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Burgenland Croats

Position of Burgenland on the map of Austria

Burgenland Croats (Croatian: Gradišćanski Hrvati, Austrian German: Burgenlandkroaten, Hungarian: Burgenlandi horvátok, Slovak: Burgendlandskí Chorváti) are ethnic Croats in the Austrian state of Burgenland, along with Croats in neighboring Hungary and Slovakia.[1]

Around 320,000 residents of Austria identify as of Croat heritage; 56,785 have, as sole or multiple nationality, Croatian citizenship as at 2017.[2] Between 87,000[2] and 130,000[1] of them are Burgenland Croats.

Since 1993, Croatian organizations have appointed their representatives to the Council for National Minorities of the Austrian government.

  1. ^ a b "gradišćanski Hrvati" [Burgenland Croats]. Croatian Encyclopedia. Miroslav Krleža Lexicographic Institute. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  2. ^ a b Fer Projekt, Put Murvice 14, Zadar, Hrvatska, +385 98 212 96 00, www.fer-projekt.com. "Hrvatska manjina u Republici Austriji". Hrvatiizvanrh.hr. Archived from the original on 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2017-03-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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