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.[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
- Nelly Weissel (1920–2010), actress
- Carlos Kalmar (born 1958), conductor
See also
References
- ^ Hungary and Latin America (in Spanish)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "100 years of Jewish institutional presence in Uruguay" (PDF). ORT Uruguay. Retrieved 21 May 2019. (in Spanish)
- ^ Free Austria Movement (in Spanish)
- ^ "Immigration to Uruguay" (PDF) (in Spanish). INE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "ALVM". Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
External links
- Austrian expats in Uruguay (in German)
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