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  Carinthia (state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carinthia (German language: Kärnten, Slovenian: Koroška) is an Austrian state or Land, located in the south of Austria.
The once-independent Duchy of Carinthia was historically part of the Holy Roman Empire until it was dissolved in 1806, then a crownland of Austria-Hungary.
Carinthia's main industries are tourism, electronics, engineering, forestry and agriculture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carinthia_(state)   (428 words)

  
 Carinthia (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carinthia (Slovene Koroška, German Kärnten) is an informal province in the north of Slovenia.
The area is often referred to as Slovene Carinthia in English to distinguish it from the neighbouring Austrian federal state of Carinthia.
Carinthia was settled by Slavic tribes around the 6th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carinthia_(province)   (237 words)

  
 Slovenians : Information and resources about Slovenians : School Work Guru
Slovenians (Slovenian Slovenci, singular Slovenec, Slovenka) or sometimes an equivalent but archaic version Slovenes is a nation that lives today mainly within the borders of the independent Slovenia (circa 2.000.000), in some northeastern part of Italy (100.000), Austria (50.000), Croatia (25.000) and Hungary (6.000).
Slovenian ethnic territory subsequently shrunk due to pressing of Germans from the west and the arrival of Hungarians in the Pannonian plain, and stabilized in the present form in the 15th century.
The earliest documents written in Slovenian are the Freising manuscripts (Brižinski spomeniki, Freisinger Denkmäler), dated between 972 and 1022, found in 1803 in Freising, Germany.
schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/s/sl/slovenians.html   (430 words)

  
 Carinthia Information Center - carinthia mountains
Carinthia (German Kärnten, Slovenian Koroška) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the south of heraldry and vexillology of carinthia Austria.
The once-independent Duchy of Carinthia carinthia defence 1 was historically part of the Holy Roman bernhardt of carinthia Empire until it was dissolved in 1806, then a crownland of Austria-Hungary.
In autumn and winter temperature inversion often dominates the climate, characterised carinthia mountains by air stillness, a dense fog covering the frosty valleys and trapping pollution to form smog, while mild sunny weather is recorded higher up in the foothills and mountains.
www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_A_-_C/Carinthia.html   (392 words)

  
 Slovenians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Slovenians or Slovenes (Slovenian Slovenci, singular Slovenec, feminine Slovenka) are a South Slavic people primarily associated with Slovenia and the Slovenian language.
Slovenian lands were part of the Illyrian provinces, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary (in Cisleithania).
The Slovenians in the Austrian state of Styria (4,250) are not recognized as a minority and do not enjoy special rights, although the State Treaty of July 27, 1955 states otherwise.
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 Slovenians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The total number of Slovenians in Austria is 24,855, of whom 17,953 are representatives of the Slovenian national minority, while 6,902 are foreign nationals ([16]).
Slovenian ethnic territory subsequently shrunk due to pressing of Germans from the west and the arrival of Hungarians in the Pannonian plain, and stabilized in the present form in the 15th century.
The Slovenians in the Austrian state of Styria (4,250 [18]) are not recognized as a minority and do not enjoy special rights, although the State Treaty of July 27, 1955 states otherwise.
zdnet.co.za /s/l/o/Slovenians.html   (1057 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Slovenian or Slovene (Slovenian: slovenski jezik or slovenščina) is one of the Slavic languages.
Slovenian was also shunned for a period during World War II when Slovenia was divided between the Axis Powers of Fascist Italy, the Nazi Germany and Hungary.
Slovenian is the westernmost language of the Western subgroup of the South Slavic branch of Slavic languages.
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 Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Austrian federal states of Carinthia and Styria are home to a significant (indigenous) Slovenian minority with around 14,000 members (Austrian census; unofficial numbers of Slovene groups speak of about 40,000).
The Slovenians in the Austrian state of Styria (estimated at a number between 1,600 and 5,000) are not recognized as a minority and do not enjoy special rights, although the State Treaty of July 27, 1955 states otherwise.
Many Carinthians are afraid of Slovenian territorial claims, pointing to the fact that Yugoslav troops entered the state after each of the two World Wars and considering that some official Slovenian atlases still show parts of Carinthia as Slovenian cultural territory.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austria   (3426 words)

