Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier
The Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier is an association of expellees founded in 1950 . She is a member of the Federation of Expellees (BdV). From 1953 to the 1960s Otto Ulitz was the spokesman for the Oberschlesier Landsmannschaft . Today Klaus Plaszczek is the federal chairman.
Cooperations
The Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesien, together with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , which sponsored the Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier and the Oberschlesier living in the Federal Republic in 1964, founded the "Haus Oberschlesien Foundation" in 1970, which maintains the Oberschlesisches Landesmuseum .
aims
The aim of the Landsmannschaft defines the maintenance of Upper Silesian culture, customs and traditions, the preservation of the German language and culture as a regional characteristic of Upper Silesia, the preservation of the European cultural heritage within the meaning of the EU treaty and the multilingualism in Germany and Upper Silesia, as well as the Support for the German minority in Upper Silesia.
speaker
Introduced from 1953 by amending the statutes
- 1953–1975 Otto Ulitz
- 1975–1995 Herbert Czaja Member of the Bundestag
Federal Chairperson
- 1950–1956 Edgar Maria Handy MdL
- 1956–1975 Hugo Wiedeck Member of the Bundestag
- 1975–1977 Fritz Hollunder
- 1977–1987 Georg Prusko
- 1987–1991 Reinhold Stanitzek
- 1991–1993 Bernhard Jagoda
- since 1993 Klaus Plaszczek since 1995 federal chairman and speaker
Regional associations
In addition to the Federal Association of the Landsmannschaft der Oberschlesier eV, there are 8 other regional groups.
- Hamburg regional group
- Landesgruppe Bayern eV
- Baden-Württemberg regional association
- Regional group Berlin
- State group Hessen
- Rhineland-Palatinate regional group
- Saxony-Anhalt regional group
- Regional group North Rhine-Westphalia eV
Existence of two Silesian country teams
For historical reasons, there is also a Landsmannschaft Silesia in addition to the Oberschlesier Landsmannschaft . This separation initially referred to the Upper Silesians, who lived in the Polish Silesian Voivodeship until the interwar period .