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Austrian-Chilean relations are foreign relations between Austria and Chile. The first bilateral relations dates back from 1846. Austria has an embassy in Santiago de Chile and 3 honorary consulates (in Arica, Valdivia and Valparaíso). Chile has an embassy in Vienna and 3 honorary consulates (in Linz, Klagenfurt and Salzburg).
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History
In 1991, Minister of Foreign Affairs Enrique Silva Cimma was the first Chilean Chancellor to pay an official visit to Austria.
In 1993, Chancellor Franz Vranitzky was the first Chancellor of Austria to pay an official visit to Chile.
Since 1999, the bilateral relations were intensified in the context of the bi-regional LAC-EU process.
In 2008, Chancellor of Austria Alfred Gusenbauer paid an official visit to Chile.
Austrian immigration to Chile
In the 19th century, famines in Europe and the expulsion of Protestants from Austria led to waves of Austrian immigration to Latin America. A notable settlement of Tyrolean Protestants in Chile is Los Bajos, Frutillar, in the Llanquihue Province.
The town of New Braunau (Nueva Braunau) near Puerto Varas was named in 1875 by Austro-Hungarian settlers after today's Broumov (German: Braunau).
Chilean coup d'état
As a consequence of the Chilean coup d'état, in 1973 about 1,500 Chilean refugees came to Vienna. In May 2006, the President of Chile Michelle Bachelet met with hundreds of members of the Chilean Viennese community at the Rathaus, Vienna.