Austrian Society for Historic Gardens
| Austrian Society for Historic Gardens (ÖGHG) |
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|---|---|
| purpose | adult education in horticultural science and history |
| Chair: |
Karl Schütz (Pres.) Eva Berger (General Secretary) |
| Establishment date: | 1991 |
| Seat : |
Vienna 4 ( Technical University of Vienna , Department of Landscape Planning and Garden Art) |
| Website: | www.oeghg.at |
The Austrian Society for Historical Gardens (ÖGHG) is a politically independent association founded in 1991 in the service of scientific and garden history adult education .
Agendas
The Society for Historic Gardens organizes international congresses, exhibitions and excursions and is dedicated to working with organizations with similar objectives at home and abroad and to supporting private and public activities for the restoration of historic gardens and parks . It also serves to carry out research projects, documentation and publications in connection with the association's object.
Congresses
Topics of the previously held congresses:
- 1994: Garden architecture of Art Nouveau and the interwar period in Europe
- 1996: Gardens between art and nature - cultural heritage and / or ecological oases
- 1999: Gardens of the Present - History of Tomorrow
- 2002: Garden art in pictures - conveyed through painting, literature, photography and film
- 2005: Paths, avenues and hedges in historical green spaces
- 2007: The House of Habsburg and Garden Art
- 2008: Jewish cemeteries in Berlin and Vienna
- 2009: Historical Gardens and Marketing
- 2011: Historical gardens and parks in the face of climate change
Publications
- Géza Hajós , Austrian Society for Historical Gardens (Hrsg.) Historical Gardens in Austria - Forgotten Gesamtkunstwerke , Böhlau Verlag, 1993, ISBN 978-320598095-7
- Historical gardens , communications from the Austrian Society for Historical Gardens, half-yearly publication
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Hofrat Dr. Karl Schütz , oeghg.at; Federal Minister Claudia Schmied presents Karl Schütz with the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class , bmukk.gv.at