Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Popular memory

Joseph's image in popular memory has been varied. After his death there were many monuments to him built by the central government across his lands. The first Czechoslovak Republic tore down the monuments when it became independent in 1918. While the Czechs credited Joseph II with educational reforms, religious toleration, and the easing of censorship, they condemned his policies of centralization and Germanization that they blamed for causing a decline in Czech culture.

The Budapest District of Józsefváros was named for the Emperor in 1777 and bears this name up to the present.
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