Bosnians in Austria

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Bosnians in Austria are citizens in Austria whose origin is in Bosnia and Herzegovina and are referred to as Bosnians , regardless of which religion or ethnic group they belong to. Most Bosnians feel they belong to one of the three major ethnic groups - Bosniaks , Croats and Serbs . In addition to German, they mostly speak Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian .

History and population share

Large numbers of Bosnians came as early as the early 20th century, and after Bosnia became a condominium of the Ottoman Sultanate with Austro-Hungarian administration in 1878 (Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bosna i Hercegovina) until it was formally annexed in 1908 (see Sick Man on the Bosporus and Bosnian annexation crisis ). Emperor Franz Josef was politically welcome to the Bosniaks because it was supposed to be a clear sign to the other ethnic groups in his crumbling Habsburg empire that other ethnic groups were delighted to be integrated into the multi-ethnic state. In 1912 the Islam Law was passed, in which the religion was officially recognized. During the First World War, the Bosnian units belonged to the Austrian elite troops and were regarded as the most reliable loyal to the emperor (alongside the old Austrian ones).
However, the vast majority of Bosnians emigrated to Austria during and after the Bosnian War of the early 1990s.

According to the 2011 census, the total number of Bosnian-Herzegovinian citizens in Austria was 88,100, making them around one percent of the population.

religion

While the Muslim Bosnians are also called Bosniaks (mostly Sunnis ), Bosnian Croats are exclusively Roman Catholic . The majority of the Bosnian Serbs are Serbian Orthodox Christians .

There are also some agnostics , atheists and Jews .

Bosnian-Austrian communities

The largest Bosnian communities in Austria are counted in Vienna , Wels and Linz , followed by Salzburg and Graz .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Law of July 15, 1912, regarding the recognition of followers of Islam according to the Hanefite rite as a religious society , RGBl. 1912, p. 875
  2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Census 2011: Main Results I - Austria , Vienna 2013, 2.5 m Origin: Citizenship and Country of Birth , p. 49 ( pdf / ftp , statistik.at)