Austrian Uruguayans

Austrian Uruguayans are people born in Austria who live in Uruguay or Uruguayan-born people of Austrian descent.

Overview In the times of the Austro-Hungarian Empire diplomatic relations were established with Uruguay, with Baron Anton von Petz celebrating a Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation between both countries, which enabled immigrationHungary and Latin America

During the two World Wars thousands of Austrians escaped Europe, most of them fleeing to South America, including a small but significant Austrian-Jewish community. The Central Austrian Committee for Latin America was established in Montevideo in 1943.Free Austria Movement

The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 141 people who declared Austria as their country of birth.

There are some members of the Austrian nobility in Uruguay, such as the Habsburgsde Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 702 (French) and the Auerspergs.

There is an institution, the Alpine Club Montevideo (), which was established in 1934 by Austrians and Germans.

Notable Austrian Uruguayans

Nelly Weissel (1920–2010), actress Carlos Kalmar (born 1958), conductor Guntram of Habsburg-Lorraine (born 1967), Prince of Tuscany, son of Princess Laetitia d'Arenberg. Fernanda Auersperg (born 1971), accountant and politician.

Austrian Uruguayans

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