Carinthian traditional associations
The Carinthian traditional associations are various political organizations that arose after 1920 and after the Second World War on the subject of the Carinthian defensive struggle , the referendum of October 10, 1920 and the political conflict with the Carinthian Slovenes .
They include:
- the Comradeship Association of Carinthia
- the Carinthian Abwehrkampfbund (founded 1955)
- the Carinthian Homeland Service . It was originally founded in 1920, in 1924 it became part of the “Carinthian Heimatbund” as part of the propaganda organizations of the NSDAP, which was being established . After the Second World War, the KHD was re-established in 1956 as the successor organization to the “Bunds heimattreuer Südkärntner” (BHS)
- the Carinthian Landsmannschaft
- the Ulrichsberg community .
The traditional associations are said to have a strong influence on Carinthian politics. B. with the place-name sign question . Its basic financing comes from the culture budget of the state of Carinthia , as decided in 2002 in the Carinthian state parliament with votes from the SPÖ , ÖVP and FPÖ .
Outside of Carinthia, from the end of the 19th century in Austria-Hungary , but also in the USA, Carinthian associations were formed to represent the interests of Carinthians. The oldest of these is the Carinthian Landsmannschaft for Vienna and Lower Austria, founded in 1890 . The Carinthian associations (Landsmannschaften) in the federal states meet once a year for a meeting of their chairpersons to exchange ideas and in addition, each in a different region in Carinthia, for a working conference with officials from the respective region.