The group was founded in 1981 and is an integral partner organization of the EOUV (Erster Österreichischer Unterstützungsverein or First Austrian Mutual Aid Society). The choir has performed extensively at the EOUV facility on Pekin Rd. in Geauga County, across Northeast Ohio, and out-of-town. Highlights include participation in Cleveland’s Bicentennial celebration in 1996; singing the Mass (attended by the Austrian Ambassador to the United States and celebrated by Cardinal James Hickey) for the dedication of the Austrian shrine to the Blessed Virgin in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. in 1992; and performance tours of Austria, Slovenia and Italy in 1994 and 1999. The Heimatchor has also enjoyed singing German Masses and for special events at St. Stephen Catholic Church on Cleveland’s Near West side for over twenty-five years.