  
 History of Slovenia : Information and resources about History of Slovenia : School Work Guru
The first state of Slovenians was established as Karantania circa 595 mainly on the territory of today Austrian Carinthia and Slovenian Carinthia.
In 1918, after World War I, the Slovenians joined with other southern Slav states such in forming the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
The Slovenians succeeded in establishing their independence in 1991.
schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_slovenia.html   (458 words)

  
 Ask Us A Question   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovenian: Republika Slovenija), is a coastal Alpine country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north.
Slavic ancestors of the present-day Slovenians settled in the area in the 6th century.
The bicameral Slovenian parliament consists of the National Assembly or Državni zbor, and the Državni svet or National Council.
www.avoo.com /wiki/Slovenia   (2688 words)

  
 Carinthia travel guide - Wikitravel
Carinthia (German:Kärnten [1]) is a state of Austria.
Carinthia is possibly the most autonomous state in Austria (with possible exception of Tyrol).
East Tyrol, the province neighbouring Carinthia to the West, is an alpinist's paradise.
wikitravel.org /en/Carinthia   (981 words)

  
 Austria - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
All of the dialects in the country, however, belong to Austro-Bavarian groups of German dialects, with the exception of the dialect spoken in its west-most Bundesland, Vorarlberg, which belongs to the group of Alemannic dialects.There is also a distinct grammatical standard for Austrian German with a few differences to the German spoken in Germany.
An estimated 25,000–40,000 Slovenians in the Austrian state of Carinthia as well as Croatians and Hungarians in Burgenland were recognized as a minority and have enjoyed special rights following the Austrian State Treaty (Staatsvertrag) of 1955.
There is also an undercurrent of thinking amongst parts of the Carenthian population that the Slovenian involvement in the partisan war against the Nazi occupation force was a bad thing, and indeed "Tito partisan" is a not an infrequent insult hurled against members of the minority.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Austria   (3051 words)

  
 1994 Issues
Many Slovenian surnames date back to the 10th century scripts (freisingen Monumental), but many were also adopted as late as the 18th century after an edict of Empress Maria Theresa on her Crownlands including Carinthia, Styria, Carniola, and the Littoral or Kuntenland.
Slovenia was a crownland of the Austria-Hungarian Monarchy for many years, although the largest population of Slovenians was encompassed by the area of land that is now called the independent nation of Slovenia, there are still small populations of Slovenians in Austria and Italy.
The older population of Slovenian speakers is passing daily, and we must make a concerted effort in the next ten years to ask for donations of their Slovenian libraries.
www.sloveniangenealogy.org /html/1994_issues.html   (4936 words)

  
 1994/11/13 08:33 SLOVENIA AS AN EXCUSE
The present Slovenian Prime Minister, Drnovsek, as the President of the SFRY Presidency, refused to take part in the work of the highest party body (the League of Communists), after which the Federal Prime Minister, Ante Markovic, followed suit, which was all achieved through strenuous, unpleasant, conflict-fraught negotiations and clashes at the federal level.
But, it is evident that even before independence was declared, everything demanded in the process today termed the "Slovenian spring" and for which all those who subsequently joined that process ascribe to their credit today, realizing that the process of democratization had been won, although not yet completed, had been practically achieved.
That is why the Slovenian Christian - Democrats are facing a double challenge - to solve the dilemma "the President of the Party or the Party", and the dilemma of their political orientation - towards clericalism and the rehabilitation of fascism or towards a modern German-style Demo-Christian orientation.
www.aimpress.ch /dyn/trae/archive/data/199411/41113-005-trae-lju.htm   (1146 words)

