Anton Melzer (politician)
Anton Melzer (born March 6, 1898 in Wilten , Austria-Hungary ; † March 12, 1951 ) was an Austrian politician and mayor of Innsbruck from 1945 to 1951.
Live and act
Anton Melzer was born on March 6, 1898 as the son of the upholsterer Anton Melzer senior and his wife Josefine (née Martin) in Wilten, now a district of Innsbruck . During the First World War he did his military service on the Isonzo Front , where he lost his left arm in 1916. Subsequently, he visited the Vincentinum in Brixen and then entered a civil service career. The war invalid was first active in the Invalidenamt and later in the state school board. In 1935 he finally joined the Innsbruck municipal council, but lost the office after the annexation of Austria .
After he was imprisoned by the Gestapo in 1943 , he was not released until the end of World War II . Up to this point he was held in the Reichenau camp and sentenced to death. After the liberation by the Americans, questions were asked as to which of the politicians present had been sentenced to death, whereupon Melzer answered. Thereupon the then 47-year-old temporarily took over the office of mayor; Franz Greiter was appointed vice mayor. Ludwig Steiner served as his secretary between 1946 and 1948 before he entered the diplomatic service.
Subsequently, Melzer remained in office for two terms and died of exhaustion in his second term - a few days after his 53rd birthday - on March 12, 1951 . Franz Greiter, still deputy mayor, then rose to be mayor of the city of Innsbruck and remained in this office until December 11, 1956. Furthermore, Melzer acted under the state government Weißgatterer I as a member of the Tyrolean state parliament of the first legislative period (December 11, 1945 to 25 October 1949) and then under the state government of Weißgatterer II as a member of the Tyrolean state parliament of the second legislative period . When the Grauss I state government succeeded on February 27, 1951 , Melzer was no longer a member of the Tyrolean state parliament; a few days later he died.
The deeply religious Melzer was the father of eight children, held the honorary title of Hofrat and was also a leading member of the Austrian Association of Cities . In his birthplace Innsbruck-Wilten, Anton-Melzer-Straße is named after him today.
Web links
- Anton Melzer's death picture
- Innsbruck's mayor: from "Olympia-Luis" to the first woman as city boss
- Entry about Anton Melzer on the website of the Tyrolean Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in the Tiroler Bauernzeitung, June 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Melzer, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician and mayor of Innsbruck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Innsbruck - Wilten , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1951 |