn.at/de/site/publicdir/), which can be visited today as a tourist site.
Austria had been decisively defeated, and France imposed harsh peace terms. Austria recognized Napoleon's previous conquests from other nations as well as recognizing Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain. Austria ceded Tyrol and Salzburg to Bavaria, parts of Poland to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, and Trieste and Dalmatia south of the Sava River to France. Austria also paid to France a large indemnity.
President John F. Kennedy and Russian President Nikita Khruschev also met at the same palace in 1961 [1] (http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/schoenbrunnhistory.pdf), [2] (http://www.multied.com/documents/JFKandVienna.html) a meeting that was significant in leading to the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty.