Albert Andergassen

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Albert Andergassen (born January 10, 1925 in Innsbruck ; † January 4, 1965 there ) was an Austrian engineer , builder and housing manager. One grandfather was Josef Andergassen .

Memorial plaque to Ing. Albert Andergassen

resistance

After the Anschluss in 1938, several Tyrolean youth leaders from the former Austrian youth associations founded the legitimist resistance group Freedom Austria or Forget-Me-Not-Not . The aim was to register all young men capable of arms for a planned, armed resistance and for the establishment of an Austrian monarchy under Otto von Habsburg .

The student Albert Andergassen was a member of this resistance group. There were regular meetings of the group in the members' private homes and on camouflaged excursions.

Some of the resistance fighters were arrested by the Gestapo in early October 1938 and in July 1939 . Even so, the members continued to meet. A forget-me-not served as a sign and identification mark for the group .

Construction projects

In the immediate post-war period, the misery of refugees and the need for living space were particularly great, which is why the Apostolic Administrator (of the diocese of Brixen) of Innsbruck-Feldkirch, and later first diocesan bishop of the newly founded diocese of Innsbruck, Paulus Rusch, got involved in the implementation of housing projects. Rusch was particularly committed to ensuring that the church's own building sites could be made available to settlers as inexpensive leases. Under his aegis, therefore, the slogan worship is construction work .

Rusch's church-political perspective, which is very open, was particularly evident in the social shepherd's letter of the Austrian bishops from 1956, in which he tried to establish a connection to socialism and its political representatives.

Albert Andergassen was the organizer and commissioner of all of the bishop's building projects, and he was convinced that building a church needed more than a simple master builder. Therefore, he opened his own planning office and got involved politically and socially.

Andergassen was the initiator and board member of the non-profit building and settlement cooperative Peace and head of the non-profit housing and settlement society Schönere Zukunft .

The Völser PAX settlement - at the inauguration of which Federal Chancellor Julius Raab was present - and the Holy Year settlement emerged under Andergassen's leadership .

The parish church of Wilten West and the parish church of the Good Shepherd were also built under his building supervision and financial responsibility .

Albert Andergassen was the initiator of the Lake Völser project , whose vision was to rebuild Lake Völser from the era of Emperor Maximilian I as part of a large residential complex. The project could not be implemented for many reasons. After Andergassen's death, the residential complex was built without a lake. Today's Völsersee settlement not far from Innsbruck airport is one of the most densely populated settlement areas in the metropolitan area of ​​the Tyrolean capital , along with the Olympic Village .

UNHCR

When the Hungarian uprising broke out in 1956 and refugees sought protection in Austria, Andergassen acted as the UNHCR refugee officer and took on responsibility for creating refugee accommodation. Thanks to the support of Norwegian donations, the former Hotel Wiesenhof in Gnadenwald was bought under his leadership and converted into a Hungarian school with boarding school.

engagement

Andergassen ran in the constituency of Innsbruck-Stadt for the Austrian People's Party in the state elections in 1953 and 1961.

He headed the Austrian Catholic Labor Movement as 2nd chairman from 1953 to 1956, and previously acted as provisional chairman of the Innsbruck diocese when it was re-established in April 1951 in Attnang-Puchheim .

Andergassen organized church trips to southern Germany and Switzerland, during which he made contact with the building order Father Werenfried van Straaten and Father Johannes Leppich .

souvenir

Despite his idealism, Albert Andergassen failed because of professional and personal problems; he died shortly before his 40th birthday in Innsbruck.

Posthumously honoring his achievements, a place in Neu-Rum and a street in Fiè were dedicated to him.

swell

  • Institute for Contemporary History, Munich [ed.]. Zarusky, Jürgen / Mehringer, Hartmut [arr.]: Resistance as "high treason" 1933–1945. The proceedings against German Reich citizens before the Reich Court, the People's Court and the Reich Court Martial. Munich: Saur, [o. J.]
  • Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance [ed.]: Resistance and persecution in Tyrol 1934–1945. A documentation. 2 vol. Vienna: 1984. p. 496ff.
  • Andergassen, Albert: Holy Year settlement and "Tyrolean building block plan". In: Caritas of the Apostolic Administration Innsbruck [Hrsg.]: Housing is cathedral building. From the work of Caritas in 1950. The Holy Year settlement. [Innsbruck]: [1950]. Pp. 11-15
  • Ballot. Tyrolean state election 1953. Constituency Innsbruck-Stadt. Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). [...] 16. Albert Andergassen. Housing cooperative officer, Innsbruck city. Innsbruck City Archives
  • Ballot for the Tyrolean state elections on October 22, 1961. Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Innsbruck constituency. [...] 8. Ing. Albert Andergassen. Private employee, Innsbruck. Innsbruck City Archives
  • Nayer, M .: Ing.Albert Andergassen †. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper. 6.1965 = Jan. 9, 1965. p. 3
  • Obituaries. Ing.Albert Andergassen. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper. 6.1965 = Jan. 9, 1965. p. 17
  • Memories of Ing.Andergassen. [...] And where is the lake? In: Tyrolean daily newspaper. 209.1973 = Sept. 16, 1973. p. 3.
  • Ing.Albert-Andergassen-Strasse. In: Völser Gemeinde newspaper. 9.1993 = Sept. 1993. p. 13

