KÖHV Leopoldina Innsbruck

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KÖHV Leopoldina, ÖCV

coat of arms Circle
Edited photo of the flag from 1907 Leopoldina vivat, crescat, floreat!
Basic data
University / s: LFU , MUI , MCI , UMIT
Founding: April 13, 1901
Place of foundation: innsbruck
Foundation date: April 13, 1901
Corporation association : Austrian Cartel Association , 1903
Abbreviation: Le
Colours:
Fox colors:
Type of Confederation: Men's association
Position to the scale : not striking
Motto: Immobiles sicut patriae montes!
Field shout ( Panier ): Leopoldina be the banner!
Total members: 513 (October 2015)
Active: 45 (October 2015)
Website: www.leopoldina.at

The Catholic Austrian University Association Leopoldina (abbreviation: KÖHV Leopoldina , abbreviation Le ) is a Catholic, color-bearing, non-striking student association in the Innsbruck Cartell Association (ICV) and was founded in 1901. She joined the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations (CV) in 1903 and has been number 4 in the order of the Austrian Cartell Association (ÖCV) since it split off in 1933 .

history

According to Andreas Bösche's studies at Innsbruck University and its student associations from 1859–1918, both the professors and the student associations were always an important part of the political system in Tyrol. According to Michael Gehler's monograph on the state, Tyrol is considered to be a particularly fertile field for student associations and their networks, for example school directorates were typically filled with MKV or ÖCV graduates, including several old men from the Leopoldina.

The Leopoldina was founded in the run-up to serious disputes between Catholic and liberal student associations . The violent death of Max Ghezze in Innsbruck in 1912 was a dramatic climax in the virulent academic culture war that began in 1903 .

Especially at the University of Innsbruck, student associations such as the Leopoldina had a major impact on day-to-day political business due to their high level of organization and, in the event of controversies, resorted to strikes, occupation of the university and other means. The political events of the period under study and the ideologies prevailing at the time, according to Georg von Schönerer's opposition to political Catholicism and its radical anti-Semitism , continued to have an impact within the academic elite into the corporate state and the era of National Socialism.

Even today, a large number of decision-makers in politics and business in Austria are members of student associations. The history of the Catholic University Association Leopoldina in Innsbruck has been worked up in detail by Peter Pichler in two publications, a third volume is to appear posthumously.

The first years

In the winter semester 1900/01, the BC of the AKV Tirolia Innsbruck decided to found a third color-bearing Catholic association alongside Helvetia Oenipontana and AV Austria due to the numerical superiority of the very anti-clerical beating corporations (eight at the time) . The name chosen was "Leopoldina" based on the Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck , the motto should be "Immobiles sicut patriae montes!" (Latin for: "Solid like the mountains of home!") . The statutes were approved by the association authorities on April 13, 1901, and the first boys' convention (BC) took place on May 12. The seven founding members were: Karl Köll v / o Widukind, August Reinisch v / o Laurin, Hermann Riffeser v / o Götz, Theodor Unterkalmsteiner v / o Hagen, Hermann Wachter v / o Funke, Hans Wallnöfer v / o Erich and Robert Walter v / o Tankred. In the same semester, Leopoldina joined the cartel of Austrian corporations, a forerunner of the ÖCV .

Right from the start, Leopoldina was exposed to hostility from effective connections that were supported by the university. For example, the “Veilchenblauen”, today's Akademische Landsmannschaft Tyrol in the CC , objected to the color of their hats. Leopoldina had to wear light blue cloth hats until the summer semester of 1912.

There were differences with the parent company AKV Tirolia Innsbruck, the difference between the colored Leopoldina and the non-colored Tirolia became more and more apparent, leading to the Leopoldina's exit from the cartel of Austrian corporations. It was accepted by the CV in 1903 as the 40th connection . The founders of the Leopoldina were excluded from AKV Tirolia Innsbruck.

In the academic year 1907/08, Leopoldina founded a subsidiary , the AV Raeto-Bavaria Innsbruck , in response to the incidents of the so-called True Mouth Year .

From 1914

Leopoldenhaus 2011

During the First World War from 1914 to 1918 there was no active life of union, but there were sporadic meetings of transit members. 13 Leopold died in the war.

On December 31, 1922, the “Alpenrose” inn at Bürgerstrasse 10 was taken over by Pastor Dominikus Dietrich . This house still serves as a booth for Leopoldina today. In 1928 a friendship relationship was sealed in the CV with KDStV Langobardia Munich to Bayreuth in order to strengthen the "CV idea".

From 1932

Due to the electoral success of the NSDAP up to 1932, there were frequent clashes between National Socialists and Catholic corporations. During a lecture on international law in Innsbruck on November 8, 1932, fights took place between Nazis and Innsbruck citizens, including members of the Leopoldina. At the last All-German Cartel Assembly (CVV) in the academic year 1932/33 it was decided that no CVer was allowed to belong to the NSDAP. On July 10, 1933, the Austrian Cartel Association was formed by splitting off from the CV. Leopoldina, like almost all connections of the ÖCV, awarded the Austrian Chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss , honorary membership.

Members of the association who were also members of the NSDAP were forced to leave the party. The doctor Konrad Eberle , a member of the Leopoldina, a member of the NSDAP since 1933/34 and a founding member of the NSBO cell at the Innsbruck hospital, stated at a later date that he had resigned from the NSDAP under pressure from his association. In 1940 he was again a candidate for membership in the NSDÄB .

On March 4, 1938, a week before the Anschluss of Austria , the beginning of the semester took place in the Leopoldensaal (today Dominikus-Dietrich-Saal). The celebratory speech was held by Father Franz Reinisch , who lives in Germany , and was the only old man to venture into the connection in this uncertain time for CVer, in which he warned of a difficult time. Immediately after the invasion, the liaison houses of the MKV Amelungia, Austria Innsbruck and the Leopoldenhaus were occupied by the SA , some of the houses were devastated and documents from the Leopoldina were burned. The Nazi propaganda indicated that the house had been turned over to the SS.

The Catholic connections were all dissolved, apart from the Leopoldina only AV Austria Innsbruck had a connection house . When the Sacred Heart Fires , traditional in Tyrol , were banned, members of the Leopoldina continued this custom. According to documents quoted by the DÖW , these were the only Sacred Heart Fires in the period from 1938 to 1945. The SA actually later handed the house over to the comradeship of the " National Socialist German Student Association Arthur Seeber", which was a merger of the Innsbruck Corps Gothia and represented Athesia . Leopoldina was banned and contact between members was largely limited to private meetings. Objects important for the association, such as the flag from 1907, were smuggled out of the house at great risk to the members before the contents of the archive were burned on the street by the SA. Some of the members moved to Munich, where they were actively involved in the illegal establishment of the KÖHV Alpinia as a resistance association in 1940.

Franz Reinisch was beheaded on August 21, 1942 at the age of 40 in Brandenburg for refusing to do military service. His last diary entries related to the Leopoldina's motto.

The neighboring houses were completely destroyed during the war, the Leopoldenhaus remained standing despite severe damage.

From 1945

A few days after the end of the war, members took possession of the Leopoldenhaus again. They submitted the old statutes to the security authorities on May 17th for re-approval, which was approved on May 28th. This makes Leopoldina the first connection to be reopened after the Second World War . On May 19, 1945, the first cartel meeting of the ÖCV after the war took place in the Leopoldenhaus.

AV Berchtoldia Bern in the SchwStV became a godfather for the Leopoldina and supported it in its reconstruction. Ludwig Sölder became the first senior after the Second World War .

In the winter semester of 1949/50 Leopoldina then took over the sponsorship of the KÖHV Rheno-Juvavia in Salzburg in order to help this connection in its reconstruction. In the following years, the Leopoldenhaus was rebuilt larger for the first time, followed by further renovation in 1974. In 1977 another house was purchased at Speckbacherstraße 29, which is known today as Speckbacherheim. Leopoldina later took part in the construction of the Europa Home.

Members of the Leopoldina erected an iron summit cross with the coat of arms of the association on the Hohen Riffler in 1981/82 , creating the highest student monument.

