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“Bankers, medical doctors, teachers, priests,
musicians, all Czechs, kind gentlefolk
who show us brotherly love”
Jernej Weiss
Univerza v Ljubljani / Univerza v Mariboru
University of Ljubljana / University of Maribor
An overview of Czech-Slovenian relations offers a truly impressive history
of mutual enrichment between two closely linked Slavic nations. Already
at the end of the 18th century, the contacts between individual key actors of
the emerging young Czech and Slovenian cultures drew numerous Czech
intellectuals to Slovenia, and these newcomers contributed significantly to
the flourishing of its social life in many areas. With the onset of the March
revolution and in particular the constitutional period in the early 1860s,
similar cultural and political endeavours and more or less identical nation-
al issues within the Habsburg Monarchy further intensified migrations
from Czech to Slovene lands in one of the most extensive migration flows.
“We’re learning from the CzechoSlavs!”
Although ideas about the integration and mutual assistance of Slavs
emerged primarily in intellectual circles, one should not forget about sev-
eral other Czech migrations and mobilities. For example, during the con-
struction of the southern railway from Vienna to Trieste, Czechs came to
the Slovene lands in great numbers and contributed decisively to its eco-
nomic advancement. Typical of the periods following 1848 are in particu-
lar economic migrations oriented toward towns, ports and tourist resorts
in the areas of industry, mining and railways. Among these travellers one
could often find traders, craftsmen, craft apprentices, professional enter-
tainers, and even “grand tourists” and adventurers. At the same time, be-
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musicians, all Czechs, kind gentlefolk
who show us brotherly love”
Jernej Weiss
Univerza v Ljubljani / Univerza v Mariboru
University of Ljubljana / University of Maribor
An overview of Czech-Slovenian relations offers a truly impressive history
of mutual enrichment between two closely linked Slavic nations. Already
at the end of the 18th century, the contacts between individual key actors of
the emerging young Czech and Slovenian cultures drew numerous Czech
intellectuals to Slovenia, and these newcomers contributed significantly to
the flourishing of its social life in many areas. With the onset of the March
revolution and in particular the constitutional period in the early 1860s,
similar cultural and political endeavours and more or less identical nation-
al issues within the Habsburg Monarchy further intensified migrations
from Czech to Slovene lands in one of the most extensive migration flows.
“We’re learning from the CzechoSlavs!”
Although ideas about the integration and mutual assistance of Slavs
emerged primarily in intellectual circles, one should not forget about sev-
eral other Czech migrations and mobilities. For example, during the con-
struction of the southern railway from Vienna to Trieste, Czechs came to
the Slovene lands in great numbers and contributed decisively to its eco-
nomic advancement. Typical of the periods following 1848 are in particu-
lar economic migrations oriented toward towns, ports and tourist resorts
in the areas of industry, mining and railways. Among these travellers one
could often find traders, craftsmen, craft apprentices, professional enter-
tainers, and even “grand tourists” and adventurers. At the same time, be-
285
