Vinko Poljanec
Vinko Poljanec (born March 26, 1876 in Sv. Urban near Ptuj ; † August 25, 1938 in Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See ) was an Austrian politician ( party of the Carinthian Slovenes ), pastor and from 1921 to 1927 a member of the Carinthian state parliament .
biography
Vinko Poljanec was born the son of a farmer and graduated from high school in Ptuj and Celje . As a result, he trained as a clergyman, was ordained a priest in 1900 and completed the seminary in Klagenfurt in 1901 . From 1908 until his death he worked as a pastor in Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See , where he made great contributions to the Slovenian cultural association named after him after his violent death.
Poljanec was involved in minority politics and represented the Carinthian Slovenes' party between 1921 and May 21, 1927 in the Carinthian state parliament. He acknowledged the results of the Carinthian referendum and called for the implementation of the promises of the provisional Carinthian regional assembly and the minority protection provisions of the Treaty of Saint-Germain . After leaving the state parliament, Poljanec represented the Carinthian Slovenes between 1928 and 1937 in the Carinthian Chamber of Agriculture and its predecessor organization, and was chairman of the Slovenian cultural association from 1932 to 1937 and then deputy chairman. Poljanec was one of the leading Slovenian cultural representatives, committed himself to the remaining Slovenian educational institutions and in particular supported the school nurses' school in Sankt Ruprecht near Völkermarkt. He also worked for the weekly newspaper "Koroški Slovenec" ("Carinthian Slovene").
When Poljanec wanted to leave for Yugoslavia on the day the National Socialists marched into Austria, March 12, 1938, he was arrested by Carinthian National Socialists at the Bleiburg train station on the pretext of foreign exchange smuggling and taken to the Klagenfurt Regional Court on March 14, 1938. There, however, the proceedings were discontinued on April 22nd and Poljanec was transferred to the Klagenfurt police station. After his release, Poljanec had to leave Sankt Kanzian by order of the Gestapo and had the ordinariate approve him on May 13, 1938, on convalescent leave. He was treated at the Elisabethinenkrankenhaus in Klagenfurt, among others, but died on August 25th. The connection between his death and his imprisonment could never be adequately clarified, but one inmate testified that he was wasting away in prison, even though he had previously been described as a healthy, strong man.
literature
- V. Hanus: Poljanec Vinko. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 182.
- Stefan Karner , Andreas Moritsch (ed.): Resettlement - Deportation - National Struggle (= Carinthia and the national question. Vol. 1). Heyn et al., Klagenfurt et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7084-0014-3 , p. 312 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See: 100 Years of the Slovenian Cultural Association Vinko Poljanec St. Kanzian. ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2014 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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poljanec, Vinko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poljanec, Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian pastor and politician (KSS), member of the state parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sv. Urban near Ptuj |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1938 |
| Place of death | Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See |