Alois Karisch

Alois Karisch (born November 26, 1901 in Jakling , Carinthia , † February 25, 1986 ) was an Austrian politician ( CS / VF / ÖVP ).

Life

Karisch was born into a family of innkeepers. He attended high school in St. Paul and Klagenfurt and then became secretary of the Christian Social Party in Carinthia. He also studied law at the University of Vienna and the University of Graz and then worked at courts in Klagenfurt and Villach . After Karisch held a leading position in the Fatherland Front, he was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp after the National Socialists came to power and was banned from the district. He was a sympathizer of the anti-fascist freedom movement in Austria founded in 1941 .

After the end of the Second World War, Karisch took over the office of district captain of Wolfsberg and, after the first state election in the 2nd republic, moved to the state government as regional councilor for construction. One of his most urgent tasks was repairing the infrastructure and buildings damaged by air strikes. From November 7, 1949, Karisch also represented the ÖVP in the state parliament. Due to his knowledge of southern Carinthia, Karisch was also sent to London to negotiate the state treaty . Karisch belonged to the state governments Piesch IV and Wedenig I , II , III and IV and left the state government on June 1, 1956. He was a member of the Carinthian state parliament until March 30, 1960. Professionally, he returned to Wolfsberg as district captain. He held this position until his retirement in 1966.

Karisch was married to Maria Friedl Auinger and had two sons. His wife died in 1954.

honors and awards

• Real councilor
• Large silver medal for services to the Republic of Austria
• Gold medal for services to the state of Carinthia
• Honorary citizenship of the Preitenegg community (1967)

literature

• Anton Kreuzer : Carinthian. Biographical sketches. 18.-20. Century. Kärntner Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Klagenfurt 1996, ISBN 3-85391-139-0 .