Northern and
Southern Schleswig
Denmark & GermanyJune 28 - July 7, 2024.

Teams

Team Koroška / Kärnten

Austria Minority: Carinthian Slovenes
Line-up
  • 1 |  Paul Čertov
  • 2 |  Daniel Gallob
  • 3 |  Julian Hobel
  • 4 |  Samuel Hoffmann
  • 5 |  Fabijan-Rio Igerc
  • 6 |  Patrick Lausegger
  • 7 |  Nicola Mak
  • 8 |  Mathias Müller
  • 9 |  Marjan Ogris-Martič
  • 10 |  Jan Ogris-Martič
  • 12 |  Marcel Reichmann
  • 13 |  Simon Rustia
  • 14 |  Roman Sadnek
  • 15 |  David Smrtnik
  • 16 |  Miran Smrtnik
  • 17 |  Toni Smrtnik
  • 18 |  Niklas Travnik
  • 19 |  Dorian Urank
  • 20 |  Florian Verdel
  • 21 |  Filip Oraže
  • 11 |  Rafael Ogris-Martič
  • 22 |  Moritz Doujak
  • 23 |  Dejan Smid
  • 24 |  Simon Sadnek

Team Koroška/Kärnten at the EUROPEADA

The “Team Koroška/Kärnten” is the representative team of the Slovenian minority in Carinthia - Austria.

The Carinthians of Slovenia already participated with a team at the EUROPEADA of 2012 and obtained the 4th place. This was a big success.

Four years after, when the Europeada 2016 was hosted by the german - speak South Tyrols and Ladins, Team Koroška/Kärnten could still improve the result as they achieved an excellent third place.

 

The Slovenian minority in Carinthia

Traces of their relatives date back to the 6th century, when a Slavic national territory was established. It was named “Karantien”. Over a whole century this territory remained independent, until it was threatened by the advancing Avars. The assault was indeed fended off with the support of the neighbouring Baiuwarii, nevertheless the territory got never back its old independence. The allies took in possession the most precious properties and sent their own farmers into the country for treatments. This led to a shift of the German-Slovenian language border towards South within the next centuries and remained nearly unchanged from the 15th until mid of the 19th century. Along this language boundary and beyond the people stayed in contact through commerce and trade and therefore they had the opportunity to learn several languages. At the beginning of the 19th century the newspapers, such as the “Carinthia” in Carinthia, achieved an essential role within the development of languages due to the invention of the printing. During the first years of appearance the articles were both published in German and Slovenian. With the emergence of the nationalisms within the second half of the 19th century, the nations substituted the multi-ethnic states and only people who knew their languages belonged. The language became somehow the interacting and excluding element. Language conflicts were preprogramed and the peaceful coexistence between the German speaking North and the Slovenian speaking South was disturbed. By this time, nearly a thigh third of the population of Carinthia`s mother tongue was Slovenian.

During World War 1 a range of Carinthians of Slovenia were pursued and arrested, already the confessing to be a Slovenian was sufficient for accusation of high treason. After breakdown of the monarchy, the Kingdom of Serbia, even Croatia and Slovenia claimed parts of Carinthia, enforced within armed disputes against the voluntary Carinthian associations. The peace conference of Paris discussed the controversial crossroads issues in the newly established Austria. In May 1919 for the territory around the valley of Klagenfurt it was decided to held out a popular assembly. The preparations were marked by intense propaganda campaigns. At the decision on the 10th October 1920 Austria ended up in a 59% to 41% in favour of Austria, because the territory of the election was mainly inhabited by Slovenians. The contract of St. Germain guaranteed the Slovenian speaking minority the entire equality and also the right in using and caring the mother tongue. Nevertheless, the implementation was painful and took quite long; too much has been happened on both sides. An example of this difficult approach is the long-standing boundary sign fight. Nowadays the minority rights of the Carinthians of Slovenia are recognized and people live predominantly conflict free and peaceful together. The ethnic group of the Carinthians of Slovenia has declined nearly about two-thirds and counts more than 13.000 according to the population census, an inquiry on the slang of 1991 reports 50.000 people.

Photo gallery

Event

European Football Championship of the autochthonous national minorities

European Football Championship of the autochthonous national minorities

Organisation

Federal Union of European Nationalities

Federal Union of European Nationalities

 

Mute Hate Speech

Mute Hate Speech

Partners

Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland de / UEFA

Federal Ministry of the Interior and Homeland de / UEFA

 

Sydslesvigudvalget

Sydslesvigudvalget

 

Sportland SH

Sportland SH

 

Stadt Flensburg

Stadt Flensburg

 

Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg

Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg

 

Tønder Kommune

Tønder Kommune

 

Region Syddanmark

Region Syddanmark

 

Haderslev Kommune

Haderslev Kommune

 

Aabenraa Kommune

Aabenraa Kommune

 

Sønderborg Kommune

Sønderborg Kommune

 

Kreis Nordfriesland

Kreis Nordfriesland

 

Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde

 

Miniszterelnökség, Nemzetpolitikai Államtitkárság Bethlen Gábor Alap

Miniszterelnökség, Nemzetpolitikai Államtitkárság Bethlen Gábor Alap

Local organisers

German Minority in Denmark

German Minority in Denmark

 

Sinti and Roma Organisation

Sinti and Roma Organisation

 

North Frisian Minority Association

North Frisian Minority Association

 

Danish minority in Germany

Danish minority in Germany

Local sponsors

Select

Select

 

Union Bank

Union Bank

 

Rohde Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH

Rohde Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH

 

Flensborg Avis

Flensborg Avis

 

Der Nordschleswiger

Der Nordschleswiger

 

Na Logo

Na Logo

 

Hotel des Nordens

Hotel des Nordens

 

Hudl

Hudl

 

hpo Steuerberater

hpo Steuerberater

 

Strandet

Strandet

 

Naturgeflüster

Naturgeflüster

 

Flensburger Brauerei

Flensburger Brauerei

 

Knipskasten Flensburg

Knipskasten Flensburg

 

Phono Flensburg

Phono Flensburg