Concordia press club

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The Concordia Press Club is an independent association in Austria , to which Austrian journalists and writers as well as correspondents from foreign media belong.

history

It was founded on August 23, 1859 with the original purpose of supporting members in need, making it the oldest press club in the world.

In 1872 a pension fund was set up.

In 1880 the Concordiaplatz in Vienna's Inner City (1st district) was named after the club.

Between 1938 and 1945, the club was dissolved during the Nazi era and its assets were confiscated.

It was re-established in 1946 and merged with the Austrian Press Club in 1958 to form the name Presseclub Concordia , which is still valid today . In the same year, the renovation of Bankgasse 8 in Vienna was completed and handed over to the association by the then Federal Chancellor Julius Raab . The building has since been known as the Concordiahaus .

activities

According to its statutes, the association is committed to human rights , democracy and freedom of the press.

The Concordia Prize is awarded annually in the categories of human rights and freedom of the press as well as in an honorary category.

In the course of its existence, the press club has appeared again and again as the organizer of important media events. On May 7, 1984, for example, the press conference of the animals took place in the Concordia press club , at which several prominent personalities disguised as animals campaigned against the construction of a power plant in the Hainburger Au and for the preservation of the river landscape.

The press club is also the organizer of the Concordia Ball , which has been held annually in the Vienna City Hall since 1863, now mostly in June .

President

Peter Bochskanl was president for twenty years until 2014 , while Thomas Chorherr , Elisabeth Horvath and Josef Riedler were vice-presidents . Andreas Koller has been President since June 2014 . Vice-presidents were or are Martina Salomon , Elisabeth Horvath and Hannes Schopf. In September 2018, Katharina Schell, a member of the APA editor-in-chief, was elected Vice President. Martina Salomon remained on the Executive Committee as Vice President.

Astrid Zimmermann was the managing director for many years until she retired. At the beginning of 2019, Daniela Kraus took over the management.

literature

  • On the history of the Viennese journalists and writers association “Concordia” 1859–1884 . Self-published by “Concordia”, Vienna 1884. - Full text online .
  • 50 concordia balls (Concordia balls). A carnival revue . Publishing house Dr. Rosenbaum, Vienna 1914.
  • Peter Eppel: "Concordia should be your name ..." 125 years of journalists and writers' association "Concordia". A documentation on the press and contemporary history of Austria . Böhlau, Vienna (among others) 1984, ISBN 3-205-07250-2 .
  • Felix Czeike : Concordia. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien. Volume 1: A – Da. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 589.
  • Sandra Paweronschitz: Between aspiration and adaptation. The Vienna journalists and writers' association Concordia and National Socialism . Thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna 2006.
  • Rafaela Damböck: Artists' associations through the ages . From the sociable “Concordia” of Vormärz to the professional representation of writers and journalists, the “Younger Concordia” . Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 2007. - Abstract online .
  • Ilse Brandner-Radinger (ed.), Peter Bochskanl (contributions) et al .: What comes, what stays. 150 years of the Concordia press club . Facultas.WUV, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7089-0502-0 . - Table of contents online (PDF) .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ On the history of the Viennese journalists and writers association "Concordia" 1859-1884 , p. 45.
  2. ↑ Press release on the merger of November 17, 1958
  3. ↑ New Concordia President: Andreas Koller ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2015 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. . Article dated June 25, 2014, accessed November 13, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.concordia.at
  4. ↑ derStandard.at: Concordia Press Club has a new Vice President and Secretary General . Article dated September 24, 2018, accessed September 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ Concordia Press Club . In: Concordia Press Club . ( concordia.at [accessed November 25, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Daniela Kraus becomes the new head of the Concordia Press Club . In: The press . ( diepresse.com [accessed November 25, 2018]).

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