Europe in a time of multiple crisis
…was the theme of the 2024 year-end event, which took place on 28 November at the Vienna Broadcast and Media Studios in a proven manner.
2024
Mulled wine for charity
The Commandery Burgenland was represented on two weekends in December with a punch hut at the Christmas market in Halbturn Castle to collect donations for the needy in Burgenland.
A statesman with political compass
On the occasion of the 150th birthday of Sir Winston Churchill, an article by our Honorary Knight Lord Alan Watson of Richmond was published in ‘Die Tagespost’.
SECI and the Order of St. George continue their humanitarian mission in the Kharkiv region
The Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, supported by our Order, returned to the Kharkiv region in November 2024 to provide urgently needed humanitarian aid.
Herald the start of the Advent season in Anif
The last Commandery meeting of the year on 23 November 2024 was dedicated to the European idea, to which the House of Habsburg, with its centuries-old tradition, remains closely linked.
History in Heiligenkreuz monastery and commemoration in Mayerling
On 21 November 2024, a meeting of the Delegation Niederösterreich – Wienerwald took place in the Cistercian monastery of Heiligenkreuz.
Ice stock sport
With the first cold temperatures, the Knights and Dames of the Order competed against each other in the annual ice stock competition on 14 November 2024.
Symposium ‘Courage for Responsibility’
On 13 November 2024 a high-profile event by the Dutch Commandery took place in Utrecht under the title ‘Courage for Responsibility – Towards a Safe and Hopeful Future ’.
Direct democracy through the ages
On 11 November 2024, the Commandery Wien-Schönbrunn hosted a keynote speech by our Honorary Knight former Vice-Chancellor Mag. Herbert Haupt.
High honour for our Procurator
On 6 November 2024 our Procurator Baron Vinzenz von Stimpfl-Abele was awarded the Golden Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria.