Albanians in Hungary

Albanians in Hungary (Albanian: Shqiptarët në Hungari; Hungarian: magyarországi albánok) are ethnic Albanians living in Hungary.

Albanians in Hungary
Shqiptarët në Hungari
Magyarországi albánok

Regions with significant populations
Budapest · Debrecen
Languages
Hungarian, Albanian
Religion
Islam, Christianity, Atheism

History

After the Great Turkish War, where they had sided with the Austrians, a group of Albanians from Kosovo, Catholic and Muslim, moved to Hungary.^[1] They numbered around 10,000 people.^[2] Toma Raspasani, a Catholic clergyman, reported in his writings in 1693 that many Catholics had settled Budapest, and most died of hunger or disease.^[1]

Notable people

• Gjon Delhusa – singer, composer and lyricist^[3]
• Ignác Martinovics – philosopher, writer and a leader of the Hungarian Jacobin movement
• Andrei Mocioni – jurist, politician, and informal leader of the ethnic Romanian community; part-Albanian

See also

• Albanian–Hungarian relations
• Albanian diaspora
• Immigration to Hungary