On 18 May 2025, the 2nd oldtimer ride of the Order of St. George took place, with seven fearless oldtimer owners resisting the weather conditions.
On 9 May 2025, numerous Dames, Knights and guests of the Order of St. George gathered at the Martin Pasler winery for the 2nd cigar evening.
On 26 April 2025, around 300 members of the Order and guests gathered in Bratislava for the Grand Order Convent.
Find here impressions of the various programme points around the Order Convent on 26 April 2025.
On April 23, 2025, former Governor Univ. Prof. Dr. Franz Schausberger received the “Golden Commander’s Cross with the Star of the Decoration of Honor for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria”.
Procurator Baron Vinzenz von Stimpfl-Abele and Order Knight Stephan Baier had a talk with Archduke Ferdinand which was published as a feature in ‘Die Tagespost’ on 17 April 2025.
The meeting of the Commandery Europaregion Tirol took place on 8 April 2025 and focused on the planned activities for this year.
The Commandery Vorarlberg und Schweiz dealt with this question at its meeting on 3 April 2025 in Zurich.
On Wednesday evening, 2 April 2025, numerous Dames, Knights and invited guests gathered in the Order Residence for a special evening under the motto: ‘What do others not tell me?’
‘Completing Otto von Habsburg’s legacy: creating a European foreign policy and security strategy!’ was the title of an event hosted by the Commandery Wiesbaden/Nassau in Berlin on 27 March 2025.
On Tuesday, 25 March 2025, Commander HR Dieter Tischler, together with his two Vice Commanders Mag. Thomas Grandits and Mst. Erich Kettner, invited to a lecture by our Honorary Knight, Club Chairman Ing. Norbert Hofer, to Bernstein in Burgenland.
On 15 March 2025, our Grand Master was a guest at the ‘Salon Salomon’, where he analysed current political issues and gave very personal insights into his life.
Our Honorary Dame Univ. Prof. Dr. Verica Trstenjak was appointed Vice-President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts at the beginning of March 2025.
Our procurator Baron Vinzenz von Stimpfl-Abele has written an essay entitled ‘Ein Dolchstoß, der keine Legende ist’, which was published in the issue on 6 March 2025 of ‘Die Tagespost’
The main focus of the event on 27 February 2025 was on a keynote speech by our procurator and a guest lecture by Dr. phil. Beáta Katrebová Blehová on Slovakia and Austria during the Cold War.
A meeting of the Commandery Burgenland took place on 26 February 2025 in the Naglreiter restaurant.
On 25 February 2025, Commander Mag. Joachim Zimmel and Vice Commander Mag. Dipl.-Ing. Georg Donaubauer welcomed the Managing Director of Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs GmbH (RTR), Mag. Wolfgang Struber.
The joy of our Commander DI Dr. Wilhelm von Zitzewitz about the high interest in the evening event on 22 February 2025 was clearly noticeable.
was examined at a discussion event entitled ‘EU versus USA – threats and opportunities under Donald Trump’ on 20 February 2025.
On February 13th and 14th, the Order of St. George organised a pilgrimage to Rome, in the spirit of the Holy Year 2025.
On 29 January 2025, the first Cross-Commandery event on the topic of ‘The European Union – A Project of Hope or a Hopeless Case?’ took place at the Order Residence.
On Wednesday 22 January 2025, the Commandery Wien-Schloss Belvedere hosted a high-calibre lecture followed by a discussion at the Order Residence in Vienna.
On 20 January, the kick-off for the Order Year 2025 for all Croatian Dames and Knights took place in Zagreb.
As in the previous year, the Commandery Burgenland hosted a New Year’s reception at the Leo Hillinger winery on 17 January 2025.
This was the title of this year’s major speech on the future of Europe by our Grand Master Karl von Habsburg, which is traditionally broadcast on 11 January.