Burgenland of Hungarians rapidly declined (14,931 people, 5%). This was due to the emigration of the Hungarian civil servants and intellectuals after the union with Austria. In 1923, emigration to the United States of America, which started in the late 19th century, reached its climax; in some places up to a quarter of the population went overseas. After the Nazi German "Anschluss" of Austria, the administrative unit of Burgenland was dissolved. Northern and central Burgenland joined the district of Niederdonau (Lower Danube) while southern Burgenland joined Steiermark (Styria). The policy of Germanization also affected other minorities, especially Burgenland Croats and Hungarians.
Burgenland Croats the Croatian language was introduced as an official in 6 out of 7 districts of Burgenland. Newspapers of the Burgenland Croats are: "Crikveni glasnik" (Church Gazett), 1946; "Naše selo" (Our village), 1947; "Naš tjednik" (Our weekly), 1947; "Naša domovina" (Our homeland), 1952; "Glas" (Voice), 1957; "Novi glas" (New Voice), 1969; "Put" (Way), 1981). The beginnings of literacy are linked to: Klimpuški misal (Klimpuški Missal) (1501), S. Consul Histrianus and Anton Dalmatin's Postila (Fasting) (1568), Duševne pesne (Spiritual songs) (1609), and Grgur Mekinić Pythiraeus's Druge knjige duševnih pesan (Other books of the Spiritual songs) (1611). By the mid-19th century, Burgenland Croatian