Landeskunde, Heimatkunde

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgements 1
4. Chapter 1. Introduction
5. Introduction 5
6. Approaches of the book 7
7. Pictures of Burgenland 12
8. Chapter 2. The Romance of the Monarchy
9. Introduction 15
10. Seen from Cisleithania 18
11. Seen from Transleithania 27
12. Chapter 3. Discoverers
13. Introduction 35
14. From language territory to territorial claim 37
15. A tentative boundary recommendation 51
16. The most Austrian geographer 70
17. Burgenlandarbeit 85
18. Pionierarbeit 97
19. Explorers of north and south 114
20. Chapter 4. Discoverers of Burgenland and German Geopolitics
21. Introduction 127
22. The Empire comes back 131
23. Hands up, yogi! 148
24. A German borderland in the southeast 166
25. Chapter 5. Identity and Tourism
26. Introduction 179
27. Burgenland idyll 183
28. Landeskunde, Heimatkunde 202
29. Chapter 6. The Discovery of Burgenland in the Spatial and Temporal Perspective
30. Introduction 209
31. We came to bid our farewells 214
32. Grenzland reloaded 238
33. Chapter 7. Private Discovery
34. Introduction 255
35. Between towns 256
36. The Hun, the Heinz, and the Croat 270
37. Centers, hinterlands and transport 277
38. From emigration to expulsion 283
39. From peasant houses to the alpine-type houses 288
40. Between two borders 296
41. Chapter 8. Summary 323
42. References 331
43. List of figures 361
44. Index 367