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| Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz | |
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| Formation | March 14, 1880; 144 years ago (1880-03-14) |
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| Purpose | Humanitarian Aid |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
Region |  Austria |
President | Gerald Schöpfer |
Main organ | General Assembly |
Parent organization | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| Website | www |
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:
By far, most staff members are volunteers (about 74.000 in 2018), but there are professional employees as well as drafted Zivildiener, which are conscientious objectors forced to serve up to nine months time in medical service, instead of military service.[1]
The organisation persists of nine 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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