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Historically Austrians were regarded as ethnic Germans and viewed themselves as such. Austria was part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation until its ending in 1806 and had been part of the German Confederation, a loose association of 39 separate German-speaking countries. Naming practices are typically German. Considerable groups of Turkish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, and other ethnic groups usually follow naming traditions of their own cultures. | Historically Austrians were regarded as ethnic Germans and viewed themselves as such. Austria was part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation until its ending in 1806 and had been part of the German Confederation, a loose association of 39 separate German-speaking countries. Naming practices are typically German. Considerable groups of Turkish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, and other ethnic groups usually follow naming traditions of their own cultures. | ||
==Online Tools== | ==Online Tools== | ||
*[https://namenskarten.lima-city.at/en/ '''Surname Distribution Maps of Austria'''] | |||
*[https://script.byu.edu/Plugins/FileManager/Files/Documents/List_of_Names_-_German.pdf '''List of Names in Old German Script'''] A comprehensive list of German given names, written in old script, with possible variations. | *[https://script.byu.edu/Plugins/FileManager/Files/Documents/List_of_Names_-_German.pdf '''List of Names in Old German Script'''] A comprehensive list of German given names, written in old script, with possible variations. | ||
*[https://script.byu.edu/Plugins/FileManager/Files/Documents/German-Familiennamen.pdf '''German Surnames'''] and [https://script.byu.edu/Plugins/FileManager/Files/Documents/German-Familiennamen.pdf '''German Given Names'''] | *[https://script.byu.edu/Plugins/FileManager/Files/Documents/German-Familiennamen.pdf '''German Surnames'''] and [https://script.byu.edu/Plugins/FileManager/Files/Documents/German-Familiennamen.pdf '''German Given Names'''] | ||