The Greeks of Vienna during the Habsburg Empire consist of hundreds of merchants mainly from Western Macedonia, Epirus, and Thessaly (families such as Karagiani, Sina, Louba, etc., distinguished for their national work and social solidarity) and dozens of scholars (noted for their intellectual contributions, including Anthimos Gazis, Neofytos Doukas, Theoklitos Farmakidis, Demetrios Darvaris, etc.), who mainly lived in Vienna after 1740 until the 1820s. Particularly after the Pasharovitz Peace Treaty (1718) and the imperial decree of 1725, which allowed wholesale trade by Ottoman subjects, the Greeks took control of trade between the East and Central Europe. The vigorous commercial activity of the Greeks in Vienna enabled them to amass significant wealth. Several became powerful economic figures within Austria. At the same time, many scholars from subjugated Greece settled in Vienna to study, write, publish books, and pass knowledge to Greeks, effectively preparing the groundwork for the nation's rebirth. Additionally, starting in 1784, newspapers and magazines in Greek began publication. The Zakinthian Georgios Vendoitis published the first newspaper titled "Vienna Courier." In 1790, the "Ephimeris" by the Sianist brothers Markides-Poulios followed, in which Rigas Velestinlis printed revolutionary proclamations and the Thuris. Later, the "Hermes o Logios" and "News from the Eastern Parts" were published, which was replaced in 1812 by the newspaper "Ellinikos Tilegraphos," published until 1836. In 1819, Athanasios Stagiritis published the magazine "Kalliopi," which, like "Hermes o Logios," ceased publication in 1821. Unquenchable beacons of Greek spirit in Vienna were the churches of Saint George and the Holy Trinity, located in the heart of the Greek neighborhood in Vienna, where the Greeks' meeting place, the famous Griechenbeisel (Greek tavern), was also situated. Before the Greeks' commercial, publishing, and educational activities, a brief historical overview of the House of Habsburg was deemed necessary, as their story essentially coincides with the history of Austria until the disintegration of Austria-Hungary in 1918. (From the presentation on the back cover of the book)