A dalmáciai Borgo Erizzo és az albán nemzetépítés. Az Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia új Albánia-politikája, 1896
Dalmatian Borgo Erizzo and the Albanian Nation-Building: The New Albanian-Policy of Austria–Hungary, 1896

Summary/Abstract: In the Balkan plans of Austria–Hungary it was the geographical Albania that began to play a significant role at the turn of the century. The growing geostrategic importance of the region provoked the adoption of a new Albanian-policy from the Ballhausplatz. Through this new political agenda, the joint ministry for foreign affairs wanted to lay down the foundation of an independent Albanian state. As part of the new Albanian-policy, Lajos Thallóczy had started an endeavour to create the ‘Italo-Albanians’ of the Monarchy. On the territory of Austria–Hungary there existed four villages the inhabitants of which were of (North-)Albanian origin. Out of these villages it was only the Dalmatian Borgo Erizzo (Croatian: Arbanasi) where the ethnic Albanian dwellers had a good command of the Albanian language at the turn of the century, therefore the political experiment of Thallóczy was started exactly here. Based on a program elaborated by the Hungarian historian the state began to promote the idea of the Albanian nationalism among the local population and a college of education was established for training teachers for the Catholic schools financed by Austria–Hungary in the Ottoman Empire. The villagedwellers played an active role in the realization of the Albanian-policy of Vienna. Among other things, they supported the joint officials and officers learning Albanian in the primary school and in the college of education in Borgo Erizzo to build out their networks among the Albanians of the Ottoman Empire.

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