A Matica or Matice or Matitsa is a Slavic concept of a foundation which promotes national culture and gained prominence during the 19th-century romantic nationalism .[1]
In this context, the word matica is translated as queen bee or queen ant .
The matica structure has been particularly used among the West Slavic peoples and South Slavic peoples :
Matica srpska , formed in the Austrian Empire in 1826
Matice česká , formed in the Austrian Empire in 1831
Matice moravská , formed in the Austrian Empire in 1849
Matice slezská , formed in Austria-Hungary in 1877
Matica hrvatska , formed in the Austrian Empire in 1842
Maćica Serbska , formed in Kingdom of Saxony in 1847
Matytsia Halytsko-Ruska , formed in the Austrian Empire in 1848
Matica slovenská , formed in the Austrian Empire in 1863
Slovenska matica , formed in the Austrian Empire in 1864
Macierz Polska , formed in Austria-Hungary in 1882
Balgarska matitsa , formed in the Ottoman Empire in 1909
Matica crnogorska , formed in Serbia and Montenegro in 1993
The term has additionally been used to refer to:
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