Austrian Uruguayans are people born in Austria who live in Uruguay or Uruguayan-born people of Austrian descent.
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.