literature

  • Caritas of the Apostolic Administration Innsbruck [Hrsg.]: Housing is cathedral building. From the work of Caritas in 1950. The Holy Year settlement. [Innsbruck]: [1950]
  • Norbert Möller: Modern church building in the Innsbruck area since 1945. Publ. City Archives. New episode. Vol. 14. Innsbruck: Stadtmagistrat, 1983
  • Tiroler Gemeinnützige Wohnungsbau- und SiedlungsgesmbH. [Hrsg.]: Festschrift 40 years of construction activity in the service of our country. [Innsbruck]: [1989]
  • Lugger, Klaus: Social housing. Innsbruck from 1900 until today. Innsbruck: Haymon, 1993
  • Kriegbaum, Helmut Alexander-Bernhard [Ed.]: Bishop Paulus Rusch, guard and pilot in stormy times. Memorial. Innsbruck: Church, 2004
  • Haas, Alexandra: Hungary in Tyrol. The fate of the refugees 1945–1956. Innsbr. Research on contemporary history Vol. 25. Innsbruck: Studies, 2008. S. 93ff. ISBN 978-3-7065-4486-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ People's Court Act No. 3340 of July 27, 1940. Indictment preparation for high treason. In: Institute for Contemporary History, Munich [ed.]. Zarusky, Jürgen / Mehringer, Hartmut [edit.]: Resistance as "high treason" 1933-1945. The proceedings against German Reich citizens before the Reich Court, the People's Court and the Reich Court Martial. Munich: Saur, [o. J.]
  2. ^ Caritas of the Apostolic Administration Innsbruck [Hrsg.]: Housing is cathedral building. From the work of Caritas in 1950. The Holy Year settlement. [Innsbruck]: [1950]
  3. ↑ Kriegbaum, Helmut Alexander-Bernhard [ed.]: Bishop Paulus Rusch, watchman and pilot in stormy times. Memorial. Innsbruck: Church, 2004
  4. ^ Moeller, Norbert: Modern church building in the Innsbruck area since 1945. Publ. City Archives. New episode. Vol. 14. Innsbruck: Stadtmagistrat, 1983. P. 138f.
  5. ↑ Non-profit building and settlement cooperative peace registered cooperative with limited liability. Retrieved March 24, 2018
  6. ↑ Non-profit housing and settlement company Schönere Zukunft Ges.mbH Accessed on March 24, 2018
  7. ^ Nayer, M .: Ing. Albert Andergassen †. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper. 6.1965 = Jan. 9, 1965. p. 3
  8. ^ Andergassen, Albert: Holy Year settlement and "Tyrolean building block plan". In: Caritas of the Apostolic Administration Innsbruck [Hrsg.]: Housing is cathedral building. From the work of Caritas in 1950. The Holy Year settlement. [Innsbruck]: [1950]
  9. ↑ Moeller, Norbert. ... p. 138f.
  10. ↑ Nayer, M. ... p. 3f.
  11. ^ Memories of Ing.Andergassen. [...] And where is the lake? In: Tyrolean daily newspaper. 209.1973 = Sept. 16, 1973. p. 3.
  12. ^ Ing.Albert -Andergassen-Straße. In: Völser Gemeinde newspaper. 9.1993 = Sept. 1993. p. 13
  13. ↑ Nayer, M. ... p. 3f.
  14. ^ Haas, Alexandra: Hungary in Tyrol. Refugee fates 1945-1956. Innsbr. Research on contemporary history Vol. 25. Innsbruck: Studies, 2008. S. 93ff.
  15. ^ Ballot papers. Tyrolean state election 1953. Constituency Innsbruck-Stadt. Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). [...] 16. Albert Andergassen. Housing cooperative officer, Innsbruck city. Innsbruck City Archives
  16. ^ Ballot papers for the Tyrolean state elections on October 22, 1961. Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Innsbruck constituency. [...] 8. Ing. Albert Andergassen. Private employee, Innsbruck. Innsbruck City Archives
  17. ↑ Catholic Workers Movement Austria. 4. Overview table of the chairmen and important companions. Retrieved March 24, 2018
  18. ↑ Moeller, Norbert. ... p. 138f.
  19. ↑ Obituaries Ing. Albert Andergassen. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper. 6.1965 = Jan. 9, 1965. p. 17
  20. ^ Ing.Albert -Andergassen-Straße. In: Völser Gemeinde newspaper. 9.1993 = Sept. 1993. p. 13
personal data
SURNAME Andergassen, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian engineer, master builder and housing manager
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1965
Place of death innsbruck