Abstract
Abstract From the late 18th century to the end of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1918, Vienna’s two Greek Orthodox communities administered a remarkable number of endowments. By founding endowments the benefactors acted between several spaces and subspaces. The transgression of boundaries by endowments addressed to the benefactors’ hometowns in the Ottoman Empire as well as the instability of these boundaries in the 19th century led to various problems in the interaction with the state authorities. But also endowments given to Viennese institutions were sometimes problematic, depending on the benefactors’ character as either Ottoman or Habsburg subjects. In contrast to Ottoman subjects, Habsburg subjects could also endow real estate and thus show their integration into the Viennese bourgeoisie. In this article we discuss the legal frameworks for the administration of endowments in the two Greek communities in Vienna as well as its practical realization in interaction with the Habsburg authorities.
Highlights
By founding endowments the benefactors acted between several spaces and subspaces
The transgression of boundaries by endowments addressed to the benefactors’ hometowns in the Ottoman Empire as well as the instability of these boundaries in the 19th century led to various problems in the interaction with the state authorities
Endowments given to Viennese institutions were sometimes problematic, depending on the benefactors’ character as either Ottoman or Habsburg subjects
Summary
Έλληνες στη Βιέννη (18ος – μέσα 19ου αιώνα) [Griechen in Wien (18. – Mitte 19. Jahrhundert)], Athina 2011. Έλληνες στη Βιέννη (18ος – μέσα 19ου αιώνα) [Griechen in Wien Die Umbenennung erfolgte mittels Verordnung vom 29. 1864: Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Oesterreich (1864), S. Anna Ransmayr: ›Untertanen des Sultans oder des Kaisers‹. Struktur und Organisationsformen der beiden Wiener griechischen Gemeinden von den Anfängen im 18. Jahrhundert bis 1918, unpublizierte Dissertation, Universität Wien 2016, S. Jahrhundert bis 1918, unpublizierte Dissertation, Universität Wien 2016, S. 376
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