Club 11920
- District 1910
- Charter number
First preparatory meeting: 10.02.1932.
Foundation: 21.09.1932.
Charter: 28.11.1932, RI Club No. 3561.
First service club in Upper Carinthia, 11th RC in
Austria, 46th RC in the former German-Austrian District 73, 3561st RC worldwide.
Charter celebration: 18.02.1933 at the Parkhotel
Villach.
Registration in the register of
associations: 01.06.1933 as „Rotary-Klub Villach“ with
No. 4719.
Family tree: RC Chicago (1905) → RC Manchester (1912) → RC Sheffield
(1919) → RC Rotherham (1921) → RC Doncaster (1922) → RC Wien (1925) → RC
Graz (1927) → RC Klagenfurt (1928) → RC Villach (1932).
District affiliation: 73 (1932-1938), 99
(1956-1957), 181 (1957-1977), 191 (1977-1991), 1910 (since 1991).
Club motto: "per tenebras ad lucem" (=
through darkness to the light).
Compulsory liquidation: 18.03.1938.
Deletion from the register of
associations: 08.12.1938.
Re-establishment: 24.03.1954.
Registration in the register of associations: 03.04.1954, No. 218969246.
Association registration authority: State Police
Headquarters Carinthia, Main Police Station Villach.
Recharter: 20.05.1954, RI Club No. 11920.
Double charter celebration with RC Spittal/Drau:
19. and 20.06.1954 at the castles Velden, Porcia and Landskron.
Sponsor club: RC Klagenfurt (founded 1928,
disbanded 1938, re-established 1950).
Club establishments: RC Bled (SLO, 1991), RC Villach-Park (2000), RC
Feldkirchen-Ossiachersee (2004), Rotaract Club (RAC) Villach (2009).
Club sponsoring: Interact Club (IAC) Villach
(2015).
Contact clubs (club partnerships): RC Bamberg
(Germany, est. 1954, jumelage 1955), RC Gorizia (Italy, est. 1948, jumelage
1958), RC Rheintal (Switzerland, est. 1951, jumelage 1959).
Granting of the right to bear a coat of arms: City of Villach (2023).
Founding Advisers & Charter Presidents:
RegR Prof. August ("Gus") Lange
(1932), Dir. Dr. Heinrich ("Heinz") Zak (1954).
Past District Governors (PDG):
KomR
Josef ("Jupp") Mahler (District 181, 1965/66),
HR Dipl.-Ing. Johann ("Hans")
Pontasch (District 191, 1982/83).
Past Assistant Governors (PAG):
HR Dipl.-Ing. Johann ("Hans")
Pontasch (Carinthia, 1985-1996),
HR Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Hansjörg Hufnagl (Upper
Carinthia, 2026-).
Past Presidents (PP):
RegR Prof. August ("Gus") Lange
(1932-1935), Bmst. Hptm. LAbg. Albert Wirth
(1935-1937), HR Dir. Prof. Arch. Franz Baumgartner (1937/38). Dir.
Dr. Heinrich ("Heinz") Zak (1954-1956), KomR Josef ("Jupp")
Mahler (1956-1958), Dr. Werner Knaus (1958/59), Ing. Hans Hechenleitner
(1959/60), Dr. Walter Görlich (1960/61), Kfm. Josef Brugger (1961/62), MedR Dr.
med. Erich Sumalvico (1962-1964), Dr. jur. Kurt Cholewa (1964/65), Dkfm. Fritz
Kassler (1965/66), DDr. Eberhard Birnbacher (1966/67), Dipl.-Ing. Carl Wilfried
Fieber (1967/68), Dr. med. Anton Clementschitsch (1968/69), Dipl.-Ing. Harald
Pehr (1969/70), GenDir. Dr. Walter Ressler (1970/71), Dir. Carl Patik
(1971/72), Dr. Heinz Filaferro (1972/73), Dr. Alfred Edler von Sallmann
(1973/74), HR Dipl.-Ing. Johann ("Hans") Pontasch (1974/75),
Gen. Dr. Rudolf Heindl (1975/76), Dr. med. Maximilian ("Max")
Scheibner (1976/77), Dr. jur. Anton ("Tonto") Gradischnig
(1977/78), Klaus Petritsch (1978/79), Dr. jur. Peter Gradischnig (1979/80),
Günther Mörtl (1980/81), Karl Grüninger (1981/82), Dr. Dietrich Birnbacher
(1982/83), DDr. Giampaolo ("Giampi") Caneppele (1983/84),
Dkfm. Dr. Helmut Ladentrog (1984/85), Dr. med. Hans Fritz (1985/86), Dkfm.
Helfried Adamik (1986/87), Bmst. Dipl.-Ing. Harald Obtresal (1987/88), Horst
Teschebull (1988/89), Dir. Walter Pirker (1989/90), Dipl.-Ing. Herwig Moritz (1990/91),
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gernot Piccottini (1991/92), Walter Schmidt
(1992/93), Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Herwig Scholz (1993/94), Prim. Dr.
med. Georg Lukeschitsch (1994/95), Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Leitner (1995/96), Ing.
Martin Laggner (1996/97), Wilhelm Weinstich (1997/98), Univ.-Prof.
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Tschernutter (1998/99), Dkfm. Dr. Helmut Wassermann
(1999/2000), KomR Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Helmut Wipfler (2000/01), LH-Stv. Dr. R. Josef
Martinz (2001/02), Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Oskar H. Seidler (2002/03), OStR Mag. Dr.
Gert Glaser (2003/04), Bmst. Dipl.-Ing. Harald Obtresal
(2004/05), Univ.-Prof. FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Herbert Grünbacher
(2005/06), Dipl.-Ing. Ingram Eusch (2006/07), Dipl.-Ing. Albrecht Seyfried
(2007/08), Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Helmut Hennefeld (2008/09), Peter Sandriesser
(2009/10), Dr. med. Peter Scheibner (2010/11), Mag. Dr. Enzo de Cillia
(2011/12), Dr. jur. Helmut Traar (2012/13), Mag. Georg R. Mayer (2013/14),
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Albrecht (2014/15), Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Christian Aigner
(2015/16), Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Cholewa (2016/17), Rektor Mag. Dr. Hubert Stotter
(2017/18), Dipl.-Ing. Erwin Smole MBA (2018/19), Georg Köferle MBA (2019/20),
Mag. Alexander ("Alex") Tischler (2020/21), FH-Prof. Dr.
Christoph Ungermanns (2021/22), Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Arch. Dieter Maurer (2022/23),
HR Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Hansjörg Hufnagl (2023/24), FH-Prof. Dr. Christoph Ungermanns
(2024/25), Mag. Alexander ("Alex") Tischler (2025/26),
Mag. André T. Hensel MSc (2026/27).
Honorary
Members (HM):
ADir.
RegR Franz Neuhold (1935), Dir. Friedrich Sommer (1935), RegR
Prof. August ("Gus") Lange (1937), Prof. Helmut
Wobisch (1976), Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Erich F. M. Lackner (1985), Dkfm.
Friedrich Streuber (2000), Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerda Fröhlich
(2003), Dr. jur. Klaus Galle (2013), OA Dr. med. Klemens Fheodoroff (2024),
Mag. Nadja Kayali
(2024).
Carinthian Laurel for voluntary merits
in Gold with diamonds: Dr. jur. Anton
("Tonto") Gradischnig (2025).
