Valentin Inzko Sr.

Bust in the Suetschach Culture Park by France Gorše

Valentin Inzko Sr. (* January 22, 1923 in Suetschach / Sveče , Carinthia ; † November 6, 2002 in Klagenfurt ) was an Austrian Slavist , educator and politician. He was the father of the diplomat Valentin Inzko .

Life

After studying Slavic and history at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz , he taught at the grammar school in Klagenfurt and from 1951 at the Klagenfurt Teachers' Training College. From 1963 to 1988 he was the specialist inspector for Slovene lessons in Carinthia, and from 1983 to 1988 he was also head of the minority department at the regional school board for Carinthia.

He played a formative role in Slovenian organizations in Carinthia: from 1952 to 1958 he was secretary of the Council of Carinthian Slovenes , from 1960 to 1968 its chairman; from 1958 to 1959 he was secretary of the Krščanska kulturna zveza (Christian Cultural Association); from 1958 to 1992 member of the board and from 1994 chairman of the honorary advisory board of the Hermagoras brotherhood . Together with Ernst Waldstein, he was chairman of the German-Slovenian coordination committee of the diocese of Gurk and editor of the eleven-volume series The Common Carinthia - Skupna Koroška .

Awards

1988: first winner of the one-player award , together with Ernst Waldstein

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Janez Stergar, Valentin Sima: Who was who? Slovenes in Carinthia - German Carinthians in Slovenia , in: Stefan Karner (ed.): Carinthia and the national question , vol. 1
Enciklopedija Slovenije
Vinko Oslak: Zbornik ob 75-letnici Dr. Valentina Inzka , Klagenfurt / Laibach / Vienna 1999
Drago Bajt: Slovenski kdo je kdo , Laibach 1999

Web links

Literature by and about Valentin Inzko sen. in the catalog of the German National Library
Entry to Valentin Inzko sen. in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Obituary on ORF Online

Individual evidence

↑ Office of the Carinthian Provincial Government: Andrej Einspieler's 200th birthday . Retrieved March 21, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Inzko, Valentin sen.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Slavist, educator and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Suetschach , Austria
DATE OF DEATH	November 6, 2002
Place of death	Klagenfurt , Austria

[1] Office of the Carinthian Provincial Government: Andrej Einspieler's 200th birthday . Retrieved March 21, 2015.