Population in the City
“Local” and “foreign”. The book deals with the population of the City of Linz in the 19th and 20th centuries. It shows how Linz was a city of immigrants in the second half of the 19th century and that immigrants made up the majority of the city's population well into the 20th century.
- General information on demography and migration
- Linz in the “long” 19th century
- Growth despite a negative birth rate – the inter-war years
- Expulsion of the Jews and forced migration in the “Führer's” adopted home town
- Of DPs, refugees, homecomers and US soldiers
- Commuter migration and foreign workers 1950-2000
- Neither melting pot nor mosaic. Linz as a regional centre – an assessment