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FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE CURRENT ISSUE:

• KHD chairman Andreas Mölzer: Homeland service in the crossfire Page 4-5

Our Carinthian

• Resolution dated 4. February 2026 Seite 6
• Wendelin Molzer: Three plates without print Seite 7

KHD-Activ

• Franz Jordan:
  • Invitation to the commemoration in Liescha Seite 8
  • Farewell without return Seite 9
  • Left-wing radical provocations Seite 10
  • Marburg Bloody Day Seite 10
  • Unpunished: UDBA murder in Carinthia Seite 11

From the associations

• Karl Heinz Moschitz: The Kanaltalers are setting an example Pages 12-14
• Bruno Burchhart:
  • Left-wing memorial whispers Seite 16
  • Strong sign of life Pages 17-18
  • Enjoyable school club support Pages 18-19

From Carinthia's history

• Florian Thomas Rulitz: The last victim of Bleiburg Pages 19-21
• Dr. Josef Lausegger talking about the Perschmannhof Seite 22

ethnic groups & associations

• Cultural heritage of German-speaking ethnic groups Pages 23-24
• Check Austrian foreign school in Laibach! Seite 23
• 1050 years of Carinthia Pages 25-26
• obituary: Veronika Haring Seite 26

In this first issue of “Kärntner” in the year 2026 let's deal with the current political ones, social and cultural challenges for our homeland in the Alpine-Adriatic region. A world in transition, new security policy questions in Europe and the ongoing discussion about identity, Remembrance and cohesion also directly affect Carinthia. It is particularly necessary in turbulent times, klare Standpunkte einzunehmen und zugleich den Dialog zu suchen.

We report on initiatives to strengthen peace among ethnic groups, about the role of Carinthia as a peace region and about specific projects in the cultural and historical areas. Memory culture, Traditionspflege und die Förderung eines zeitgemäßen Patriotismus stehen dabei ebenso im Mittelpunkt wie die grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Nachbarn.
The Carinthian Homeland Service sees itself as a voice for responsibility, Ausgleich und Heimatbewusstsein.

It remains our goal, to preserve identity, To build bridges and further develop Carinthia as a model region for understanding and peaceful coexistence…

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FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE CURRENT ISSUE:

• KHD chairman Andreas Mölzer: The service to the Carinthian homeland needs support from the people of Carinthia Page 4-5

Our Carinthian

• Resolution for peace in the country Page 6-7
• Andreas Mölzer: Round table for peace in the country Seite 8
• Franz Jordan: Souvenir 2025 – Perschmannhof and afterwards? Page 9–10
• Bruno Burchhart: Dispute over the Defensive Fighter Memorial Pages 11-12
• Mihajlo Savic: Ideological art instead of historical truth Pages 13-15
• Andreas Mölzer: Why no bilingual place-name signs in Slovenia? Seite 14
• Karl Heinz Moschitz:
  • The ethnic German regional team in Carinthia Page 16-17
  • Recognition of the German-speaking minority Seite 17
• Franz Jordan: Festive service in honor of HW Pastor Mag. Ickelsheimer Seite 18

With this edition hold the Carinthian's last number of this year in your hands. After we took stock of our work in the previous issue 10. October and the current discussions about Carinthia's culture of remembrance in the commemorative year 2025, We now have to warn about this in this issue, the conflicts and disputes of the seventies- und Achtzigerjahre des vor Jahrhunderts wieder aufzuwärmen.

There are clearly efforts from radical fringe areas of the Slovenian ethnic group and from the left-wing scene around Klagenfurt University, to revive precisely these old confrontations and conflicts. This has already been shown in the debate about the Defensive Fighters Association's memorial stone for the Carinthians abducted and murdered by Tito's partisans. It now turns out to be a strange smear- and protest actions, which are obviously intended to give the impression, dass hier rechte oder heimatverbundene Kreise derlei unternehmen wollten.

In any case, we at the Carinthian Homeland Service want to continue on our course of reconciliation and understanding and call for this, die alten Konflikte im Kärntner Volksgruppen-Streit endlich ruhen zu lassen.

FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE CURRENT ISSUE:

• KHD chairman Andreas Mölzer: KHD remains the country's patriotic conscience pages 4–5

KHD-Activ

• 10. October celebrations:
  • Commemoration of the Carinthian local associations Page 6-7
  • Speech by Gerhard Dörfler Page 6–9
  • Steinacher memorial Seite 8
  • Carinthian Freedom Commers Seite 8
  • Commemoration of the Consensus Group Seite 9
  • Gedenkn in Annabichl Seite 9
• Andreas Mölzer: Maintain peace in the country! Pages 10-11
• Carinthia's culture of remembrance in discourse Pages 12-13
• Franz Jordan:
  • Book presentation: "Bleiburg" Seite 14
  • Active German-speaking youth in Slovenia Seite 15
• Sweep in front of your own door! – a replica from KHD chairman Mölzer Seite 17

From the associations

• Marjan storm: Consensus Group Statement Seite 18
• Andreas Mölzer: Together for Carinthia Seite 19

Our Carinthia

• 30 Years of “plowing” pages 20-22
• KHD condemns acts of vandalism Seite 23
• Ernst Brandl: Council of Europe audit report tears apart Slovenia's language policy Pages 24-25
• “Until the day of decision”: Peter Wassertheurer's latest work Seite 26

This edition of the Kärntner iis naturally characterized by reports about the celebrations and discussions surrounding the Carinthian state holiday, so that 10. Oktober.

