Adolf Hämmerle

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Adolf Hämmerle (born March 20, 1881 in Lustenau , † May 16, 1971 in Dornbirn ) was an Austrian politician ( CS ) and embroidery manufacturer. From 1923 to 1931 he was a member of the Vorarlberg state parliament and from 1936 to 1938 a member of the Vorarlberg state government .

education and profession

After attending elementary school, from 1894 Hämmerle worked as a hand threading machine on the hand embroidery machine of the teacher Konrad Hämmerle, and in 1895 he became an errand boy in the Ferggerei of Rupert Hofer. He then worked between 1896 and 1902 in Agnes Fischer's fergerei factory in Wolfurt and was subsequently in the military between 1902 and 1905. He completed his recruit training with the 4th Regiment of the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger in Salzburg, then worked as a trainer and led the officers' mess for two years. After retiring from the military, he worked for the St. Gallen company J. Einstein in 1905 and seven months later for Reichenbach & Co in St. Gallen. In 1906 he founded his own manufacturing business in his parents' house, and in 1910 he participated in the establishment of the Hefel & Co lace factory in Schwarzach. He spent the years of the First World War between 1914 and 1918 in military service and in 1918 dared to start over in the embroidery industry. He was the owner of the First Austrian Film Printing Company from 1927 to 1938, although in 1940 his business license was withdrawn by the National Socialists. In 1945 his company was able to resume work.

Politics and functions

Hämmerle was a member of the Christian Social Party and represented his party from 1919 to 1933 in the municipal council of Lustenau. Between 1924 and 1929 he also held the office of Vice Mayor. He was a member of the Vorarlberg state parliament from November 6, 1923 to December 3, 1931 and served in the Vorarlberg state government during the period of Austro-Fascism from February 1, 1936 to March 12, 1938 as a state councilor for industrial facilities, unemployment welfare and customs. He was therefore arrested by the National Socialists on September 4, 1938 in Vienna and imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp until April 1940 .

Hämmerle was a member or honorary member of numerous music, singing and sports clubs, the shooting guild, the fire brigade and the church council. He was also a member of the Association of the Vorarlberger Embroidery Industry, a member of the VKW supervisory board, an assessor in commercial matters at the Dornbirn District Court and a member of the Vorarlberg publishing house Dornbirn.

Private

Hämmerle married Karolina Ritter in Lustenau on February 3, 1913 and remained childless throughout his life.

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  1. ↑ AAS 50 (1958), n.10, p. 502.
personal data
SURNAME Hämmerle, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (CS), member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Lustenau
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1971
Place of death Dornbirn