The influence of German settlers on the formation and development of an industrial town in Habsburg Bosnia: Teslić (1878-1918)

Darko Gavrilović,Smiljana Đukičin-Vučković,Dejan Mikavica,Rastislav Stojsavljević,Goran Vasin,Ljubica Ivanović-Bibić

doi:10.5937/22-16623

Darko Gavrilović, Smiljana Đukičin-Vučković + Show 4 more

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Journal: Geographica Pannonica	Publication Date: Jan 1, 2018
Citations: 2	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Novi Sad

Abstract

This paper studies the formation and development of the Bosnian town of Teslic from the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 to the end of the First World War in 1918. The goal is to emphasize the significant characteristics of the town's development: the spread of capitalism; economic modernization; the arrival of a non-Slavic, predominantly German population; and the town as the leader of industrialization in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The industrial origin of Teslic and its structure demonstrate Austria-Hungary's need to economically integrate Bosnia and Herzegovina into its state area. The aim of this paper is to show to what extent the dynamics of industrial development influenced the town's formation and to see how the colonist population, which was mostly of German origin, influenced the industrial development and social life of the town.

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In order to form a historical picture of the town of Teslić, we need to reconstruct a period of several decades covering its formation and development as an industrial settlement, and its position as a small town within Austria-Hungary
The arrival of Austria-Hungary marked the beginning of the industrialization of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is, the time of establishing first industrial settlements that would later grow into towns
It was because Austria-Hungary expanded to the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina that the town of Teslić developed into an industrial area during the spread of capitalism at the end of the 19th century

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In order to form a historical picture of the town of Teslić, we need to reconstruct a period of several decades covering its formation and development as an industrial settlement, and its position as a small town within Austria-Hungary (from the end of the 19th century to 1918). The second part of the paper deals with the cultural development of the town, as well as with the labour union battles that accompanied industrialization Both in the historiography of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the former Yugoslavia, writing about the history of large and small towns in the form of monographs, studies, chronicles, theses and articles was mostly left to amateurs. This type of historical writing was not attractive enough for renowned historians, which is why today we can find only a few works written by professional historians who devoted their research to this part of microhistory.

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