The Fight in Santlov's Entrance Hall
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1867-1868, Ljubljana, Slovenes, Germans, nationalismAbstract
The author presents an analysis of the first more significant German-Slovene excess which led to a fist-fight and which definitively shattered the illusion of the peaceful co-existence of the Slovene and German middle-class citizens. After a depiction of how the provocation between the German "Turnarji" and the Slovene Sokoli clubs escalated and a description of the exciting sequence of events which let to the culmination in Šantlov´s house in the night form July 23 to 24 1867, the author also discusses the direct and long-term repercussions of the scandal, including the occupation of Ljubljana by additional troops, the suspension of Mayor Costa, the trials and convictions of the main protagonists, the decrease in the popularity of the Slovene party and the defeat it experienced as a result during the municipial elections in 1868, the Slovene boycott of a number of the following municipial elections achieved by the outraged Costa and the establishment of the German Municipial Government which ruled Ljubljana for the next 14 years.
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