Vienna State Hunting Association
| Vienna State Hunting Association | |
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| founding | December 19, 1947
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| place | Vienna |
| president | Norbert Walter, MAS (state hunter master ) |
| Members | 1500 |
| Website | jagd-wien.at |
The Wiener Landesjagdverband is the legal representation of the interests of hunters in Vienna and a service point for all hunters and those interested in hunting. It consists of the community of owners of state hunting cards and with around 1,500 members is the smallest state hunting association in Austria. It was founded in the post-war years after the division of Vienna and Lower Austria through the Vienna Hunting Act of December 19, 1947.
purpose
Purpose is:
- ensuring a healthy environment
- as a habitat for wild animals
- the preservation of a species-rich and healthy game area that is appropriate to the agricultural and forestry conditions
- the representation of hunting interests in the federal state of Vienna
- Carrying out trophy shows (Section 75a of the Vienna State Hunting Act)
- Service point for all hunters and those interested in hunting
- Maintaining hunting customs and traditions
organization
The organs are the board of directors, the committee and the general assembly. The federal state of Vienna is divided into five hunting districts. However, the members of the State Hunting Association are administered in six district offices. The district hunter is the head of a district office.
Events
The maintenance of the hunting culture is an important concern of the Vienna State Hunting Association. Every year he organizes the Wiener Landesjägerball, as well as a large hunting horn concert in the Vienna City Hall and the Eustachius celebration in the Lainzer Tiergarten. The association is also represented at the JASPOWA trade fair, an international trade fair for hunting, fishing and off-roading at Messe Wien.
Hunting in Vienna
According to one thesis, Vienna a. a. therefore the center of the empire for centuries, because it offered a variety of hunting opportunities. Hermann Prossinagg, who has dealt intensively with hunting in Vienna, is of the opinion that the status as imperial capital is largely due to the location and the fact that Vienna and the surrounding area offered the ruling house and its guests a lot in terms of hunting:
- Hill or even mountain landscape
- steppe
- Vienna Woods
- Alluvial forest
- water
In Vienna, hunting was reserved for the nobility until the end of the 19th century. It was not until the hunting license of March 7, 1849 that hunting rights became a right of the landowner. Hunting in Austria is regulated today by the individual federal states, which means that there are often considerable differences in legislation between the states. Where one is allowed to hunt in Vienna and where not, is determined by the competent authority every nine years at the end of a hunting season. The procedure is called the hunting area determination procedure. The competent authority for hunting (issuing hunting cards, keeping hunting statistics) in Vienna is from January 1, 2010 the municipal department 58 - water law.
Forest in Vienna
Around 72 percent of Vienna's forest area today belongs to the city. These areas are looked after for hunting by the City of Vienna's Forestry Office and Agricultural Company (Municipal Department 49) (west and north-west of Vienna and Lobau). The forest ownership of the Austrian Federal Forests is around twelve percent. Church forests (Schotten Abbey, St. Peter and Klosterneuburg) together make up around eight percent. About two percent belong to the Republic of Austria (e.g. ÖBB), the rest of about six percent of the forest area is in private hands. The City of Vienna does not lease hunts, but sells kills.
Hunters School Vienna
The Vienna State Hunting Association is responsible for training hunters in Vienna. At the “Wiener Jägerschule” he offers at least two courses each year, each consisting of a theoretical part (60 hours) and a practical part (shooting training) (12 hours). To successfully pass the hunting test, extensive knowledge in the areas of environmental protection, wildlife ecology, nature conservation, ecology, agriculture and forestry, weapons and first aid is necessary. Particular attention is paid to the safe handling of weapons and ammunition as part of the training. But also the hunting tradition, hunting terminology and hunting customs, the keeping of hunting dogs, hunting dog management, the treatment of the hunted game and the hygiene of game meat are part of the course content. Over 350 young hunters are trained every year.
literature
- Gabriele Gergely, Thomas Gergely, Hermann Prossinagg, From the Emperor's Suction Garden to the Vienna Zoo. The history of the Lainzer Tiergarten - discovered in a forgotten archive, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1993.
- Hermann Prossinagg, Vienna and the hunt, from: Jagdzeit. Austria's hunting history - a stalking, Vienna 1996. Pages 113–125.