It all started with a discussion in the Klagenfurt State Museum about the local culture of remembrance, which was initiated by the Carinthian Homeland Service. KHD boss Andreas Mölzer, together with the director of the Carinthian History Association Wilhelm Wadl and the representative of the Carinthian Consensus Group Marjan Sturm, met with the far-left representatives of the University of Klagenfurt, the Domplatz Initiative and the State Museum were discussed. Konsens konnte dabei natürlich keiner erzielt werden.

Then we continued with the celebrations for the national holiday itself, with the home associations already on 9. October held a ceremony in the Klagenfurt Landhaushof. Festredner war Alt-Landeshauptmann Gerhard Dörfler.

Afterwards there was a commemoration of Hans Steinacher at his monument in Miklauzhof and a joint commemoration with the Slovenian General Masters Association at the memorial plaque for those who fell on both sides in the border fighting 1918/19 am Friedhof in Völkermarkt.

Der Kärntner Heimatdienst und seine Mitarbeiter waren jedenfalls in den vergangenen Tagen und Wochen hoch aktiv.

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FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE CURRENT ISSUE:

• KHD chairman Andreas Mölzer: Don't open up the old trenches again! Page 4-5

Our Carinthia

• Perschmannhof excitement: Between commemoration and left-wing ideology Page 6–8
• Carinthian Homeland Service concerned about peace in the country Seite 9
• Franz Jordan:
  • Abused memorial site Seite 11
  • Worrying facts about the Carinthian Year of Remembrance Culture 2025 Pages 11-13
• Letter to the editor: Why Rohrer's analysis falls short Pages 14-16

Ethnic groups and associations

• Bruno Burchhart: KHD helps Silesian Germans Page 16-17
• Carinthian School Association Südmark mourns Ebba Lutschounig Seite 17
• Karl Heinz Moschitz:
  • 100 years of reconstruction Pages 18-19

     

  • Participation in the traditional costume parade in Villach Seite 20
  • Participation in Pontebba at the “Festa dell’Assunta” Seite 21
• A monument to the defensive fighters: Preserve memory, Strengthen cohesion Page 22-23

Summer is over and we – including the employees of the Carinthian Homeland Service – are back to autumn work. And this means that the preparations for the 10. October and the corresponding celebrations. As was the case for the first time last year, the working groups will become the Carinthian homeland- and traditional associations on the day before 10. October will hold our own celebration in the Klagenfurt Landhaushof at the Carinthian Unity Monument. This time the keynote speaker will be the historian Univ. Prof. Dr. Stefan Karner appears. The preparatory work is again essentially in the area of ​​the home service, whereby our old friend Dr. Bruno Burchard neuerlich als bewährter Organisator tätig ist.

However, the past few summer weeks have not been quiet or really work-free. The police operation at the so-called “Antifa Camp” at Perschmann Hof in southern Carinthia and the subsequent media and political debate naturally also concerned the homeland service. Mehr dazu im Blattinneren.
The first challenge this fall, however, will be the discussion in the Carinthian State Museum, which, at our suggestion, about the Carinthian culture of remembrance 24. will take place in September. Die detaillierte Einladung dazu ebenso im Blattinneren.

FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE CURRENT ISSUE:

• KHD chairman Andreas Mölzer: Political summer hole, Turbo heat and over-tourism Page 4-5

identity & Cultural struggle

• Andreas Mölzer: The struggle for the Carinthian culture of remembrance Page 6–8
• For a diverse and balanced culture of remembrance in Carinthia Page 9–10
• Marjan storm in conversation Page 10–12

Our Carinthia

• The scientific symposium of the KHD - a review Page 13–14
• Franz Jordan: Liescha and the commemorative year 2025 Pages 15-17

Ethnic groups and associations

• Bruno Burchhart: youth- and popular sports at DTV ST. Jakob experiences upswing Seite 18
• Silesian youth in Carinthia: Cultural exchange strengthens roots Page 19–20
• 10 Years of Gottscheer AltSiedlerverein Seite 20
• Karl Heinz Moschitz:
  • Traditional show in the open -air museum Seite 21
  • Remember in Pontafel Seite 22

From Carinthia's history

• Reinhard Eberhart and "his" duke chair Page 23–26

Although it is actually not a summer topic, must this edition of the "Carinthner" inevitably Again with the Carinthian memory policy and the commemorative year 2025 occupy. This is why, Since the ultra-link "Initiative Domplatz" in the endeavor to put the crimes of the Tito partisans into perspective, Now had a reduced and meaningful plagiarism of that monument in front of the Carinthia Museum, that of the Carinthian defense fighter BUND in memory of the one in May 1945 verschleppten und ermordeten Kärntner auf dem Klagenfurter Domplatz errichten hat lassen.

You can also read reports on the activities of the home service in this issue, So about this year's scientific symposium and about our sacrificial commemoration in Liescha in Slovenia. Außerdem wie gewohnt Beiträge über die Aktivitäten der anderen Heimatverbände und der deutschsprachigen Altösterreicher im benachbarten Slowenien.