South Tyrolean Homeland Federation

Political party in Italy

South Tyrolean Homeland Federation

Südtiroler Heimatbund

Leader| Roland Lang
Founded| 9 February 1974
Merged into| Union for South Tyrol
Ideology| Regionalism
German minority interests
Website
http://www.suedtiroler-freiheitskampf.net/

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The South Tyrolean Homeland Federation (German: Südtiroler Heimatbund, SHB) is a political organisation active in South Tyrol.

The party was established in 1974. It won 4.2% in the 1983 general election, when it ran as Election Association of Homeland Federation (Wahlverband des Heimatbundes), and 2.6% in the 1983 provincial election, enough for granting Eva Klotz a seat in the Provincial Council. In 1988 the party obtained 2.3% and Klotz was re-elected to the council. In 1989 a majority of the party merged with the Freedom Party of South Tyrol of Gerold Meraner (1.4% in 1988) and conservative splinters from the South Tyrolean People's Party led by Alfons Benedikter to form Union for South Tyrol.[1][2]

Hans Stieler was the party's chairman from 1974 to 1990. He was succeeded by Sepp Mitterhofer (1990–2011) and Roland Lang (since 2011).[3] The SHB has a federal committee, a federal management and a district representative in each district of South Tyrol.[4] In 2007 the SHB was instrumental in the foundation of South Tyrolean Freedom (STF),[5] was founding leader was Klotz. The SHB also seeks cooperation with all the parties, groups and associations in South Tyrol and Austria adopting legal means to promote the self-determination of South Tyrol, while also participating in the non-partisan Working Group for Self-determination (Arbeitsgruppe für Selbstbestimmung, ASG).[6]

## References

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1. ^ Pallaver, Günther (2007), "Südtirols politische Parteien 1945-2005" (PDF), Die Region Trentino-Südtirol im 20. Jahrhundert — 1: Politik und Institutionen (in German), pp. 609, 613
or Pallaver, Günther (2007), "I partiti politici in Alto Adige dal 1945 al 2005" (PDF), La Regione Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol nel XX secolo — I: Politica e Istituzioni (in Italian), pp. 579, 583
2. ^ [1] Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ https://www.suedtiroler-freiheitskampf.net/roland-lang-neuer-obmann-des-heimatbundes [bare URL]
4. ^ https://www.suedtiroler-freiheitskampf.net/suedtiroler-heimatbund-bundesausschuss-bestaetigt-obmann-roland-lang [bare URL]
5. ^ https://salto.bz/de/article/21022018/zwei-demokratische-fuerbitten [bare URL]
6. ^ https://suedtiroler-freiheit.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=59 [bare URL]