Austrian Uruguayans

Austrian Uruguayans are people born in Austria who live in Uruguay or Uruguayan-born people of Austrian descent.

Overview

In the times of the Austro-Hungarian Empire diplomatic relations were established with Uruguay, with Baron Anton von Petz celebrating a Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation between both countries, which enabled immigration[1]

During the two World Wards thousands of Austrians escaped Europe, most of them fleeing to South America, including a small but significant Austrian-Jewish community.[2][3] The Central Austrian Committee for Latin America was established in Montevideo in 1943.[4]

The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 141 people who declared Austria as their country of birth.[5]

There are some members of the Austrian nobility in Uruguay, such as the Auerspergs.

There is an institution, the Alpine Club Montevideo (German: Alpenländer Verein Montevideo), which was established in 1934 by Austrians and Germans.[6]

See also

References
  1. Hungary and Latin America (in Spanish)
  2. Christoph Marx; Christine Hatzky; Waltraud Kokot; Hauke Dorsch (2004). Periplus 2004: Jahrbuch für Aussereuropäische geschichte. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-8258-7820-7.
  3. "100 years of Jewish institutional presence in Uruguay" (PDF). ORT Uruguay. Retrieved 21 May 2019. (in Spanish)
  4. Free Austria Movement (in Spanish)
  5. "Immigration to Uruguay" (PDF) (in Spanish). INE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  6. "ALVM". Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-05-10.


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