Austrian Red Cross
| Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz | |
| Formation | March 14, 1880 |
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| Purpose | Humanitarian Aid |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
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Region
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Austria |
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President
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Gerald Schöpfer |
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Main organ
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General Assembly |
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Parent organization
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| Website | https://www.roteskreuz.at/ |
The Austrian Red Cross (German: Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz, ÖRK) is the national Red Cross Organization in Austria and is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It was established on March 14, 1880 by Doctor Adam Lichtenheld of the Vienna General Hospital and is the biggest aid agency in the country.
Its duties contain:
Most employees are volunteers. In the year 2004, 45.000 employees were counted.
The organisation persists of 9 subordinate national organisations, all are their own entities but are bound to the basic principles of the Austrian Red Cross. This has historical reasons, the national organisation originated out of many small, local aid organisations.
These consist of totally 142 district offices and 956 local offices.
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