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Alfred Zoff: The town of Gorizia today, illustration

The town of Gorizia was the capital of the county of the same name, and represents a textbook example of the ethnic variety in the Habsburg Empire: it was called Gorizia by the Italians, Gorica by the Slovenes, Gurize by the Friulani and Görz by German-speakers. Today, the border between Italy and Slovenia runs through the town of Gorizia.

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

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    The place-names battle

    In a multi-ethnic state like the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the language and the spelling of place names in official usage was a hotly discussed issue, since they could be used to mark "national property". It sparked off a bitter struggle particularly in the multilingual regions.