In 976 Karantanien and some other south-eastern territories of the Kingdom
of Germany, which till then had been dependent of Bavaria, were organized
into a separate Duchy of Kärnten, which, in 1335, became part of the Habsburg
possessions.
In 1849 Kärnten, which since 1804 had been governed as part of the Kingdom
of Illyria (1), was made a separate Kronland of the Austrian Monarchy,
enjoying a certain degree of selfgovernment after 1860/1861.
(1) The Kingdom of Illyria was one of the Habsburg possessions
which existed from 1816 to 1849, when it was broken up.
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HEADS OF STATE
Dukes
Herzöge
House of Habsburg - Lothringen
(ruled since 1780)
1804 - 1918 The Emperors of Austria
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IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATORS
Landespräsidenten
1870 - 1872 Alois, Freiherr von Ceschi a Santa Croce
1873 - 1880 Kaspar, Graf von Lodron-Laterano 1815 - 1895
1880 - 1897 Franz, Freiherr von Schmidt-Zabiérow 1826 - 1899
1897 - 1903 Otto, Ritter Fraydt von Fraydenegg 1851 - 1939
1903 - 1912 Robert, Freiherr von Hein
1912 - 1915 Alfred, Freiherr von Fries-Skene 1870 - 1947
1915 - 1918 Karl, Graf von Lodron-Laterano
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HEADS OF THE LAND GOVERNMENT
Landeshauptleute
1861 - 1876 Johan Anton, Graf von Goëss 1816 - 1883
1876 - 1884 Johann Stieger
1884 - 1897 Joseph Erwein 1818 - 1909
1897 - 1909 Zeno Vinzenz, Graf von Goëss 1846 - 1911
1909 - 1918 Leopold, Freiherr von Aichelburg-Labia 1853 - 1926
AUSTRIAN LAND KÄRNTEN
In 1918 Habsburg rule came to an end and Kärnten became a Land of the new
Austrian Republic. (2)
(2) In this period much of the Carinthian territory - including
the capital Klagenfurt - was occupied by Yugoslav troops.
Following the peace Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of 1919
some minor parts of the land were immediately ceded to Yugoslavia.
Other parts - including Klagenfurt - remained partly occupied
by Yugoslav forces until 1920, when, as result of a plebicite
they were returned to Kärnten.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Land Administrator
Landesverweser
1918 - 1921 Arthur Lemisch 1865 - 1953
Landeshauptleute
1921 - 1923 Florian Gröger 1871 - 1927
1923 - 1927 Vinzenz Schumy 1878 - 1962
1927 - 1931 Arthur Lemisch s.a.
1931 - 1934 Ferdinand Kernmaier
1934 Silvester Leer*
1934 - 1936 Ludwig Hülgerth 1875 - 1939
1936 - 1938 Arnold Sucher
After the annexation of Austria to Germany, Kärnten continued to exist as a
Land until 1939 when it was reorganized firstly as a Gau of the Ostmark and
later in 1940, as a Reichsgau, directly subordinated to the German central
government. (3)
(3) The Gau also comprized the eastern part of Tirol
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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
Reichsstatthalter
1940 - 1941 Franz Kutschera* 1904 - 1944
1941 - 1945 Friedrich "Friedl" Rainer (4) 1903 - 1947
(4) From 1941 to 1945 also Chef der Zivilverwaltung / Head
of the Civil Government of Unterkärnten und Oberkrain /
Lower Carinthia and Upper Carniola, territories which
had been ceded to Yugoslavia in 1918/1919.
From 1943 to 1945 also Obersten Kommissar / Supreme
Commissioner of the Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Landeshauptleute (5)
(5) Kärnten apparently was the only Gau were the office of
Landeshauptmann, as head of the civil administration
continued to exist for some time, later being restyled
Regieringspräsident.
1938 Wladimir von Pawlowski 1891 -
1938 - 1939 Hubert Klausner 1892 - 1939
1939 - 1941 Wladimir von Pawlowski (2x)
1941 - 1945 F. Wolsegger, Regierungspräsident after 1943
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PARTY LEADERS
Gauleiter of the N.S.D.A.P. in Kärnten
1938 Franz Kutschera s.a.
1938 - 1939 Hubert Klausner
1939 - 1941 Franz Kutschera* (2x)
1941 - 1945 Friedrich "Friedl" Rainer
AUSTRIAN LAND KÄRNTEN
In 1945, after the end of German rule, the land Kärnten was immediately
restored.
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