Agnes Millonig

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Agnes Millonig (born January 3, 1884 in Eisenerz , Styria , † February 1962 ) was an Austrian teacher in Carinthia and a local poet . She composed the fourth stanza of the Carinthian Heimatlied .

Life

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No receipts were provided for the “soup kitchens”, the daughter, the building loan contract, etc. An article in the Kleine Zeitung from 2010 is the only source found on the Internet that takes up this, but it is from 2010 and could thus be influenced by Wikipedia. - Susumu ( discussion ) 10:18, Aug 19, 2014 (CEST)

Agnes Millonig's mother, Josefa Millonig, née Leutsberger, came from Arriach . Her father Georg Millonig was a miner from the Lower Gailtal . In the period between the two world wars she worked as a teacher, mainly at the elementary school in Neumarkt in Styria, and was very respected because she also stood up for those in need. So she founded a “soup house” for children from socially disadvantaged families at school.

Agnes Millonig was also active as a local poet. In some of her poems she shows sympathy for National Socialism quite openly . In 1933 she joined the National Socialist Women's Association , which also automatically made her join the NSDAP , which was illegal in Austria at the time , for which she was criticized after the Second World War . In 1938 she also wrote a poem, The Holy Yes , in which she called for subsequent legitimacy in the “referendum” on the annexation of Austria to the German Reich.

She led a simple, financially difficult life. She had a house built for herself and her daughter. This daughter died early, leaving a son who grew up with his father and stepmother. Millonig paid the last installment for the Wüstenrot Bausparkasse when he was already seventy. When she died in 1962, resources were scarce and her grandson had to sell the house. Agnes Millonig is buried in Neumarkt.

Above all, she became known beyond the boundaries of her place of residence because in 1930 she won the competition announced by the Carinthian Landsmannschaft for a fourth verse of the Carinthian Heimatlied:

Where manly courage and faithfulness to women '
the homeland fought itself anew',
where one wrote the border in blood
and remained free in distress and death;
It sounds brightly cheering towards the mountain wall:
This is my wonderful homeland.

The content of this fourth stanza refers to the Carinthian defensive struggle that took place after the First World War , which culminated in the referendum in Carinthia in 1920 . At that time the overwhelming majority decided to stay with Carinthia and thus with Austria.

On September 20, 2007 , a memorial plaque for Agnes Millonig was unveiled at the old elementary school in Neumarkt , which at that time had been a museum of local history for years. It was suggested by the Carinthian Landsmannschaft. The governor of Carinthia, Jörg Haider , the mayor of Neumarkt, Reinhardt Racz, and the chairman of the Carinthian Landsmannschaft, Heimo Schinnerl, took part in the ceremony for the unveiling of the memorial plaque .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Illegal billions "less burdened" ( memento from July 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) on ORF .at
  2. ^ Hermann Th. Schneider, The streets and squares of Klagenfurt . 4th ed., P. 253
  3. ↑ Eisenerz, Trauungsbuch V (1873–1897), p. 108
  4. ^ A b Haider honors controversial poet Agnes Millonig. Die Presse , September 20, 2007, accessed August 18, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Styria. Memorial plaque for Agnes Millonig. ORF, September 20, 2007, accessed on August 18, 2014 .

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personal data
SURNAME Millonig, Agnes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian teacher in Carinthia and local poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenerz , Styria
DATE OF DEATH February 1962