In 2001 Leopoldina celebrated its 100th foundation festival in the Dogana of the Congress Innsbruck with around 800 participants. In this context, the AKV Tirolia Innsbruck announced the resolution of its boys' convention to posthumously accept the founders of the Leopoldina again as members.

In 2007, the centenary of the consecration of the flag could be commemorated in a service as part of the foundation festival. Luise van Staa, wife of the Tyrolean governor Herwig van Staa and former couleur lady of the Leopoldina , acted as flag godmother .

Bronze memorial plaque for Franz Reinisch

The beatification process for Father Franz Reinisch, which was officially opened on May 28, 2013, was supported by Leopoldina in preparation from 2006 under the direction of Peter Pichler. Members of the association worked directly with the postulator Father Heribert Precipitation SAC . In the entrance area of ​​the ballroom there is a bronze plaque that reminds of Franz Reinisch with a picture next to Dominikus Dietrich, after whom the hall is named. A biography of Father Reinisch written by Pichler was published by the association. In a musical about Franz Reinisch from the environment of the Schoenstatt Movement , premiered in 2018 , his student days in Innsbruck and the meaning of the Leopoldina's motto for him are thematized in a key scene in which the actor wears the ribbon and the hat of the Leopoldina.

Bar room of the Leopoldina

After 2010, the bar area of ​​the connection was fundamentally renovated in several steps until 2017 and equipped with new furnishings.

It also caused a stir beyond the circles of student associations when the apostolic nuncio in Austria Archbishop Peter Zurbriggen , honorary member of the Leopoldina, during the consecration of the new Bishop Hermann Glettler on December 2, 2017, which was broadcast live on public television , not only praised the The student associations present, but also loudly quoted the Leopoldina's motto.

particularities

Color map 2011: Potus of the Leopoldina

Potus

As with many student associations, the graduation ceremony is mentioned by Leopoldina Potus. According to the company, it developed as an independent ritual in the late 60s or early 70s that the celebrant is carried to the Anna column at midnight . He is sitting on a ladder on which the Leopoldina flag is lying and wearing half-wicks especially for it . He arranges the songs that are sung. At the pillar he descends from the ladder and the group sings several songs, the last one being the alliance song. This is the end of student life for a member of the Leopoldina. In 2011 the association issued a color card with this tradition as its theme.

Leopold bar

In contrast to most of the non-beating student associations in Austria, the Leopoldina does not celebrate Christmas summer in December in the winter semester , but the so-called Leopoldskneipe (in parlance also often Le-Kneipe) in mid-November in honor of Saint Leopold . This celebration extends over three days like a foundation festival, reaches about the same size and also follows the basic structure of a foundation festival:

  • Welcome evening on Friday
  • Meetings on Saturday
  • Divine service (with subsequent commemoration of the dead)
  • Kommers on Saturday
  • End on Sunday
Leopold Monument

Memorial to the deceased Leopold

In the blind niche on the outer south side of the Johanneskirche am Innrain, about three minutes' walk from the house of the connection, there is a memorial for the deceased members. The Leopoldina coat of arms, carried by two putti, is located above a memorial plaque .

It was erected in its original form in the spring of 1926 for the fallen soldiers of the First World War and designed by the architect Fritz Michael Müller. After the Second World War, the memorial plaque was expanded. The table and coat of arms are made of breccia concrete. In 2012 the board was renewed, all members who died during the world wars are now listed on it. Among the names are Franz Reinisch and Rudolf von Mayer, who perished in Auschwitz on August 19, 1942 .

As far as possible, thinking about the dead takes place in the context of foundation festivals and Leopold pubs at this monument. Although only the names of the members who died during the two world wars are engraved on the plaque, all deceased Leopold are remembered here. The representatives of the Leopoldina hang a wreath of flowers on the protruding block, on which " FIDUCIT " is engraved. Together with the liaison pastor, those present speak " Our Father ". This is done by charging .

Vincent Community

Since 1973, the social commitment of the K.Ö.HV Leopoldina has focused in particular on the work in the Vinzenzgemeinschaft Leopoldina. Its long-time chairman Peter Reiter was named "Tyrolean with a Heart" in 2012 for this activity.

