Austrian Uruguayans

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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.[citation needed]

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

Notable Austrian Uruguayans[]

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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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