Association of Carinthian Citizens' Guards and Rifle Guard
In the Association of Carinthian Citizens' Guards and Rifle Guard , nine Carinthian so-called gardens are united to form a regional association. The main task of the garden is to provide an additional eye-catcher for the audience at local traditional events in colorful, military-historical costumes, which are often pure fantasy uniforms with no historical background. In addition, these groups, organized in clubs, often have their own brass band .
Chronicle of the regional association
On July 10, 1955, the first shooting meeting of the Carinthian Garden took place in Himmelberg. The rifle guards from Metnitz, Millstatt, Steinfeld and Murau could be welcomed at this first "Schützenfest".
The gardens from Metnitz, Millstatt, Steinfeld and Himmelberg were those Carinthian gardens that were loosely connected and visited each other until the "Carinthian Citizens' Guard Association" was founded in 1962. In 1959, the preparatory work and discussions for the establishment of the Carinthian Citizens Guard Association began. In April 1962, the merger of all Carinthian civic and rifle guards into a regional association was implemented. Hans Staunig from Metnitz and Wolfgang Embacher from Himmelberg played a key role in the establishment of the company.
Founding chairman Hans Staunig chaired the regional association for almost twenty years . The honorary citizen of the community of Himmelberg and now honorary chairman of the uniformed rifle guard in Himmelberg, Rudolf Natmeßnig, took over as Staunig's successor in 1981 and held this position until 2002.
Little by little, other guards joined the Carinthian Citizens Guard Association. In 1985 the Carinthian Citizens 'Guard Association was renamed the "Association of Carinthian Citizens' Guard and Rifle Guard". Heinz Ellersdorfer led the regional association with over 600 members from 2002 to the beginning of 2012. On January 14, 2012 Ellersdorfer handed over the "chief post" to 52-year-old Manfred Berger from Himmelberg.
Member associations (in alphabetical order)
- Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
- Privileged rifle corps Metnitz
- Privileged Uniformed Millstatt
- Civil Guard Spittal an der Drau
- Uniformed Rifle Corps Steinfeld
- Strasbourg Citizens Corps
- Civil satellite guard St. Veit an der Glan
- Uniformed Rifle Guard Tiffen
- Villach Civil Guard
State Board
- Country Chairman: Manfred Berger (Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg)
- Deputy Chairman: Marco Liendl (Uniformed Rifle Guard Tiffen)
- State treasurer: Karl Gruber (Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg)
- State major: Günther Kerschbaumer (Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz)
- State Secretary: Friedrich Flath jun. (Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg)
Function holder since the foundation
Country Chairman:
- Hans Staunig, 1962 to 1980, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- Rudolf Natmeßnig, 1980 to 2002, Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
- Heinz Ellersdorfer, 2002 to 2012, civil satellite guard St.Veit
- Manfred Berger, from 2012, Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
Deputy Chairman:
- no deputy chairman until 1972
- Wolfgang Embacher, 1972 to 1980, uniformed rifle guard Himmelberg
- Hans Staunig, 1980 to 1996, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- Franz Steiner, 1996 to 2012, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- Marco Liendl, from 2012, Uniformed Rifle Guard Tiffen
Country Major:
- Franz Bacher, 1962 to 1963, Privileged Uniformed Citizen Guard Millstatt
- Josef Hutter, 1963 to 1980, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- Hans Wintschnig, 1980 to 1993, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- Franz Lechner, 1993 to 2003, Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
- Günther Kerschbaumer, from 2003, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
State Treasurer:
- Chairman was also the treasurer, until 1975, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- Step eater u. Stückelberger, 1975 to 1980, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- Hans Slivsek, 1980 to 2012, Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
- Karl Gruber, from 2012, Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
State Secretary:
- Josef Fritz, 1962 to 1975, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- Wolfgang Kreuzer, 1975 to 1980, Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- Andreas Pfandl, 1980 to 1986, Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
- Ernst Pretis, 1986 to 2012, Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
- Friedrich Flath jun., From 2012, Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
Individual evidence
- ^ Uniformed Rifle Guard Himmelberg
- ^ Privileged Rifle Corps Metnitz
- ^ Privileged Uniformed Millstatt
- ↑ Civil Guard Spittal an der Drau
- ^ Uniformed Rifle Corps Steinfeld
- ^ Strasbourg Citizens Corps
- ^ Civil satellite guard St. Veit an der Glan
- ^ Uniformed Rifle Guard Tiffen
- ↑ Villach Citizens Guard