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Burkhard was Margrave in the Bavarian Ostmark (''marchia orientalis''), the territory that was later to become the Margravate Of Austria , the core of Austria , from about 960 to 976, when the territory was given to Leopold Of Babenberg . Next to nothing is known about him. (The German name for Austria was only first mentioned as '' Ostarrichi '' in a famous document in 996.)