Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1878–1918. Draft, not yet reviewed

Bosnia and Herzegovina came under Austro-Hungarian administration in 1878, when the Congress of Berlin approved the occupation of the Bosnia Vilayet, which officially remained part of the Ottoman Empire. The occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina started on 29 July 1878 and was over on 20 October. Austro-Hungarian authorities embarked on social and administrative reforms which intended to make Bosnia and Herzegovina into a model colony. In 1908, Austria-Hungary provoked the Bosnian crisis by formally annexing the occupied zone, establishing the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Seat of power: Sarajevo

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• The Austro-Hungarian administration advocated the ideal of a pluralist and multi-confessional Bosnian nation.
• Habsburg officials publicised numerous exhibits on Bosnian history, folklore, and archaeology, with artists like Alphonse Mucha presenting the Bosnian pavilion at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
• Muslims founded the Muslim National Organisation (MNO) in 1906, Serbs formed the Serbian National Organisation (SNO) in 1907, and Croats formed the Croat National Union (HNZ) in 1908.

Picture

Sarajevo City Hall, known as Vijećnica, was initially the largest and most representative building of the Austro-Hungarian period in Sarajevo.

Image: Ladislav Boháč, CC0, file

Sources

• Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Wikipedia)
• Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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