Az árnyékban maradt Öllerer család. Egy osztrák virágkertész-família a „rövid 20. században” Erdélyben
The Öllerer Family Left in the Shadows. An Austrian Family of Flower Gardeners in Transylvania in the “Short 20th Century””

Summary/Abstract: By the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries almost every city in Transylvania had at least one or two permanent flower gardeners, who through their diversified expertise and work had gained great esteem and respect among the locals and enjoyed a local-regional reputation. The members of the Öllerer family have been engaged for several generations in ornamental horticulture in Târgu Mureș, but also in the reproduction and trade of plants. The date and circumstances of their establishment in Transylvania at this time are still unknown. The study presents the floricultural activity of the family members from the First World War until the regime change in 1989, during the “short 20th century”. Using ethnographic methods, materials available in national archives, interviews, family documents, as well as articles and reports from the periodical press, the study aims to reveal how the members of the Öllerer family switched from noble mansion gardeners to urban flower gardeners, and during the dictatorship auxiliary workers or technicians.

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