COUNTER-REFORMATION

    Audioguide: Über die Anfänge des Widerstandes

    We Will Make Them Catholic Again

    The Protestantism that is still widespread in some areas today is another indication of the spirit of resistance in the region. Miners and woodworkers were considered particularly receptive to the teachings of the miner's son, Martin Luther. The Protestant faith was practiced in secret for a long time, in caves and attics. When Emperor Joseph II issued the "Edict of Tolerance" in 1781, the era of "Crypto-Protestantism" ended.
    Goisern and Gosau remained predominantly Protestant. In the Ausseerland, the Catholic faith apparently never took hold again. "The fact that the Church has a harder time here," an ex-pastor from Ausseerland attributed to the "Enlightenment movements of the past and Crypto-Protestantism." Many were forced to emigrate—in some parts of Eastern Europe, people still speak an old Salzkammergut dialect.

    Even in the following years, the Salzkammergut did not come to rest. "Under these conditions, socialist ideas also gained traction, which is why many communities in the Salzkammergut developed into 'strongholds of red voters.' The awareness of solidarity and readiness for resistance thus received further momentum. During the interwar period, the Salzkammergut was also a focal point of resistance against the corporate state's regime. The resistance movement against the Nazi regime could directly connect to the centuries-old tradition of defiance in the resistance area of the Salzkammergut."

    BILD © Bad Aussee: Bürgerspitalskirche Hl. Geist | Holy-Spirit-Hospital church ©Kulturfux

    Audioguide: About the beginnings of the resistance


    More information and a few tips:
    Evangelisches Museum Oberösterreich
    https://www.museum-goisern.at/heimatmuseum/
    https://museum-ooe.evang.at/home.html
    https://www.steiermark.com/de/Ausseerland-Salzkammergut/Urlaub-planen/Ausflugsziele/Spitalkirche_isd_4166585


    PROTIREFORMACE
    AUDIOPRŮVODCE: O začátcích odporu

    Protestantismus je dodnes v některých oblastech silně rozšířený. Horníci a dřevorubci byli obzvláště otevření vůči učení Martina Luthera. Evangelická víra byla po dlouhou dobu tajně udržována v jeskyních a na půdách. Období tohoto „kryptoprotestantismu“ skončilo v roce 1781 s vydáním „Tolerančního patentu“. Goisern a Gosau zůstaly převážně evangelické. V Ausseerlandu se katolická víra už nikdy pořádně neprosadila. Bývalý farář z Ausseerlandu to připisuje „osvícenským proudům v minulosti a kryptoprotestantismu“. Mnoho lidí bylo donuceno k emigraci – v některých částech východní Evropy se dodnes mluví starým Salzkammergut dialektem.
    Ani v následujících letech nenalezlo Salzkammergut klid. „Za těchto okolností se prosadilo socialistické myšlení, což vedlo k tomu, že se mnoho obcí v Salzkammergut stalo ‚rudými baštami voličů‘. V meziválečném období bylo Salzkammergut krystalizačním bodem odporu proti režimu stavovského státu a odpor proti nacistickému režimu mohl přímo navázat na staletou tradici vzdorovitosti v Salzkammergut.“

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