Serbs in Austria

Serbs in Austria form part of the Serbian diaspora in Austria and, along with the Germans and Turks, are the largest migrant group in the country. The exact number of ethnic Serbs in Austria is not known, since the censuses only ask about nationality and mother tongue and not about ethnicity. The total number of people of Serbian descent living in Austria is estimated at around 250,000. According to the Austrian census in 2001, 177,320 people gave Serbian as their colloquial language, this also includes double entries German / Serbian. Of these persons, 41,944 were Austrian citizens

Interior view of Vienna's largest Serbian Orthodox Church

The first Serbs settled in Vienna as early as the imperial era, for example in Magdalenengrund in the 18th century . Serbs immigrated in large numbers in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as so-called guest workers .

See also

• Serbian Orthodox Church in Austria

Web links

• Central Council of Serbs in Austria, Vienna
• Austrian-Serbian Society, Vienna
• Umbrella organization for Serbian clubs in Vienna
• History of the Serbs in Vienna
• Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Secretary Kurz met the Presidium of the umbrella organization for Serbian associations in Austria , State Secretariat for Integration. Srbi u Austriji traže status nacionalne manjine ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
    
2. ↑ 2001 population by colloquial language, nationality and country of birth. In: statistik.at. Retrieved June 16, 2020 .