Austrian Uruguayans

Austrian Uruguayans
Österreichischer Uruguayer
Total population
141 (2011 census)
Languages
Spanish, German
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Austrian diaspora, Uruguayan people of European descent

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 Wars 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 Habsburgs[6] and the Auerspergs.[7]

There is an institution, the Alpine Club Montevideo (German: Alpenländer Verein Montevideo), which was established in 1934 by Austrians and Germans.[8]

Notable Austrian Uruguayans

  • Nelly Weissel (1920–2010), actress
  • Carlos Kalmar (born 1958), conductor
  • Guntram of Habsburg-Lorraine (born 1967), Prince of Tuscany,[6] son of Princess Laetitia d'Arenberg
  • María Fernanda Auersperg, accountant, National Director for Social Protection[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hungary and Latin America Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (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. ^ a b de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 702 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  7. ^ a b "Bio of María Fernanda Auersperg". MIDES. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ^ "ALVM". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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