Agreements, relationships

Known members

The KÖHV Leopoldina has and had well-known people as members. In addition to some well-known original members who were active during their studies at the Leopoldina, the ribbon was awarded on an honorary basis to some personalities who had previously belonged to a CV / ÖCV association (honorary philistines) or were already in professional life and were never members of a CV / ÖCV- Connection were (honorary members) .:

Well-known original members
  • Emerich Coreth SJ (1919-2006), Austrian Catholic theologian and philosopher (original member rec. 1967)
  • Konrad Eberle (1903–1961), Austrian pediatrician (first member 1924)
  • Hermann Girstmair (1929–2019), Austrian local politician (original member rec. 1951)
  • Josef Hoop (1895–1959), head of government of Liechtenstein (1928–1945) (original member rec. 1919)
  • Franz-Heinz Hye (1937–2016), Austrian historian, director of the Innsbruck City Archives
  • Karl Ilg (1913–2000), former dean at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck (original member rec. 1933)
  • Josef Kolb (1914–1994), former rector of the Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck (original member rec. 1936)
  • Robert Muth (1916–2008), Austrian classical philologist (original member rec. 1935)
  • Werner Nagel (* 1937), Austrian classical philologist (original member rec. 1957)
  • Paul Rachbauer (1948–2014), Austrian ethnologist and sociologist (original member rec. 1970)
  • Günther Reinecke (1908–1972), SS-Oberführer (band owner 1928), was excluded in 1945
  • Franz Reinisch (1903–1942), Catholic priest (original member rec. 1922)
  • Andreas Resch CSsR (* 1934), South Tyrolean theologian and para-scientist (original member rec. 1965)
  • Emil Schneider (1883–1961), former Minister of Education (original member rec. 1903)
  • Anton Schwob (* 1937), former dean of the humanities faculty of the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (original member rec. 1959)
  • Ludwig Sölder (1921-2010), Austrian Righteous Among the Nations (original member rec. 1945)
  • Harald Sonderegger (* 1964), President of the Vorarlberg State Parliament (original member rec. 1985)
  • Herwig van Staa (* 1942), President of the Tyrolean State Parliament, former Governor of Tyrol (original member rec. 1960)
  • Eberhard Tiefenthaler (1933–1995), Romance scholar and librarian
  • Hans Tschiggfrey (1904–1963), former Governor of Tyrol (original member rec. 1926)
  • Ludwig Volz (1934–2011), theologian, religious educator and biblical theological author (original member rec. 1956)
Honorary philistine (member of a CV / ÖCV / SchwStV connection before the award ceremony )
  • Clemens Bieber (* 1957), Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese of Würzburg (Honorary Philistine 1983)
  • Engelbert Dollfuß (1892-1934), politician and first Federal Chancellor at the time of the corporate state (honorary philistine 1934)
  • Heinrich Drimmel (1912–1991), former Minister of Education (honorary philistine 1951)
  • Bernhard Hippler (* 1947), university chaplain and ICV chaplain (honorary philistine 2007)
  • Otto Hittmair (1924–2003), former rector of the Vienna University of Technology (honorary philistine 1984)
  • Clemens Holzmeister (1886–1983), Austrian architect (honorary philistine 1924)
  • Franz Josef II von und zu Liechtenstein (1906–1989), Prince von und zu Liechtenstein (Honorary Philistine 1969)
  • Alois Partl (* 1929), former Governor of Tyrol (honorary philistine 1976)
  • Kurt Schuschnigg (1897–1977), Federal Chancellor at the time of the corporate state (honorary philistine 1938)
  • Reinhold Stecher (1921–2013), Former Bishop of Innsbruck (honorary philistine 1988)
  • Alfons Weißgatterer (1898–1951), former Governor of Tyrol (honorary philistine 1950)
  • Richard Wollek (1874–1940), politician (honorary philistine 1907)
  • Peter Zurbriggen (* 1943), Apostolic Nuncio in Austria (Honorary Philistine 2010)
Honorary members (did not belong to any CV / ÖCV / SchwStV association before the award ceremony)

Engagement in the association

Leopold have been involved in the umbrella organization time and again in the past.

