Emil Kuntner

Tomb at the Mödlinger Friedhof

Emil Kuntner (born May 31, 1902 in Breitenlee ; † April 12, 1999 in Mödling ) was an Austrian principal school director and politician ( SPÖ ). Kuntner was regional councilor in the Lower Austrian regional government from 1960 to 1969 .

Life

Emil Kuntner attended elementary school in Breitenlee and secondary school in Hirschstetten . He then graduated from the Vienna- Stadlau Citizens' School and graduated from the teacher training college in Wiener Neustadt . Then from 1922 Kuntner worked as a primary school teacher in Ringelsdorf , Hohenau an der March and Rabensburg before teaching as a secondary school teacher in Hohenau and Bruck an der Leitha.

Kuntner was a local councilor in Hohenau from 1930 to 1934 and was arrested and forced into retirement in 1934 after the February fighting in the Austrian civil war was suppressed . In the same year, however, Kuntner was reactivated into active school service, and he was transferred to Bruck an der Leitha , where he taught until 1949. He did his military service from 1941 to 1946, and at the end of the war he was taken prisoner by the Americans. In 1949, Kuntner moved to Hohenau as a teacher and became vice mayor of the community in 1950. Between 1951 and 1967 he held the office of principal school director of Hohenau and was also mayor between 1954 and 1967. He represented the SPÖ between November 10, 1954 and November 23, 1964 in the state parliament and he was also curator of the Landes-Hypothekenanstalt for Lower Austria from 1957 to 1960, was active in the teacher suggestion committee and was a member of the NIOGAS supervisory board . Kuntner was sworn in on October 13, 1960 as a member of the Lower Austrian provincial government, of which he was a member until July 19, 1969.

Kuntner died in Mödling, where he was also buried.

Awards

1960: Silver Commander's Cross with the Star of Honor for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria
After Kuntner's death, Hauptschule 1 in Hohenau was named Hauptschule 1 Emil Kuntner.

Individual evidence

↑ Lower Austria honors leading men . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 24, 1960, p. 4 , middle ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

Web links

Emil Kuntner on the website of the Landtag of Lower Austria

personal data
SURNAME	Kuntner, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian principal school director and politician (SPÖ), member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	May 31, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Breitenlee
DATE OF DEATH	April 12, 1999
Place of death	Mödling

[1] Lower Austria honors leading men . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 24, 1960, p. 4 , middle ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).