  
 Yugoslavia The Slovenes - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Turkish marauders plagued Carinthia, Carniola, and Styria in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
By the end of the eighteenth century, Slovenian prosperity had yielded a self-reliant middle class that sent its sons to study in Vienna and Paris.
Slovenian intellectuals, however, continued refining the Slovenian language and national identity, while Austria strove to confine their activities to the cultural sphere.
workmall.com /wfb2001/yugoslavia/yugoslavia_history_the_slovenes.html   (1244 words)

  
 History of Slovenia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Slavic Duchy of Karantania mainly occupied the territory of today's Austrian Carinthia and Slovenian Carinthia.
From as early as the 9th century, the lands inhabited by Karantanians, later Slovenes, fell under non-Karantanian ruler, including partial but co-operative control by Bavarian dukes and by the Republic of Venice.
The Slovenes living in the provinces of Carinthia, Carniola and Styria, lived under the rule of the Habsburg dynasty from the 14th century until 1918, with the exception of Napoleon's 4-year tutelage of parts of modern-day Slovenia and Croatia — the "Illyrian provinces".
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Slovenia   (829 words)

  
 History of Slovenia
To the year 1651 the oath ceremony of the lord took place on the chair of the duke (vojvodski stol) and then until the year 1728 in the county house in Klagenfurt (Celovec).
At the 14th Extraordinary Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, on 20 January 1990, the delegations of the republics could not agree on the main issues in the Yugoslav federation.
The Slovenian delegation, headed by Milan Kučan demanded democratic changes and a looser federation, while the Serbian delegation, headed by Milošević, blanketly opposed this.
erwiki.com /article/History_of_Slovenia   (1318 words)

  
 Slovene in Austria
Minority rights for Slovenes in Carinthia are recognized under Article 7 of the State Treaty of 1955 and are based on territorial principles, therefore access to minority schools is granted according to those principles.
The centre in Carinthia is involved in some activities in the field of bilingual education, principally the development of curricula and teaching materials.
In Carinthia this new perspective on multilingualism needs to be accompanied by a drowning out the negative political undertones surrounding the learning or public use of the provinces second official language.
www1.fa.knaw.nl /mercator/regionale_dossiers/regional_dossier_slovenian_in_austria.htm   (11174 words)

  
 COATS OF ARMS (HERALDRY) OF SLOVENIAN AREAS AND SLOVENIAN ETHNIC REGIONS
Slovenian, Carinthian princes (Valuk, Borut, Gorazd, Hotimir, Valtunk, Inko, Pribislav, Semika, Stojmir Edgar) ruled independent Carinthia from the beginning, in early middle century (630-820).
This was the first documentation and mention of the Slovenian region, even though of course it is not shown later as Slovenian Region.
On the gold shield there is a fl Slovenian hat, girded with a red braided cord, which hangs freely or it is ornamentally tied and which ends with two tassels.
feefhs.org /slovenia/herald-1.html   (2069 words)

  
 Travel Slovenia
The Republic of Slovenia (Slovenian: ''Republika Slovenija'') is a coastal sub-Alpine country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north.
flag of Slovenia]] The Republic of Slovenia (Slovenian: ''Republika Slovenija'') is a democratic Slavic country in south central Europe, bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast and Austria to the north.
Slovenians are predominantly Roman Catholic, though the country also has a small number of Protestants, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/206/travel-slovenia.html   (1877 words)

  
 Constitutional Court Repeats Call for Bilingual Place Signs in Carinthia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Slovenian place name has to be added to the German by 30 June 2006 by the Voelkermarkt local authorities.
His plea resulted in a 2001 ruling stipulating that bilingual signs should be set up in Carinthia where at least 10% of the population was Slovenian over a lengthy period of time.
One of both umbrella organisations of the Slovenian minority in Carinthia immediately labelled the latest ruling "a complete affirmation of their positions on bilingual place names".
uvi.si /eng/slovenia/publications/slovenia-news/2715/2716/index.html   (529 words)

