Andreas Hörtnagl

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Andreas Hörtnagl (born November 28, 1942 in Matrei am Brenner ) is an Austrian politician .

Life

Andreas Hörtnagl was mayor of Gries am Brenner from 1980 to 1992 .

Hörtnagl became known through his conflict with his predecessor Jakob Strickner, who had boasted in the German magazine Bunte that he had helped Josef Mengele to flee to Italy via the so-called " rat line ". Mayor Hörtnagl was ashamed of his predecessor's behavior and apologized to the Holocaust survivors. Strickner sued him for defamation, but was unsuccessful in court.

In 1990, after the civil war in Romania and the collapse of communism in Europe, the municipality of Gries am Brenner was the only municipality in Austria to accept 113 asylum seekers from 7 nations. The majority of these former asylum seekers are now Austrian citizens.

In 1991, Andreas Hörtnagl, in cooperation with Bishop Reinhold Stecher, founded the first community, L'Arche, for the disabled and non-disabled in Austria , based on Christian charity . Houses of this facility can be found today in several communities in the Wipptal.

In 1992 he founded the memorial service association with Andreas Maislinger and Walter Guggenberger , thereby enabling young Austrians to work in foreign Holocaust memorials. Since 2000 he has been deputy chairman of the Austrian Foreign Service Association .

In 2016, Andreas Hörtnagl, as former mayor, was identified by the police in forging 512 copied ballot papers from a citizen survey on the refugee home in Gries am Brenner. With his forgery, he wanted to get the citizens' survey to speak out against an upper limit for the occupancy of the asylum home.

Awards

In 1991 the University of Innsbruck awarded him the “University Medal of Honor” for his commitment and the Innsbruck Diocese in 1995 with the “Silver Medal of Honor”. The state of Tyrol honored him with the Merit Medal in 2005 and the State's Cross of Merit in 2010 . In 2012 he received the Golden Merit of the Republic of Austria from Federal President Heinz Fischer.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the case of a public survey, voting slip copied. In: tirol.orf.at. Retrieved May 15, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Hörtnagl, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP)
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Matrei am Brenner