The Much Awaited Migrants — Immigration in Hungary During the 18th Century

Abstract

After the expulsion of the Turks, significant parts of the formerly invaded areas were empty. The country’s demographic balance could be set back partly by inner settlement and partly by settling. In the 18th century – and before that – several ethnic groups arrived in Hungary, who in possession of permissions and privileges took on the recovery of the country’s economy. Out of these settlings, the most significant one was the German, which arrived in several waves. At this time, the Slovaks didn’t have an independent state, but they lived in big numbers in their villages in the Upper Lands (Felvidék in Hungarian).