National Struggle on the Periphery: The Process of Ethnic Self-Identification of the Inhabitants of the Village of Panenská by Jemnice at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Southwestern Moravia was ethnically diverse until the mid-20th century, and many of its inhabitants were characterised by a fluid ethnicity. The example of the border village of Panenská (Frauendorf, Flandorf) is used to study the process of ethnic selfidentification of the inhabitants in an ethnically mixed village at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The aim is not only to show how the ethnic self-identification of the village’s inhabitants developed, but also to identify the main actors who influenced the process of self-identification and the strategies they used. The study focuses on the analysis of the ethnic situation based on the analysis and interpretation of archival materials (censuses, registers, chronicles, minutes of village council meetings, newspaper articles). Economic and political developments in the municipality were also taken into account.