!!!Englischer Einfluss

Foreign Influences, English: despite the geographical distance English 
economic and cultural influences on Austria have been quite strong at 
various times. During the first half of the 17%%sup th/%  century, 
English touring companies ( English Comedians) also performed in 
Austria, in the 18%%sup th/%  century Prince Eugène and the 
Duke of Marlborough exchanged views on the construction and decoration 
of palaces; around 1780 the English landscape garden replaced the 
French style in garden architecture. During the age of Romanticism 
Gothic architecture (Tudor style) was adopted in Austria. The most 
lasting effects were those in the field of technology: travelling 
craftsmen often learned new techniques and developments in England and 
brought them back to Austria, English enterprises frequently moved to 
Austria. Setbacks in the course of this development were caused by 
Napoleon´s Continental System, but after 1835 English railway 
engineers came to Austria, who were experts in train operation as well 
as in locomotive-construction. In the 20%%sup th/%  century, 
increasing knowledge of the English language in Austria made many 
mutual influences possible (e.g. school exchange programs), the period 
of 1945-1955, when England was one of the occupying powers in Austria 
after World War II, was very important for establishing new contacts.

!Literature
P. Martinz-Turek, Untersuchungen ueber den englischen 
Kultureinfluss in Oesterreich um 1800, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1971.


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