!!!Lateinische Sprache

Latin: When large areas of what is now Austria became part of the 
Roman Empire (from 15 A.D. onwards) Latin became the official language 
and that spoken by the population at large; inscriptions and ancient 
literary documents (Eugippius) still show traces of this today. Latin 
was still widely used in the Middle Ages and well into the Modern Age 
for scholarly and religious purposes and as the official language 
(Ostarrîchi document, Carmina Burana and other literary works, 
T. Ebendorfer). It was the official language in some parts of the 
Habsburg Empire (in Hungary until 1837) and was partly used as the 
teaching language in schools and universities until the 20%%sup th/%  
century. Until 1969 (2%%sup nd/%  Vatican Council) Catholic Masses 
were celebrated in Latin. Today Latin is an admission requirement for 
some branches of university study (medicine, law, theology, 
humanities).


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