Historical Provincial Commission for Styria
The Historical Provincial Commission for Styria (HLK) is a scientific society in Graz , which has the task of researching the history of the Austrian state of Styria and publishing relevant results.
organization
The chairman of the HLK is the governor of Styria. The management is held by an honorary executive secretary. The Scientific College consists of a maximum of 30 members who are appointed for life (members who have passed the age of 70 are not included in the number of members). In addition, the HLK also appoints correspondents who work in the individual regions of Styria.
history
The HLK was founded on the initiative of Hans Zwiedineck-Südhorst , who was also the initiator of the Commission for Modern History of Austria , in the spring of 1892 by resolution of the Styrian Landtag and was thus the first comparable institution in Austria and after the Historical Commission for Saxony (1876) , the Baden Commission for State History (1883) and the Württemberg Commission for State History (1891) the fourth oldest in the German-speaking region.
From 1936 an expansion, including 14 specialist groups, and a fundamental reorganization of the HVAC into a "Styrian State Historical Research Center" were planned, but this was not implemented after the connection in 1938 . After the war, a re-establishment took place under Provincial Councilor Udo Illig and in 1958 the statutes were revised.
In 1994, the tasks and organization of the HVAC were set out in a state law.
Executive secretaries
- 1892–1906: Hans von Zwiedineck-Südhorst (1845–1906)
- 1906–1935: Anton Mell (1865–1940)
- 1935–1938: Burkhard Seuffert (1894–1972)
- 1938–1945: Wolfgang Sittig (1902–1990), acting director
- 1946–1957: Otto Lamprecht (1898–1974)
- 1957-2006: Othmar Pickl (1927-2008)
- 2007–2018: Alfred Ableitinger (* 1938)
- since 2019: Wernfried Hofmeister (* 1956)
Members
The HLK has 48 members (as of December 2019):
Alfred Ableitinger, Christian Bachhiesl , Siegfried Beer , Dieter Binder , Walter Brunner , Günter Cerwinka , Joseph Desput , Johannes Gießauf , Rudolf Grasmug , Heimo Halbrainer , Elke Hammer-Luza , Reinhard Härtel , Robert F. Hausmann , Bernhard Hebert , Theresia Heimerl , Harald Heppner , Rudolf Höfer , Walter Höflechner , Wernfried Hofmeister, Günther Jontes , Stefan Karner , Alois Kernbauer , Helmut Konrad , Hans-Jörg Köstler , Peter Krenn , Gerald Lamprecht , Manfred Lehner , Maximilian Liebmann , Martin Moll , Gernot Obersteiner , Gerhard Pferschy , Martin Polaschek , Burkhard Pöttler , Franz Karl Praßl , Bernhard Reismann , Josef Riegler , Ursula Schachinger , Karin Schmidlechner-Lienhart , Elisabeth Schöggl-Ernst , Horst Schweigert , Karl Spreitzhofer , Margit Stadlober , Winfried Stelzer , Barbara Stelzl-Marx , Leo Toifl , Grete Walter-Klingenstein , Peter Wiesflecker , Anita Ziegerhofer .
Deceased members (selection)
Alfred Anthony von Siegenfeld , Heinrich Appelt , Hermann Baltl , Erna Diez , Max Doblinger , Alfons Dopsch , Herwig Ebner , Karl Eder , Wilhelm Erben , Otto Fraydt von Fraydenegg and Monzello , Viktor Geramb , Nikolaus Grass , Hugo Hantsch , Ferdinand Hauptmann , Franz Ilwof , Alois Karlon , Rochus Kohlbach , Diether Kramer , Leopold Kretzenbacher , Franz Krones , Johann Loserth , Arnold Luschin , Franz Martin , Helmut Mezler-Andelberg , Walter Modrijan , Hans Pirchegger , Fritz Popelka , Andreas Posch , Reiner Puschnig , Oswald Redlich , Eduard Richter , Max Rintelen , Benno Roth , Paul Werner Roth , Leopold Schuster , Heinrich Srbik , Wolfgang Suppan , Ferdinand Tremel , Werner Tscherne , Karl Uhlirz , Helfried Valentinitsch , Kurt Woisetschläger , Othmar Wonisch , Josef Zahn .
Honorary members
- Alfred Ableitinger (* 1938), historian and professor at the University of Graz
- Gerhard Pferschy (* 1930), historian, archivist, director of the Styrian State Archives i. R.
- Franz Voves (* 1953), politician of the SPÖ, governor of Styria 2005–2015
Deceased honorary members
- Karl Amon (1924–2017), church historian, professor at the University of Graz
- Friedrich Hausmann (1917–2009), historian and professor at the University of Graz
- Norbert Horvatek (1888–1982), SPÖ politician
- Udo Illig (1897–1989), politician of the ÖVP
- Hanns Koren (1906–1985), folklorist, politician of the ÖVP and professor at the University of Graz
- Otto Lamprecht (1898–1974), historian and high school professor
- Othmar Pickl (1927–2008), historian and professor at the University of Graz
- Hermann Wiesflecker (1913–2009), historian and professor at the University of Graz