This year, the Austria Chamber of Agriculture, which has made a special contribution to agriculture and forestry, also awarded personalities at the summer presidential conference. So last night in Graz the former LK Styria President Franz Titschenbacher The great golden honor of the LKÖ and the SVS chairman deputy until recently Theresia Meier the great silver honorary sign. The previous Chamber Department of the LK Salzburg, Nikolaus Lienbacherand the LK Carinthia, His greateach awarded the golden sign of earnings.
Franz Titschenbacher-visionary for future-oriented economic transformation
Styrian Franz Titschenbacher has been involved in various organizations and clubs since his school days. After various rural youth and municipal council functions, he was elected as the youngest mayor of Styria, from Irdning, at the age of 29. From December 2013 to March 2025, Titschenbacher worked as LK Styria President. He also acted as the LKÖ forestry shot chairman and LKÖ Vice President. Since May 2018, he has also been the president of the Austrian Biomass Association and since 2022 as the Deputy General of the Austrian Raiffeisenverband.
“Titschenbacher can look back on a remarkable current account as President of LK Styria, which he has led over eleven years with high professional competence, great personal commitment, character strength and diplomacy. He is considered a visionary for a future-oriented transformation of the economy throughout Austria, in particular through the replacement of fossil raw materials through renewable. He is granted further training from the LKÖ the great golden honorary sign, “said LK Austria President Josef Moosbrugger his decision.
Theresia Meier – for social security for farmers
The Lower Austrian Theresia Meier started her official career in various farmers and as a state and district chamber councilor. For 15 years she worked as Vice President of the LK Lower Austria and in the meantime as chair of the LKÖ committee for legal, tax and social policy. In 2011 she began her commitment to the farmers’ social security institution (SVB), where she took over the chairman of the chairman in 2012. This skill led her until the SVB’s merger with the SVA to the SVS in 2020, in which she then acted as a chairman of the chairman until January 2025.
“Theresia Meier was characterized early on by her committed appearance for the concerns of the farmers. Whether in the farmers’ organization, in the LK or social security-she was significantly involved in the design and improvement of the economic framework and social security of the rural professional group. Also helpful educational offers and measures to raise the peasant image were always special for her. We want to thank farmers and hand over the large silver honor of the LKÖ, “emphasized LKÖ President Moosbrugger.
Nikolaus Lienbacher – committed to rural entrepreneurship and property rights
Nikolaus Lienbacher from Hallein began his professional career as a forest reference in the LK Salzburg and rose to the Chamber Office Director in 1998. He made the chamber a modern, future and sustainability-oriented service company.
“Lienbacher has always been committed to strengthening the rural entrepreneurship and the protection of farming rights and also written about this topic in several books. Moosbrugger, when the LKÖ’s gold earnings are presented, appreciatively to Nikolaus Lienbacher.
Hans Mikl – professionally accomplished bridge builders and reformers
Hans Mikl, born in Villach, started his LK Carinthia career after working with the KIS control information system in 1997 as a regional and Interreg consultant. After advisory activities abroad and nine years as a coach of the seminar series ‘Peasant family business’, Mikl rose to the Chamber Office Director of the LK Carinthia in 2010. He successfully held this function over 15 years and was also involved in cooperative.
“Hans Mikl has modernized the LK Carinthia with a lot of commitment and expertise and is managed by crises such as Corona in the interests of the farmers. He is considered innovative, open -minded and sustainability -oriented. As a proud representative of the Slovenian ethnic group, everyone also knows him as a committed bridge builder between people and cultures. His high personal commitment, its professionalism and its vision have a positive Minted and helped many, “underlined Moosbrugger at the awarding of the golden sign of earnings to Hans Mikl.