Ulrichsberg (mountain)
| Ulrichsberg | ||
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 Ulrichsberg, seen from the northeast. In the background the Karawanken. |
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| height | 1022 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Carinthia , Austria | |
| Mountains | Gurktal Alps | |
| Dominance | 8.1 km → Veitsberg | |
| Notch height | 461 m ↓ St. Peter am Bichl | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 42 '7 " N , 14 ° 17' 46" E | |
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| rock | dolomite | |
The Ulrichsberg , formerly Kernberg or Kärntner Berg , ( 1022 m above sea level ) is located in Carinthia next to the Zollfeld between St. Veit an der Glan and Klagenfurt . It is owned by the former noble Goëss family . The village of Karnburg at the foot of the mountain - which was probably also the namesake of Carinthia - is considered to be the cradle of the country with the Fürstenstein found there . A paved forest road and several hiking trails lead up the mountain.
The Ulrichsberg is the second of four mountains of the Vierbergelauf . It was created by reversing the relief .
history
Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Isolated finds suggest a prehistoric settlement on and on the Ulrichsberg.
Until the late antiquity there was on the top of Ulrich Berg a sprawling hilltop settlement around an early Christian church (5th-6th century), but by Slavic tribes that during the migration of peoples was destroyed populated Carinthia at the end of the 6th century .
A house on the hilltop, the foundations of which can now be seen a bit away from the path, was for a long time interpreted as a place of worship built in the 1st century AD and dedicated to the goddess Isis-Noreia , but according to current research it is assigned to late antiquity.
In 983 the Ulrichsberg was first mentioned as "mons carantanus" in a certificate from Emperor Otto II .
Modern times
In 1485 a church dedicated to Saint Ulrich of Augsburg is built. In 1686 the last mass was held in the Gothic church. In 1786 it was badly damaged by a lightning strike and then left to decay. In 1897 the church was completely destroyed by fire. Today the church is only preserved as a ruin.
In 1933 it was restored by the Carinthian Landsmannschaft. Until 1934, the 10th October commemorations were held here every year , organized by the Carinthian Landsmannschaft. In 1958 the foundation stone was laid for the “Heimkehrerkreuz”, a 20 m high cross next to the ruins, as a memorial for the soldiers who fell in World War II. In the same year the church ruins were renovated. The Ulrichsberg Community has been meeting there every year since 1958 . The "Homecoming Memorial" was inaugurated in 1959.
In 1984 the three Ulrichsberg bells were consecrated. In 1992 the Europe stone was erected. On August 17, 1997, the memorial was deliberately destroyed. The restored memorial was blessed again on July 5, 1998.
Because of the allegation that the wrought-iron gate of the memorial was broken open on the night of October 9, 2016 and the walls and memorial plaques were soiled with red and black paint bags, 6 people between the ages of 15 and 21 had to go to Klagenfurt on March 21, 2017 answer in court.
Political character of the Ulrichsberg meeting
Every first Sunday in October, the Ulrichsberg community organized a memorial service. For several years now, this event has been held on the third Sunday in September. Participants in the event are former Wehrmacht soldiers and veteran organizations from all over Europe , the number of participants in the early 2000s was around 1000 people. The Austrian Armed Forces have not participated since 2009. Associations of the war generation and other organizations take part in the commemoration. The participation of SS veterans ( Kameradschaft IV , which formally withdrew in 1995) and German and Belgian neo-Nazi groups led to ongoing protests. Furthermore, politicians from various parties at federal and state level took part, which repeatedly led to domestic political reporting in the case of controversial speeches.
For several years, various organizations have tried to point out what they believe to be the historical revisionist background of this memorial event. The Austrian Ministry of Defense also considered moving the memorial plaques of the Federal Army on the Ulrichsberg to another location. In 2009 the social democratic defense minister Norbert Darabos canceled the participation and material support of the armed forces at the Ulrichsberg meeting. The background was the suspicion that the chairman of the Ulrichsberg community, Wolf Dieter Ressenig, had traded in Nazi devotional items. In 2014 the meeting was held without notice, and according to the protection of the Constitution , a maximum of 100 people attended the meeting.
literature
- Rudolf Egger: The Ulrichsberg - A holy mountain in Carinthia. Publishers of the history association for Carinthia, 2nd edition, Klagenfurt 1976.
- Friedhelm Thiedig, Gudrun Frohnert: The Ulrichsberg - a relief reversal . Geological structure and geological development of the "mons carantanus" on the outskirts of Klagenfurt. In: Carinthia II . 198/118 Vintage. Klagenfurt 2008, p. 47–82 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed March 17, 2012]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dehio Kärnten 2001. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 978.
- ↑ Certificate No. 292 in: Theodor Sickel (Ed.): Diplomata 13: The documents Otto II. And Otto III. (Ottonis II. Et Ottonis III. Diplomata). Hanover 1893, pp. 344–345 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
- ↑ Republic of Austria, BM.I Federal Ministry of the Interior, Verfassungsschutz report 1997
- ↑ Ulrichsberg-Vandalen before court orf.at, March 21, 2017, accessed March 21, 2017, 9:50 a.m.
- ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten: No Armed Forces Participation in Ulrichsberg ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2009 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. ; Retrieved August 26, 2009.
- ↑ a b ORF Carinthia from May 5, 2008, accessed May 8, 2008.
- ^ Die Presse: Ulrichsberg-Treffen: Darabos cancels participation of the army , August 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Secret" Ulrichsberg meeting held. Article on ORF .at from September 16, 2014.