On site

Leopoldina has chaired the ÖCV five times since 1945:

  • Academic year 1956/57 (suburb president: Eberhard Tiefenthaler)
  • Academic year 1957/58 (local president: Walter Besler)
  • Academic year 1973/74 (local president: Heinz Wolf)
  • Academic year 1979/80 (local president: Christian Sonnweber)
  • Academic year 1980/81 (local president: Wolfgang Türtscher)

Association management

Since 1945, six Leopold have held the office of chairman of the association's management, and seven others have been functionaries.

List of chairpersons (term of office in brackets):

Innsbruck Cartel Association

Since 1937 (no sources available before), Leopoldina has assumed the chairmanship of the ICV 22 times for one year each, most recently in the 2018/19 academic year.

CV .tirol / Altherrenlandesbund Tirol

Chairwoman Leopolden since 1945 (term of office in brackets):

  • Edwin Cölestin Schier (1949–1953)
  • Gerd Bielowski (1978–1995)
  • Peter Pichler (1995–1999)
  • Peter Reiter (since 2017)

literature

  • Andreas Bösche: Between Emperor Franz Joseph I and Schönerer: Innsbruck University and its Student Associations 1859–1918 , StudienVerlag, Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 978-3-7065-4362-0 .
  • Michael Gehler : Students and Politics. The struggle for supremacy at the University of Innsbruck 1918–1938 (= Innsbruck research on contemporary history. Vol. 6). Haymon-Verlag, Innsbruck 1990, ISBN 3-85218-079-1 .
  • Gerhard Hartmann: The CV in Austria - its origin, its history, its meaning (= series of publications of the ÖCV-Bildungsakademie, vol. 4). 3rd edition, Lahn-Verlag, Limburg-Kevelaer 2001 (= 3rd volume of the "series of publications of the ÖCV-Bildungsakademie"), ISBN 3-7840-3229-X .
  • Peter Pichler: 75 years of history of the Leopoldina Catholic University Association in Innsbruck. Catholic University Association Leopoldina, Innsbruck 1976.
  • Peter Pichler: 100 years of history of the Leopoldina Catholic University Association in Innsbruck. Catholic University Association Leopoldina, Innsbruck 2003.
  • Bernard Rüegg: The history of the academic connection Berchtoldia in Bern 1917-1967. Academic connection Berchtoldia, Bern 1967.
  • Le-Aktuell, communications from the Leopoldina Catholic University Association No. 91. Leopoldina Catholic University Association, Innsbruck 2005.
  • Le-Aktuell, communications from the Leopoldina Catholic University Association No. 93. Leopoldina Catholic University Association, Innsbruck 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Andreas Bösche: Between Emperor Franz Joseph I and Schönerer. Innsbruck University and its student associations 1859–1918 . StudienVerlag, Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 978-3-7065-4362-0 . See also Gabriele-Maria Schorn-Stein (review) in: H-Soz-u-Kult, April 14, 2009, [1] .
  2. Michael Gehler (Ed.): Tirol. Country in the mountains. Between tradition and modernity . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1999, ISBN 978-3-205-98789-5 , p. 531
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  4. Peter Pichler: 75 years of history of the Leopoldina Catholic University Association in Innsbruck. Catholic University Association Leopoldina, Innsbruck 1976.
  5. ^ Peter Pichler: 100 years of history of the Leopoldina Catholic University Association in Innsbruck. Catholic University Association Leopoldina, Innsbruck 2003.
  6. Dieter Binder : Political Catholicism and Catholic associations. Using the example of the Cartel Association of Catholic Student Associations in Austria (ÖKV) SH-Verlag, 1989. p. 30.
  7. ^ Gerhard Hartmann, The CV in Austria - its origin, its history, its importance , 3rd edition, Lahn-Verlag, Limburg-Kevelaer 2001 (= 3rd volume of the "series of publications of the ÖCV-Bildungsakademie"), pages 45–51, ISBN 3-7840-3229-X .
  8. ^ EH Eberhard: Handbook of the student liaison system. Leipzig, 1924/25, p. 172.
