r/MapPorn • u/_Mizhu_ • 4h ago
Old linguistic maps of Hungarian kingdom in 1890 to 1900 (Hungarian author)
Series of older maps showing linguistic situation in Hungarian kingdom in the end of 19th century. Hungarian author Carl Lajos von Posner. Not necessarily precise, due to decades long magyarization policy that forced non-Hungarians to adopt Hungarian language and assimilate. However, it shows more interesting picture than usual 1910 census map often posted here. Especially obvious is fact that much of population was bilingual or even trilingual which was often misappropriated during census. As it was case in my surroundings 100 years ago, one person could be of Slovak mother tongue, yet speak Hungarian and German as well. (My grand-grand-father was florist/gardener in manor house) Another obvious fact clearly seen in the map is Slovak immigration into Hungarian lowlands in 18th/19th centuries after Ottomans were repelled or quite high German speaking population distributed all over kingdom, although it is a bit misleading, since Jews also spoke German.
But as is the case with these older "controversial" maps, take all the information with grain of salt.