Romanians in Hungary (1890 census, drawn in 1897)
“Still 59% Romanians compared to top 30% hungarians. And this is a hungarian census that were usually counting gypsies and jews as hungarians. The censuses were usually language based and not ethnic based. Meaning that even if you were a Romanian that knew a bit of hungarian, they’d register you as hungarian”–vladgrinch
Ethnic map of Hungary 1910 (no labels)
“Hungary was always like multi ethnic since the kingdoms foundation, however the Mongol and then Ottoman wars heavily decimated the central areas of the kingdom primarily inhabited by Hungarians (as Slavs and Vlachs due to their pastoral lifestyle and being less urbanized in general lived in mainly hill, mountainous regions). After both times there were large resettlement partially from other countries at invitation of kings and just spontenous migration as well”–k_csk
Ethnic map of Hungary 1910 (with labels)
“What are Olahs?”–holytriplem
“Olah is Hungarian term for Vlachs - both words are cognates and originate from Germanic [Walhaz*]“–smyru
“I’d like to meet a Vlach”–zig_anon
“trust me you wouldn’t”–GorkiElektroPionir
The changing of borders in 1920 of Germany, Bulgaria and Hungary
“Man, I am so sorry for Hungary… I mean they started the war, but 72%???? Wtf??”–The_others_king
Romanians in Hungary (1890 census, drawn in 1897)
“The colored area in the right is Transylvania, now part of Romania”–LeroyoJenkins
