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Class of a girls’ school in Moravia, photograph, beginning of the 20th century

On the board hangs a map of Austria-Hungary

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

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    School policies and the language of teaching

    School policies were a sensitive topic in the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire. A particularly hot issue was the question of the language of teaching. Following the Austrian-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, the two halves of the Empire pursued very different objectives.