The World of
the Habsburgs

Secondary menu

Pre-war
1914
Outbreak of the war
1915
1916
1917
1918
End of the war
Post-war
Medium

Vojtěch Hynais: Poster for the General State Exhibition in Prague 1891, colour lithograph

This exhibition poster illustrates the optimism and self-confidence of the Czechs who, after the phase of national revival at the end of the 19th century, celebrated their national achievements in the field of art and science.

Copyright 
Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur-und Betriebsges.m.b.H./Fotograf: Alexander E. Koller / Objekt aus Privatbesitz

Verwendet bei

  • Story

    The Czechs

    The Czechs were the third strongest nationality in the Habsburg Monarchy after the Germans and Magyars.

    The course of their evolution into the Czech nation can be seen as absolutely  prototypical of the smaller ethnic groups in Central Europe. After speedily catching up in the cultural, economic and social spheres, the modern Czech nation, with remarkable self-assertion, became a rival to the previously dominant German-speaking inhabitants of the Bohemian lands.