Adrian Zach
Adrian Lambert Zach (born September 14, 1845 in Stallek , Znojmo district , Moravia ; † April 4, 1916 in Geras , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian politician ( Christian Social Party ) and religious . He was a member of the Austrian House of Representatives and Abbot of the Geras Abbey .
Education and ecclesiastical career
Zach was born the son of the farmer Johann Zach. He attended elementary school in his native Stallek and then completed a year in secondary school and between 1858 and 1865 the high school in Znojmo. As a result, he continued his education between 1865 and 1866 at the grammar schools in Brno and between 1866 and 1867 in Krems . Zach attended the seminary in Brno from 1867 to 1869 and entered Geras Abbey in 1869. He continued his training in the seminary between 1870 and 1872 in St. Pölten and was ordained a priest in 1873.
In 1872 Zach held the position of forest master in the Geras Abbey, and in 1873 he became a cooperator of the Abbey Parish. In 1879 he took over the position of parish administrator in Göpfritz an der Wild , in April 1884 he moved to Nondorf an der Wild and that same month to Kirchberg an der Wild . In 1889 he was elected abbot of Geras Abbey.
Politics and functions
Zach became Vice President of the Horn Agricultural District Association in 1893 and assumed the role of President in 1906. From 1906 to 1916 he was vice-president of the regional fruit-growing association for Lower Austria and until 1916 chairman of the supervisory board of the savings and loan association for Geras and the surrounding area. In 1898 he was one of the founders of the Christian Social Association in Geras and the surrounding area, and Zach also served as its chairman. In addition, Zach was chairman of the Geras district poor council, member of the Horn district school council and member of the state school council of Lower Austria.
Zach ran for the Christian Social Party in the 1907 Reichsrat election in constituency 58 and was able to prevail with 62 percent in the first ballot. He belonged to the House of Representatives of the Reichsrat in the XI. Legislative period between June 17, 1907 and March 30, 1911 and was a member of the Christian Social Association.
Awards
- Honorary citizen of the communities Drosendorf , Altstadt-Drosendorf , Frohnsberg , Geras , Oberhöflein , Kottaun , Langau , Thumriß , Weitersfeld , Heufurth , Pleissing , Waschbach , Goggitsch and Fratting
- Commander of the Franz Joseph Order
- His Majesty's Council
- Honorary member of the Catholic student association KÖStV Nibelungia Vienna
literature
- Franz Adlgasser: The members of the Austrian central parliaments 1848–1918. Constituent Reichstag 1848–1849. Reichsrat 1861–1918. A biographical lexicon. Volume 2: A – L. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna 2014, p. 1444
- Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A Biographical-Statistical Handbook, 1907-1913, XI. Legislative period (XVIII session). Wiener Verlag, Vienna, Leipzig 1907
- Abbot Adrian Zach † .. In: Reichspost , April 5, 1916, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zach, Adrian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zach, Adrian Lambert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (Christian Social Party) and religious |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stallek , Znojmo District , Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1916 |
| Place of death | Geras , Lower Austria |