History of the Czechs in Vienna

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

History

Around the start of the 20th century, Vienna (Czech Vídeň, Hungarian Bécs) was the city with the second-largest Czech population in the world (after Prague).[1] At its peak, in 1900, out of 1,674,957 inhabitants of Vienna, 102,974 people claimed Czech or Slovak as their colloquial language. However, as Umgangssprache (everyday language) was not properly defined by the Austrian authorities, there are claims that the Czech minority numbered as high as 250,000-300,000, making Vienna a city with the second largest Czech speaking population, only after Prague.[2] After World War I, many Czechs and also nationalities returned to their ancestral countries, resulting in a decline in the Viennese population. After World War II, the Soviets used force to repatriate key workers of Czech and Hungarian origins to return to their ethnic homelands to further the Soviet bloc economy.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Czech and Slovak roots in Vienna". Wieninternational.at. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  2. ↑ Official census 1900

Further reading

  • Basler, Helena. Vídeňští Češi 1945-2005 : k dějinám národnostní menšiny = Die Wiener Tschechen 1945-2005 : zur Geschichte einer Volksgruppe, Wien ; Praha : České kulturněhistorické centrum, 2006-.
  • Baslerová, Helena; Kulturní klub Čechů a Slováků v Rakousku. Die Wiener Tschechen 1945-2005 : zur Geschichte einer Volksgruppe, Wien : Tschechisches kulturhistorisches Institut ; Praha : KLP - Koniasch Latin Press, 2006-.
  • Bernas, Karl. Sokol Favoriten, Wien : Museumsverein Favoriten, 2000.
  • Brousek, Karl M. Wien und seine Tschechen : Integration und Assimilation einer Minderheit im 20. Jahrhundert, München : Oldenbourg, 1980.
  • Glettler, Monika. Böhmisches Wien, Wien : Herold, 1985.
  • Glettler, Monika. Sokol und Arbeiterturnvereine (D.T.J.) der Wiener Tschechen bis 1914., München, Wien, Oldenbourg, 1970.
  • Lutz, Freddy. Böhmische Emigranten, Wien : F. Lutz, 1993.
  • Hauner, Milan. The Czechs in Vienna around 1900. Structural Analysis of a National Minority in a Metropolis, Philosophy and History, v8 n2 (1975); 264-266.
  • Martin, Otto. Das tschechische Schulwesen in Wien, (Salzburg) (Druck von R. Kiesel), 1924.
  • Valeš, Vlasta. Die wiener Tschechen, einst und jetzt : eine Einführung in Geschichte und Gegenwart der tschechischen Volksgruppe in Wien = Vídeňští češi včera a dnes : úvod do dějin a současnosti české národnostní skupiny ve Vídni, Praha : Scriptorium, 2004.
  • Wonisch, Regina. Tschechen in Wien : zwischen nationaler Selbstbehauptung und Assimilation, Wien : Löcker, 2010.
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