Klagenfurt/Wernberg. – At the well-attended annual general meeting of the Carinthian Homeland Service (KHD), the one on Saturday, the 15. March 2025 took place at the Gasthaus Fruhmann in Wernberg, wurde eine Entschließung für die kommenden Arbeitsschwerpunkte des Heimatdienstes in der näheren und weiteren Zukunft beschlossen.

The Carinthian Homeland Service as a civil society organization, which is dedicated to Carinthian national patriotism, as well as the welfare and woe of the people living in the country and the country itself, In the resolution, names the following tasks and projects for its current and future work:

1. The home service as Truer and guardian of the Carinthian identity
2. The home service as patriotic conscience of the country
3. The home service as patriotic "NGO" and wertkonservativer „Think Tank“

The resolution of the annual general meeting of the KHD can be found in full in the appendix, also a picture with the board. (Rights free, from left to right: Secretary Wendelin Mölzer, Chairman Andreas Mölzer, Honorary chairman Josef Feldner, Deputy Chairman Franz Jordan, Christoph Steinacher, Finance officer Wolfgang Ptok)

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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.

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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: at escort Page 4-5

KHD-Activ

• Andreas Mölzer: For historical reappraisal in dialogue Seite 7
• Bruno Burchhart: Defense Fighter Memorial in St. Jacob threatened Pages 8–10
• Franz Jordan: Left-wing greasers and provocateurs Seite 9

ethnic groups & associations

• Karl Heinz Mochitz: Kanaltaler Cultural Association: Co-creator of Advent in the Alps-Adriatic region Pages 10-11
• Oswald Oman: 10. Oktoberfeier – Gemeinsam-Together Seite 12
• Bruno Burchhart: School association supports kindergartens Seite 14

Our Carinthia

• Andreas Ahamer: From “Lei Lei” to “Wai Wai” – the history of carnival in Carinthia Pages 14-24
• 40 Years carnival newspaper under Reinhard Eberhard pages 14-15
• Manfred Tisal: Carnival – a time out for the humorless pages 20-21
• “City Judge” Burggraf Willi Noll in conversation with the “Kärntner” Seite 23
• obituaries:
  • Hans Holzfeind Seite 25
  • Wilhelm Millonigg Seite 26

As the friends and supporters of the Carinthian Homeland Service know, We try about every two months an edition of the “Kärntner”, to publish the newsletter of the home service. This is what we primarily care about, über die Aktivitäten und Ereignisse rund um den KHD zu berichten.
But we also offer others a home- and traditional associations a platform, in order to provide information about their activities. In addition to the Carinthian regional team with its worthwhile publications, we are the only local association, der über ein ständiges Periodikum verfügt.

We are also trying hard, Contributions to Carinthian identity, to Carinthian history, to the domestic economy and generally to other issues important to our homeland. So in our last pre-Christmas issue we talked about the Carinthian Forest- and timber industry reports. In the current issue we deal with carnival culture, which has long since become a tradition for Carinthia. Dazu dürfen Ihnen entsprechend der Faschingszeit viel Spaß wünschen.

FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE CURRENT ISSUE:

• KHD chairman Andreas Mölzer: The KHD’s fundraising campaigns are targeted Page 4-5

KHD-Activ

• Bruno Burchhart: Grass -like Ukrainians in Carinthia side 6–7
• "Special case Carinthia" lecture by Lothar Höbelt side 8
• Franz Jordan: United home associations side 9
• Katrin Niessber: Home is heritage and mission side 9
• Franz Jordan: Celebration of the Carinthian country team side 10
• Josef Feldner: We're all in the same boat Seite 10
• Bruno Burchart:
  • 100 Years of the gymnastics club in St. Jacob in the Rose Valley side 11
  • Gottscheer Culture Festival side 12

Our Carinthia

• Interview with architects Herwig Ronacher side 13–15
• Carinthia – rich in forests side 13–15
• Christoph Steinacher: Forestry in Carinthia Pages 16-19
• Failed climate policy is damaging our forests side 19–21
• Karl-Heinz Moschitz: 1050 Years of “Canal Valley” side 22–23

From Carinthia's history

• Obituary on Reinhold Gasper Seite 24
• Reinhold Gasper
  • The Carinthian crosses Seite 25
  • Caricatures in the Carinthian defensive battle Seite 26
  • Historic market town Seite 27

