Barthold Stürgkh

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Barthold Stürgkh (born November 26, 1898 in Halbenrain , † June 22, 1965 in Vienna ; until 1919 Count Stürgkh ) was an Austrian farmer and politician ( CS / VF / ÖVP ).

Life

Stürgkh came from the old Austrian Count Adel sfamilie and was a nephew of the 1,916 murdered Prime Minister Count Karl Stürgkh . During the First World War he did military service as a lieutenant and then studied forestry in Munich. Between 1921 and 1931 he was mayor of the municipality of Halbenrain in southeast Styria. At the same time he was also the district leader of the Styrian Homeland Security for the Radkersburg district and helped Walter Pfrimer to flee to Yugoslavia after his putsch in 1931. Stürgkh was therefore briefly imprisoned. Later he turned to the government-loyal wing of the Styrian Home Guard around Egon Berger-Waldenegg and between 1934 and 1936 he was "Provincial Governor" (corresponds to today 's Deputy Governor ) of Styria and a leading Home Guard functionary. In the Patriotic Front he was deputy country leader.

In the Second World War , Stürgkh again took part as an officer and after his return home he joined the newly founded Styrian People's Party , which he represented in the National Council between 1949 and 1965 .

In addition to his political activities, Barthold Stürgkh was a multiple functionary in the agricultural and forestry professional representation. Since 1979 a board of trustees of agricultural and forestry organizations has awarded the “Barthold Stürgkh Prize” to people who have made special contributions to raising general understanding of agriculture and forestry .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Wiltschegg: The home guard. An irresistible popular movement? Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-486-52431-3 , p. 362.
  2. ↑ Robert Kriechbaumer (Ed.): Austria! and Front Heil! (=  Series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg . Volume 23 ). Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-205-77324-1 , p. 113 .
  3. ↑ Land and forest companies Austria award Barthold Stürgkh Prize ( Memento from September 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Stürgkh, Barthold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stürgkh, Barthold Graf (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian farmer and politician (CS, VF, ÖVP), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Halfway
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1965
Place of death Vienna