Honorary Citizenship for Christof Zernatto: A festival of recognition in meetings!

Honorary Citizenship for Christof Zernatto: A festival of recognition in meetings!

Treffen, Österreich - The municipality of Treffen awarded honorary citizenship to the former governor Christof Zernatto on April 4, 2025. This award recognizes his many years of commitment to the population of Carinthia and his political contribution to the region. At the ceremony, Governor Peter Kaiser and governor Deputy Martin Gruber were present, among other things, who praised both Zernatto for his impressive achievements. click Carärnten reports that Emperor Zernatto's commitment to the community and the population.

Martin Gruber added that Zernatto is an important source of inspiration for political engagement. In his acceptance speech, Zernatto himself emphasized the importance of cooperation across party borders and spoke out for a united Europe. This conviction is also reflected in his current commitment, because since 2022 he has been president of the "Europahaus Klagenfurt" association and is actively committed to EU topics in Carinthia.

political career and commitment

Christof Zernatto began his political career in his home community, where he worked as a municipal council from 1986 to 1989. He was also a district party chairman of the ÖVP and Member of the National Council. In 1991 he was elected governor of Carinthia and held this office until 1999. Zernatto received the "Great Silver Honor of Honor on Lord for the Services for the Republic of Austria".

After the end of his political career in 2002, Zernatto was devoted to new professional challenges as a management consultant. Despite his departure from active politics, he remains connected to the region and continues to initiate projects and events to support the population in Carinthia. In his speech, Mayor Klaus Glanznig praised Zernatto's quick and decisive contribution to help during the recent storm disaster, which impressively underpins his connection to the people in Carinthia.

The appointment as an honorary citizen is in a solemn framework, whereby the exact details of the ceremony and the specific motives for the honor were not specified, so ORF Kärnten . Zernatto remains a formative figure in Carinthian politics and society, whose influence on the community and the people should not be underestimated.