The last issue of “Kärntner” this year In addition to reports on the activities of the local community service and accounts of our fundraising campaigns, it brings texts about the Carinthian timber industry and the Carinthian forest. Forests and wood have traditionally been important factors in our country's economy, on the jobs, but also in relation to nature- und Klimaschutz.
Building with wood has a particularly beautiful tradition in Carinthia. On this topic we present an interview with the renowned Carinthian architect Herwig Ronacher. And our board member Christoph Steinacher, the grandson of the hero of the Carinthian defensive battle, schildert Chancen und Probleme der heimischen Holzwirtschaft.
Finally, we provide an obituary for our friend and long-time employee Reinhold Gasper. As a local politician in Klagenfurt, Gasper made outstanding contributions as a regional historian and as an environmentalist. He died these days 85. age. We bring his last cultural-historical contributions, die er uns noch kurz vor seinem Tode zukommen ließ.
Abschließend sei allen Freunden und Förderern des Kärntner Heimatdienstes auf diesem Wege ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und ein guter Rutsch ins Neue Jahr gewünscht.

A Carinthian problem: churn

Here is the current version of the “Carinthian”

From the content of the current issue:

• KHD chairman Andreas Mölzer: On my own account Seite 3

KHD-Activ

• annual general meeting: The KHD fights for homeland security side 5
• The KHD endeavors to resolve conflicts Page 6-7
• carinthia.museum: Defensive struggle and referendum missing! side 8–9
• Gstettner and Vouk against KHD and Mölzer side 10–12
• Klagenfurt honors KHD honorary chairman Dr. Josef Feldner Seite 12
• Franz Jordan: Commemorating May 1945 side 13–15
• Oswald Oman: Partisan memorial plaque Seite 15

ethnic groups & associations

• Jan Schaller: Union of cultural associations of the Gottscheers and Styrians in Slovenia side 16–18
• Karl D. Fazed: Germans in Upper Carniola side 17
• Bruno Burchhart: Carinthian aid for young people from the Ukraine Seite 19

Our Carinthia

• Andreas Mölzer: In Freundsland - Why Carinthia is different pages 20-22
• Bernhard Tomaschitz: depopulation side 23

KHD - the next generation

• Why we stay in Carinthia
  • Benjamin Fertschai side 24–26
  • Christian Tomaschitz side 25
  • Raimund Freithofnig side 26–29
  • Hans Better-Walzel side 28–29
  • Christian Gasser side 29–30
  • George Matheuschitz side 30
  • Thomas Reiter side 31
  • Daniel Steiner side 32
  • Thomas Urschitz Seite 33

From Carinthia's history

• Reinhold Gasper: The polling stations of the referendum Seite 34
• Difficult decision of former k.u.k. soldiers side 35

The second "Carinthian" of this year deals with a problem, that particularly affects our homeland: The churn, beziehungsweise dem Bevölkerungsverlust.
In fact, Carinthia continues to lose many of its young citizens to this day. Most of them go abroad to study or for professional reasons, to Graz, to Vienna or abroad. And usually stay there afterwards. So there are estimated in Vienna alone 100.000 Carinthian, die solcherart ihrer Heimat verloren gehen.
As part of our project "KHD - the next generation" we asked young Carinthians, explain to our readers, why they stay in Carinthia, und welche Vorzüge unser Heimatland hat..

The picture (Those: Wikipedia/Rollroboter/CC BY-SA 3.0) shows the Lenten cloth from Deutsch-Griffs. This is a one-scene Lenten veil – you can find more information about this here.

The Carinthian homeland service decides on a resolution for understanding, preservation of cultural traditions, as well as environment- and homeland security

At the well-attended annual general meeting of the Carinthian
home service (KHD), the today, on Saturday, the 11. March 2023 took place at the Gasthaus Fruhmann in Wernberg, wurde unter der Leitung von KHD-Obmann Andreas Mölzer eine Entschließung für die kommenden Arbeitsschwerpunkte des Heimatdienstes in der näheren und weiteren Zukunft beschlossen.

The resolution reaffirms KHD's commitment to reconciliation- and communication work, which is more important than ever. "Not only, when it comes to, all Carinthians of different ethnic groups into one, but also, if it
about it, to overcome the divisions in our society after the corona pandemic and in times of severe economic upheaval, KHD will continue to increase its commitment,“ so der KHD-Obmann Andreas Mölzer.

Other focal points of the resolution are the KHD's commitment to the environment- and climate protection, which at the same time also means service at home. “The preservation and protection of our Carinthian home from an ecological point of view as an intact habitat for us, our children and grandchildren is the Carinthian homeland service
a special concern", wird in der Entschließung ausgeführt.

