Czechs (German: Tschechen) are a historically significant and traditional migrant group within Austria.
In the 19th century, the Czech and Slovak region went through an economic depression, causing many unemployed ethnic Czechs and Slovak menial workers to migrate to Vienna and the Americas.
From the 1880s the 1890s, around 230,000 Czechs and Slovaks emigrated to Austria proper, mainly for construction work and other menial labor jobs in the larger cities, particularly Vienna.
After the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 150,000 people returned to Czechoslovakia after its independence.
[2][1] Since the admission of the Czech Republic to the 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.