# Czechs in Austria

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Ethnic group

Czechs in Austria Total population 40,324-60,000 (2016)[1] Regions with significant populations Vienna, Lower Austria Languages Czech, German Religion Irreligion (majority) · Roman Catholic (minority) Related ethnic groups Slovaks in Austria, Czechs in Vienna

**Czechs** ([German](/source/German_language): *Tschechen*) are a historically significant and traditional migrant group within [Austria](/source/Austria). As of 2016, there were 40,324 self-identified Czechs in Austria. The [only significant community of Austrian Czechs today](/source/History_of_the_Czechs_in_Vienna) is in [Vienna](/source/Vienna), the capital city, where they have had a significant presence since the 19th century.

## History

In the 19th century, the [Czech and Slovak](/source/Czechoslovakia) region went through an economic depression, causing many unemployed ethnic Czechs and [Slovak](/source/Slovaks_in_Austria) menial workers to migrate to Vienna and the Americas.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

From the 1880s to the 1890s, around 230,000 [Czechs](/source/Czechs) and [Slovaks](/source/Slovaks) emigrated to Austria proper, mainly for construction work and other menial labor jobs in the larger cities, particularly [Vienna](/source/Vienna). After the fall of the [Austro-Hungarian Empire](/source/Austro-Hungarian_Empire), 150,000 people returned to Czechoslovakia after its independence. Of the more than 300,000 Czechs in the country, the population diminished to around 10,000 by 1991.[2][1]

Since the admission of the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic) to the [European Union](/source/European_Union) in 2004, several dozen thousand Czech citizens have emigrated to Austria, mainly due to the open borders that have been made possible by the [Schengen Agreement](/source/Schengen_Agreement). The Czech population has increased by as much as four times as of 2016.[2]

## See also

- [Austria portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Austria)
- [Czech Republic portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Czech_Republic)

- [Austria–Czech Republic relations](/source/Austria%E2%80%93Czech_Republic_relations)

- [Immigration to Austria](/source/Immigration_to_Austria)

- [Czech diaspora](/source/Czech_diaspora)

- [Austrians in the Czech Republic](/source/Austrians_in_the_Czech_Republic)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_1-1) AUSTRIA, STATISTIK. ["Bevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Geburtsland"](http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/menschen_und_gesellschaft/bevoelkerung/bevoelkerungsstruktur/bevoelkerung_nach_staatsangehoerigkeit_geburtsland/index.html). *Statistik.at*. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-uoc.edu_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-uoc.edu_2-1) ["SLOVAK IN AUSTRIA"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110608054310/http://www.uoc.edu/euromosaic/web/document/eslovac/an/i1/i1.html). *Uoc.edu*. Archived from [the original](https://www.uoc.edu/euromosaic/web/document/eslovac/an/i1/i1.html) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

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[Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals):
- [Austria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Austria)
- [Czech Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Czech_Republic)

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