  9. ^ Gerhard Hartmann: The CV in Austria - its origin, its history, its meaning , Lahn-Verlag, Limburg-Kevelaer 2001 (= 3rd volume of the "series of publications of the ÖCV-Bildungsakademie"), p. 100 f, ISBN 3-7840 -3229-X .
  10. a b Vienna's street names since 1860 as “Political Places of Remembrance” (PDF; 4.4 MB), p. 120, final research project report, Vienna, July 2013
  11. Gerhard Hartmann: The CV in Austria - its origin, its history, its meaning . Lahn-Verlag, Limburg-Kevelaer 2001 (= 3rd volume of the "Series of publications of the ÖCV-Bildungsakademie"), p. 147, ISBN 3-7840-3229-X .
  12. ^ Gretl Köfler: Dissolution and restitution of clubs, organizations and associations in Tyrol . Oldenbourg, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-486-56788-8 .
  13. Michael Gehler: Tyrol in the 20th century. From Crown Land to the European Region , Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-7022-2881-1 , p. 147
  14. ^ Documentation archive of the Austrian Resistance (ed.): Resistance and persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945: a documentation, Volume 2 . Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1984, p. 18. p. 441; quoted from Peter Pichler: 75 years of history of the Leopoldina Catholic University Association in Innsbruck . Catholic University Association Leopoldina, Innsbruck 1976.
  15. ^ Documentation archive of the Austrian Resistance (ed.): Resistance and persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945: a documentation, Volume 2 . Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1984, p. 18. p. 442
  16. ^ Gerhard Hartmann: The CV in Austria - its origin, its history, its meaning , 3rd edition, Lahn-Verlag, Limburg-Kevelaer 2001 (= 3rd volume of the "series of publications of the ÖCV-Bildungsakademie"), p. 175, ISBN 3-7840-3229-X .
  17. ^ Bernard Rüegg: The history of the academic connection Berchtoldia in Bern 1917-1967. Academic connection Berchtoldia, Bern 1967, p. 58 ff.
  18. Peter Krause : O old lad glory. The students and their customs. 5th edition. Graz, Vienna, Cologne 1997, p. 214.
  19. http://leopoldina.twoday.net/stories/8402182/
  20. Peter Pichler, 75 years of history of the Leopoldina Catholic University Association in Innsbruck , Leopoldina Catholic University Association, Innsbruck 1976, pages 218 ff.
  21. http://www.joerg-hutter.de/rwh_bild19.shtml
  22. http://www.joerg-hutter.de/Karl_Gorath/chronologie_der_verendung.htm
  23. Link to the Vinzenzgemeinschaft Leopoldina on the homepage of the Vinzenzgemeinschaften in Tirol
  24. Report and video on the "Tiroler mit Herz" award ceremony at www.meiniertel.at, accessed on March 6, 2014
  25. General directory 2000 Österreichischer Cartellverband , Druckerei Melzer Vienna, pp. IV – 51 to IV – 54
  26. Honorary persons and person book of the Katholische Hochschulverbindungen Leopoldina , status July 2007. Katholische Hochschulverbindungen Leopoldina, Innsbruck 2007, pp. 9–16 and 35–114.
  27. Le-Aktuell, communications from the Katholische Hochschulverbindungen Leopoldina No. 93 , Katholische Hochschulverbindungen Leopoldina, Innsbruck 2010, p. 61.
  28. Coreth accompanied the Innsbruck Corps to the Kösener Congress in Würzburg in 1972, see Kösener Corps in Austria # Austrian suburbs
  29. Speech 112th Foundation Festival (PDF; 68 kB), accessed on April 28, 2013
  30. Speech at the 109th Foundation Festival ev K.Ö.HV Leopoldina (Innsbruck, June 5, 2010) , Apostolic Nunciature, accessed on April 30, 2011
  31. Solo Christo Duce - Solemnity of St. Father of the order Norbert - Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Dr. Peter Stephan Zurbriggen ( Memento of the original dated February 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Wilten Abbey , accessed April 30, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stift-wilten.at
  32. ^ Peter Pichler: 100 years of history of the Leopoldina Catholic University Association in Innsbruck. Catholic University Association Leopoldina, Innsbruck 2003, p. 846 ff.

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