In the course of the national struggle of the late 19th century the school associations developed to an important tool for implementing national policy aims. One of these associations was the "Deutsche Schulverein" (founded: 1880). This played in Carinthia, but also in other crown lands during the national confrontation an increasingly important role. Its cultural and education policy activities concentrated on all of Carinthia, but that special attention was paid to the mixed-language area. Its aim was the expansion of the germanness and the repression of the Slovenian nationality in the mixedlanguage area. To this end, he built a dense network of local groups and promoted activities that serve its objectives. Under the pressure of Georg Ritter von Schönerer "Schulverein für Deutsche" it radicalized around the turn of the century. Now he worked vehemently against anything Slovenian in school and education.