Editing Graz (section)

==Slovene minority in Graz==
Graz, being the capital of the then multiethnic Duchy of Styria, was also a centre of [[Slovenes|Slovene]] culture, especially from the establishment of the University of Graz in 1586 until the establishment of the [[University of Ljubljana]] in 1919. In 1574, the {{Interlanguage link|Compendium Catechismi in Slauonica lingua{{!}}first Slovene Catholic book|sl|3=Compendium Catechismi Catholici in Slavonica lingua per Questiones in gratiam Catholicae iuventutis propositum}} was published in Graz, and in 1592, [[Hieronymus Megiser]] published in Graz the book ''[[Dictionarium quatuor linguarum]]'', the first multilingual dictionary of Slovene.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-H9LFKLTH/? |title=Primeri nekaj sklanjatev in spregatev v Megiserjevem Dictionarium quatuor linguarum 1592 |trans-title=The Concise Grammar of Four Languages in Megiser's 1592 Dictionary |language=sl |journal=Jezikoslovni Zapiski |volume=13 |issue=1/2 |year=2007 |publisher=Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, ZRC SAZU |id={{COBISS |ID=26967085}} |pages=23–32 |issn=0354-0448}}</ref>

In the 19th century the student associations in Graz were a crucible of Slovene nationalism and some Slovene students there were more nationally aware than other Slovenes. This led to fierce anti-Slovene efforts by the German supermajority in Graz before and during World War II.<ref name="Granda">{{cite news |url=http://isn.zrc-sazu.si/files/file/Traditiones/Traditiones_35_2_Krek_separati/TR352%20099-103%20Granda.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818172011/http://isn.zrc-sazu.si/files/file/Traditiones/Traditiones_35_2_Krek_separati/TR352%20099-103%20Granda.pdf |archive-date=18 August 2011 |url-status=live |title=Gradec in Slovenci |language=sl |first=Stane |last=Granda |year=2006 |publisher=University of Graz |journal=Traditiones |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=99–103 |access-date=17 December 2010<!--(via Google Documents; [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:KsSTt5sfY7UJ:isn.zrc-sazu.si/files/file/Traditiones/Traditiones_35_2_Krek_separati/TR352%2520099-103%2520Granda.pdf+granda+gradec+slovenci&hl=sl&gl=si&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiyiNKQdxVieE89s2c8irLJ_Y7pplCPGUZxciVC_ERHycwKkALq3zwFtoF_N3_9QCodJRCu9jYcEgBEKh5IvguAAAPkSCfW4p15qd_3FXs-cnfgEHFe8WgxsOsI-7vm3fWIyP8a&sig=AHIEtbRJwxKwdl8G-BlsHzCdCpoCV95qxw])-->}}</ref> Slovenes only ever constituted a tiny minority in the city.{{cn|date=October 2024}} This is also why [[Peter Kosler|Peter Kozler]] did not include it in his [[Kosler's Map|map]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Nowadays, some Slovenian Styrians study and some have found employment there, whiles being formerly unemployed in Slovenia.<ref name="Granda"/> 

A symposium on the relation of Graz and the Slovenes was held in Graz in 2010, at the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the first and oldest chair of Slovene. It was established at the [[Graz Lyzeum|Lyzeum of Graz]] in July 1811 on the initiative of {{Interlanguage link|Janez Nepomuk Primic|sl}}.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.srl.si/arhiv/2002-01/pdf/sumrada.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232426/http://www.srl.si/arhiv/2002-01/pdf/sumrada.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=live |title=Janez Nepomuk Primic in ustanovitev stolice za slovenski jezik na liceju v Gradcu 1811 |language=sl |trans-title=Janez Nepomuk Primic and the Establishment of the Chair of Slovene at the ''Lyzeum'' in Graz in 1811 |journal=Slavistična revija [Journal of Slavic Linguistics] |volume=50 |date=January–March 2002 |issue=1 |issn=1855-7570}}</ref> A collection of lectures on the topic was published. The [[Pošta Slovenije|Slovenian Post]] commemorated the anniversary with a stamp.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.posta.si/downloadfile.aspx?fileid=18801 |journal=Razgledi: glasilo Pošte Slovenije [Views: The Bulletin of the Post of Slovenia] |title=Predstavitev znamke v baročni dvorani graškega semenišča |publisher=Pošta Slovenije [Post of Slovenia] |first=Bojan |last=Bračič |date=November–December 2011 |editor=Korber, Mateja |issn=1318-5705}}</ref>