  
 Carinthia : Introduction | Frommers.com
Mountainous Upper Carinthia lies to the west and the Lower Carinthia Basin region slopes to the east.
Archaeological discoveries prove that Carinthia was inhabited by humans far back in unrecorded time, and the Romans didn't overlook the area, either -- their legions marched in to conquer alpine Celtic tribes in the kingdom of Noticum, establishing it as a Roman province.
In 1920, after the collapse of the Hapsburg Empire, the Slovenian minority in the south, along the Yugoslav border, voted to remain with Austria.
www.frommers.com /destinations/carinthia/1907010001.html   (623 words)

  
 ~ View topic - Theme - Slovenian History - Timeline 11300 BC-2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
1000 - Carinthia, Styria and Carniola provinces emerging on a territory of Karantania.
1335 - The Duchy of Carinthia is bestowed by Louis the Bavarian on the dukes of Austria.
It is active on all Slovene ethnical territory, as well in Carinthia, Primorska region in the Venetian province and Slovene Raba region (Slovene Slovensko Porabje, Hungarian Szlovén-vidék or Rába-vidék).
www.thezaurus.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=577&highlight=&sid=567ffd232727aada67d140c51554be88   (4235 words)

  
 SLOVENIAN FOLK SONGS ON CDs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The disc consists of seventheen selected songs representing a survey of the creativeness of Slovenian folk song from the entire ethnic Slovenian territory (from Carinthia to Porabje and Primorska, although the majority originate in Gorenjska).
The second group consists of songs with social themes incorporating narratives of the tyranny of feudal lords over their subjects, the condemnation of lovers due to social differences, etc. The following ballads are included: The Saint Assists the Carter, Repentant Sinner, Seductive Nobleman, A Boy Killed for Love of the Lord’s Daughter.
The disc consists of twenty-one selected epic love songs, which, in addition to the songs of legend and family songs, are the most numerous in regard to the types (36) as well as the variants (1073).
www.zrc-sazu.si /www/pc/ang_vid_cd.html   (1028 words)

  
 Letter1
On tha other initialed page was a description of the installation of the Dukes of Carinthia, a Slovenian ritual which may have contributed greatly to the founding of our own great country.
Jefferson evidently considered the ancient ritual of the Installation of the Dukes of Carinthia a common law precedent and the confirmation of the Contractual Theory upon which he based his claim for the American Independence.
The Slovenians believed that the power to govern rested with the people who were to be governed, not those who were governing.
www.prah.net /slovenia/history/lenarcic.htm   (1110 words)

  
 Slovenes and Slovene Language (aka Slovenian)
Though it is still imperfectly understood, ancient Carantania (or Carinthia) serves as a symbol of nationhood for contemporary Slovenes.
Among the beneficiaries of Henry IV's political largesse were the patriarchs of Aquileia, who were granted large tracks of land in Carniola, which had become part of Carinthia in the 10th Century as an independent administrative district.
The Duchy of Carinthia included the districts of Carinthia, Carniola, Styria, and the Veronese March (Leeper 154).
www.slavism.com /slovene   (2777 words)

  
 Slovenia Business Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Meanwhile, the fact that Slovenians are the single largest per capita users of Austrian goods, and Austrians the biggest per capita buyers of Slovenian goods in the EU, proves "that we trust each other," he stressed.
Ambassador Inzko, who visited the Slovenian Press Agency on Wednesday, 1 March, moreover underlined that Austrian companies are the largest customers of the Slovenian port of Koper, which is the most important port for Austria after Rotterdam.
Inzko, a member of the Slovenian minority in Austria, also said that despite difficulties in the erection of bilingual signposts in Carinthia, the Slovenian minority in the province has never had as many friends as it has now.
www.gzs.si /eng/news/sbw/head.asp?idc=20869   (468 words)

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