History of the Hungarians in Vienna

The city of Vienna, Austria once included a large Hungarian population.

History

Hungarians established a community in Vienna (Hungarian Bécs) from 1541 following the 1526 battle of Mohács.[1] Towards the end of the 17th century the city became a key cultural center for Hungarians.[1] Hungarian students graduated from the Vienna University and from the 17th century onwards there was an increasing influx of Hungarian craftsmen into Vienna.[2] The first cultural associations were set up in Vienna in the 1860s, and the community numbered as many as 100,000.[1] At the height of the migration, about one-third of the Viennese population was of Hungarian or Slavic origin.[3] After World War I the population sharply decreased, as the Soviets used force to repatriate key workers of Hungarian and Czech origins to return to their ethnic homelands to further the Soviet Bloc economy. However, refugees from Hungary increased the numbers again in 1945, 1948 and 1956.[1]

In the 2010s, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a number of Hungarian Jews have fled antisemitism in Hungary and resettled in Vienna.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Austria : Burgenland and Viennese Hungarians". Minority Rights Group International. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2008. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  2. ↑ Paulston, Peckham, p. 21
  3. ↑ "Czechs in Vienna". Porges.net. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  4. ↑ "Anti-Semitism pushing out Hungarian Jews, Vienna community says". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2014-07-18.

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