RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Hájek, Martin
T1 The Dispute over the Language between Olomouc and Ústí nad Labem 1923-1926
JF Historica Olomucensia
YR 2016
VO 51
IS 2
SP 177
OP 187
DO 10.5507/ho.2016.038
UL https://historica.upol.cz/artkey/hol-201602-0010.php
AB Disputes over the use of languages at the official level in the Czech lands has been a conflict area of Czech-German relations since the 19th century. The use of languages was codified by the linguistic right during the First Czechoslovak Republic, however disputes over its interpretation existed and some of these conflicts had to be solved by high-level bodies of public administration and some of them got to the Supreme Administrative Court. The paper deals with a concrete case of a linguistic dispute between Olomouc and Ústí nad Labem in the period of 1923-1926. The town council in Olomouc refused to answer a submission of the town council in Ústí nad Labem written in German. Nevertheless, it did not accept that and filed a complaint against Olomouc. The article follows the whole case of the linguistic dispute, legal arguments of both parties and decisive authorities. The case was finally brought to the Supreme Administrative Court, which usually concerned itself with cases of linguistic disputes and which finally issued a binding decision