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Vinko Zwitter (born July 19, 1904 in Draschitz im Gailtal , municipality of Hohenthurn ; † May 3, 1977 in Tösching, municipality of St. Jakob im Rosental ) was an Austrian politically and culturally active Carinthian Slovene and business academy professor.
biography
Vinko Zwitter graduated from high school in 1924. In Vienna, he completed his studies at the University of World Trade in 1928 with the title “Diplomkaufmann”. In 1941 he received his doctorate in world trade with the dissertation “The Influence of Capitalism on Agriculture”. In 1951 he passed the examination for the professorship for the commercial academy at the University of World Trade. In 1933 Vinko Zwitter married Terezija Prušnik, the daughter of Franz Prušnik from Lobnik near Eisenkappel (Lobnik pri Železni Kapli) and sister of the later partisan Karl-Gašper. From 1929–1941 he was secretary of the Slovenian Christian Social Association for Carinthia, which in 1934 was renamed the Slovenian Cultural Association. At the same time he was editor and from 1936 to 1938 publisher and editor of the weekly magazine Koroški Slovenec (Carinthian Slovene) and head of the Slovenian student residence in Klagenfurt. In 1941 he spent 3 months in prison with other leading representatives of the Slovene ethnic group. He was expelled from Carinthia in 1941 because he was “unworthy of military service” and until 1945 assigned to Lufthansa in Munich, Prague and Nahod. His wife Terezija was imprisoned in 1944 and, after her release, was expelled to the German part of Carinthia with 4 children between the ages of 5 and 10.
After the end of the Second World War, everyone returned safe and sound. Vinko Zwitter became Vice President of the Local Liberation Front ( OF ). After his exclusion from the OF in 1947, he led the restoration of the Catholic organizations of the Carinthian Slovenes, was a co-founder of the Klagenfurt Hermagoras Brotherhood (Mohorjeva družba), from 1949 to 1956 founder and editor of the magazine Družina in dom (family and home), later Vera in dom (faith and home). After Vatican II he became a leading layman in the Catholic organizations. In the period from 1965 to 1977, Zwitter was the first president of the Slovenian-Catholic Working Group (KDO - Katoliški delovni Odbor) - the Catholic Action in Carinthia.
On February 6, 1965, he was appointed by His Holiness Pope Paul VI. elected, raised and declared Knight of the New Year's Eve in recognition of his great services to the well-being and progress of the Church and Catholic life . He was also a co-founder of the Rural Economic Association (Kmečka gospodarska zveza) and its secretary from 1959 to 1964 and promoter of the establishment of the Rural Agricultural School in Tainach (Tinje). Vinko Zwitter published under the pseudonym -dro in various magazines, brochures and calendars from various fields of knowledge.
literature
- Janko Merkač: “V spomin dr. Vinku Zwittru “, Nedelja, May 14th. 1978.
- Valentin Inzko: "Kristjan in oblikovalec slovenstva na Koroškem", Nedelja, April 27, 1997.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hermaphrodite, Vinko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politically and culturally active Carinthian Slovene |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Draschitz im Gailtal, municipality of Hohenthurn , Carinthia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1977 |
| Place of death | Tösching, municipality of St. Jakob im Rosental , Carinthia |