History of Hungarians in Vienna

During the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918) and the early 1990s, Hungarians were the second largest non-German speaking population in Vienna after the Czechs.

Vienna, known in Hungarian as Bécs, was the seat of the Royal Court of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary in 1485–1490.

[1] The city has a number of historic residences and palaces of Hungarian nobility, including of the Esterházy, Pálffy, Batthyány, Apponyi and Erdődy families.

In the 2010s, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a number of Hungarian Jews have left Hungary due to antisemitism and economic woes and resettled in Vienna.

[4] The Viennese Jewish community has encouraged Hungarian Jews from Budapest to resettle in Vienna due to fears over the rise of the far-right Jobbik party, a climate of nationalism and xenophobia, and an economic recession.