Alois Wuehrer

Alois Wührer (born September 4, 1906 in Kirchdorf am Inn , † November 22, 1981 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and farmer. From 1953 to 1966 he was a member of the Austrian National Council and mayor of Kirchdorf am Inn.

education and profession

After primary school, Wührer attended commercial school and from 1923 to 1925 he graduated from the Ritzlhof agricultural school. He attended dairy farming courses at the dairy school in Wolfpassing and worked as a dairy manager in Mauerkirchen and Geinberg . Between 1926 and 1929 he was an intern on the farm of the Danish President of Agriculture and from 1929 to 1943 he was head of the dairy cooperative Eferding . He had previously taken over his parents' farm in 1941. From 1948 to 1979 he was chairman of the Geinberg dairy cooperative, from 1948 to 1979 member of the board of the Schärdinger dairy association and from 1955 to 1981 member of the board of the Raiffeisenverband Oberösterreich. He was also a member of the management board and most recently chairman of the supervisory board of Volksbank Altheim.

politics

Wührer joined the NSDAP on May 1, 1938 . The historian Michael Wladika suspects that Wührer was “illegal” because of his membership number 6,301,188 . After the Second World War, Wührer was involved as district chairman of the ÖVP farmers 'union in Obernberg am Inn from 1948 to 1950 and was chairman of the Ried im Innkreis farmers' chamber from 1949 to 1953 . He held the office of mayor of Kirchdorf am Inn from October 23, 1955 to October 21, 1973 and was a member of the National Council from March 18, 1953 to March 30, 1966. Furthermore, from 1960 to 1973 he again held the office of district chairman of the ÖVP farmers' union in Obernberg am Inn.

Awards

Silver Raiffeisen plaque (1960)
Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1966)
Golden Raiffeisen plaque (1971)
Gold Medal of Honor of the Cooperative Association
Honorary citizen of Kirchdorf am Inn

literature

Harry Slapnicka : Upper Austria - The political leadership from 1945. (Contributions to the contemporary history of Upper Austria), Linz 1989

Web links

Biography of Alois Wührer on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Alois Wührer on the website of the Austrian Parliament

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Wladika : On the representation of politicians and mandataries with a Nazi past in the Austrian People's Party 1945–1980. A group biographical study. Research project on behalf of the Karl von Vogelsang Institute. Vienna 2018, p. 144 ( PDF ).

personal data
SURNAME	Wührer, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian farmer and politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH	4th September 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kirchdorf am Inn (Upper Austria)
DATE OF DEATH	November 22, 1981
Place of death	Salzburg

[1] Michael Wladika : On the representation of politicians and mandataries with a Nazi past in the Austrian People's Party 1945–1980. A group biographical study. Research project on behalf of the Karl von Vogelsang Institute. Vienna 2018, p. 144 ( PDF ).