Language – The home service as a patriotic NGO

THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF “KÄRNTNER” IS NOW AVAILABLE

wrm — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:56:10 +0000

Click here for the current issue of the “Carinthian”

FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE CURRENT ISSUE:

KHD chairman Andreas Mölzer: What to choose, when it comes to home Page 4-5

KHD-Activ

KHD - the next generation: Seminar and sport shooting in Ferlach Seite 7
Franz Jordan:
- Thoughts on 10. October Seite 12
- Humanitarian duty: Remembering the victims of partisan crimes Seite 13

ethnic groups & associations

Franz Jordan:
- Tradition, Values and way of life in danger Seite 15
- Bilingual signage (Lower Carinthia) Train stations Seite 15
Karl Heinz Mochitz:
- 25. Luschari mountain meeting of the Kanaltalers Seite 16
- 25. Fan art meeting of the Kanaltalers Seite 17

Our Carinthia

Andreas Mölzer: Home service today and tomorrow Pages 18-19
Erich Danneberg in conversation pages 20-22
Wendelin Molzer: Youth work and network Pages 23-24
Peter Wassertheurer: Defensive struggle as a pillar of the country's identity Pages 25-26

In the first autumn issue of “Kärntner” let's address the question, what the future of the home associations in the country could look like. That these associations of ours are the very own tradition bearers of the identity-forming events of recent Carinthian history, namely the defensive struggle and the referendum, is beyond question. We want this in the coming years too 9. October in the Klagenfurter Landhaushof at a large celebration of the local associations to commemorate the vote. (See event announcement and invitation inside the sheet)

However, upholding this tradition alone is not enough justification for the existence of our home associations. We also have a duty, to define service to the Carinthian homeland for our present and for the future. For this purpose, the KHD is once again organizing a scientific symposium this year, which this time is dedicated to the topic of “language skills in and around Carinthia”.. When, in addition to high-ranking scientists, Carinthian Governor Peter Kaiser and the new Carinthian EU representative Elisabeth Dieringer-Granza give lectures, sollte diese Veranstaltung von besonderem Interesse sein.

In addition, as an interested reader of the “Kärntner” you will, as always, find reports about the activities of the other homeland- und Traditionsverbände.

Symposium: “When we talk, people come together!“

wrm — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:06:10 +0000

“When we talk, people come together!“
German – Slovenian – Italian
Carnthian – Windisch – Furlanisch
Language skills in and around Carinthia

Here are some impressions of the symposium:

https://www.khd.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RPReplay_Final1727032295.mp4

ORF “Carinthia today” from 22. September 2024

Governor Kaiser also took part in the symposium as a speaker – here is the press release!

On “ORF.at” was also reported:

“Close to home and open to the world”

wrm — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:57:55 +0000

The Carinthian Homeland Service decides Resolution to strengthen language acquisition of Slovenian and Italian

Klagenfurt/Wernberg. On Saturday, the 2. March 2024 The annual general meeting of the Carinthian Homeland Service took place in the Gasthof Fruhmann in Wernberg (KHD) statt.

The focus of the meeting was one Resolution, which was decided unanimously and in addition to the reconciliation that has already become a tradition- und Verständigungsarbeit des Heimatdienstes im Verhältnis zur slowenischen Minderheit für das laufende Jahr einen neuen Arbeitsschwerpunkt festlegt.

“The Carinthian Homeland Service wants to promote greater acceptance and widespread learning of the languages of the Alps-Adriatic region surrounding us under the motto 'connected to the homeland - open to the world' and 'speaking and dialect-based' while consciously cultivating our native German language in Carinthia, So advocate for Slovenian and Italian.”, so der KHD-Obmann Andreas Mölzer.

And Mölzer continues: “Italian is of course one of the major cultural languages in Europe and Slovenian has a special meaning for us, as the language of the ethnic group living in the country and as the entry language for the large Slavic language family.”

“For this purpose, we will hold our large annual scientific conference in September on the topic of Carinthia’s neighboring languages and will also massively debate this topic in all of our publications.”, erklärt der KHD-Obmann.

For the Carinthian Homeland Service it is an important decision in terms of content, in particular to advocate for widespread learning of the Slovenian language in Carinthia. “With the emphasis, however, dass das keinerlei Aussage über ein ethnischkulturelles oder gar nationales Bekenntnis darstellt“ hält Mölzer weiter fest.

Resolution