Beč kao grad susreta srpske i češke kulture

As one of the oldest capitals in the heart of Europe and the imperial capital, Vienna is the place where various cultures and influences intersect. The city played a prominent role as the meeting point of Serbian and Czech arts and culture. This paper analyses the preconditions that facilitated the development of Slavistics in Vienna, the importance of personal contacts between the representatives of Serbian and Czech National Revival, as well as the role of Vienna publishing activities and periodicals in the deepening of such contacts. Special attention is paid to the contribution and role of Konstantin Jireček and the University of Vienna in the empowerment of these connections. Certain periods of modern history witnessed an increase in the migration of migrants of Serbian and Czech origin to Vienna. Among them, there were writers, artists and intellectuals who shared a similar fate. The theoretical framework of the paper, apart from the literary and historical approach, incorporates an interdisciplinary approach to the discussion of urbansociological and phenomenological occurrences arising from the contact between Serbian and Czech culture.