Developments in the Celje area in 1917–1918, with particular regard to the activities of local liberals

Abstract

The author of the contribution deals with the developments in the Celje area in the last years of the Habsburg Monarchy, with the main focus on those that took place in Celje and its surroundings in the light of the emerging Slovenian national awareness during the period of the Declaration Movement and the scramble for power, the formation of national councils, and the establishment of transitional government. The author also presents a wider political context, i.e., the creation of Slovenian political parties in the period under examination as well as the German political movement, which was resisting change and losing its predominant position in Celje as well as a few other centres in the surrounding area. Owing to the prevailing liberal orientation among Slovenian political forces in the city of Celje and certain market towns, primary attention is devoted to the liberal camp.