Last but not least, the home service is also responsible for this, To preserve Carinthia's culture and traditions. This is how it is done, that the understanding of the homeland of the Carinthian homeland service “is very central to Carinthia’s own traditions, on our historically grown culture, our mother tongue and our local customs
ausgerichtet“ ist.

The resolution of the annual general meeting of the KHD can be found here here.

Also in the “Small newspaper dated 14. March 2023, reports on the decision of the KHD:

Memorial words from KHD chairman Josef Feldner

Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen

We are unveiling a plaque today, on which fallen fighters are named by both sides, but not according to national, state or military affiliation, but according to the alphabet. With this we are writing a new chapter in the cross-border culture of remembrance and have been setting an act of reconciliation that is unique in Austria in the pursuit of overcoming both sides 100 Jahren bestehenden Aversionen und Misstrauen.

But there is still a long way to go, especially in 100 Years ago, here and there, branded nationalisms, combined with a one-sided view of history, jegliches Bemühen um Versöhnung im Keim erstickten.

As beautiful and important as it is, at workshops, to advocate understanding and reconciliation in seminars or other events, it is so ineffective, wenn die wichtigen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse nicht auch in die Tat umgesetzt werden.

We in the Carinthian Consensus Group didn't just talk, we have acted and nailed our heads:

Starting with the compromise on the signposts sixteen years ago, which has become the basis for a finite place-name sign solution, bis zu unseren seit Jahren jeweils im Oktober durchgeführten gemeinsamen Veranstaltungen im Gedenken an die Opfer beider Kampfparteien.

With great success, that after initial hesitation, in the year 2016 for the first time also top representatives of the "General Maister Association" – Nachkommen unserer einstigen militärischen Gegner aus Slowenien – teilgenommen haben.

But we don't want to be satisfied with that either! With our plaque we want to take this important step towards reconciliation, visible and tangible for everyone, öffentlich dokumentieren als bleibendes Monument eines gelungenen Kapitels im Bereich der Vergangenheitsbewältigung.

Yet: We must not let up in our reconciliation work. Too many people with both tongues have yet to be convinced of the necessity, overcome linguistic and ethnic barriers. Not just to consolidate peaceful coexistence, but also to face the enormous challenges that threaten the world together. Darüber hinaus wollen wir aber auch europaweit Vorbildwirkung erzielen und zur Nachahmung anregen.

Ladies and gentlemen!

Even if a lot, there is a lot to do, so we can already say in view of a largely conflict-free coexistence of the people in the once hotly contested Carinthian border region:

The defensive battle is over!

Today we can increasingly use our forces away from opposing one another for a fruitful togetherness. Das kommt auch der slowenischen Volksgruppe im Streben nach Festigung und Weiterentwicklung ihrer sprachlichen und ethnischen Besonderheit zugute.

Even after the First World War, the minorities in all of Europe did not do well for much too long. But also after the National Socialist terror regime was smashed, in which the minority has been threatened with extinction, waren auch in der Zweiten Republik die Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten unserer slowenischen Mitbürger nicht zufriedenstellend.

I say that quite self-critically as someone, who has always seen ethnic group rights in the civil society area static and not dynamic, was etwa in der Ortstafelfrage mit zu einem jahrzehntelangem Stillstand beigetragen hat.

Today there is a departure from static adherence to the letter of Article 7 of the State Treaty 1955 The Slovene ethnic group also has new opportunities for linguistic and cultural development. A willingness to engage in dialogue and a sense of proportion should be demonstrated:

For further development in a biotope, in welchem Mehrheit wie Minderheit befreit von gegenseitigen Schuldzuweisungen und frei von Misstrauen und Aversionen ihre Sprache und Kultur pflegen können.

Ladies and gentlemen!

When today we celebrate the common commemoration of the victims as an important act of reconciliation, as documented on a memorial plaque, then for the Carinthian Heimatdienst this does not mean turning away from its sense of tradition. In addition to maintaining our common culture and our German mother tongue, we will continue to honor the Carinthian defensive fighters in the future, just as we show understanding, für das Gedenken in Slowenien an die Kämpfer um die Nordgrenze.

With mutual respect, without any pretense, free from aversions and distrust, we can also adopt the words of the Slovenian national poet France Prešeren from his toast Zdravljica as a common cultural asset:

"Long live all peoples, who longingly wait for the day, that under this sun the world renounces the old strife! Then everyone is free, not enemy, only neighbor from now on!

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