Felix Kern

Felix Kern (born May 21, 1892 in Unterweißbach ; † October 23, 1955 in Linz ) was an Upper Austrian politician ( CS / VF / ÖVP ) and editor . He was a member of the Austrian National Council , a member of the Upper Austrian Landtag, and Provincial Councilor and Deputy Governor in the Upper Austrian Provincial Government .

education and profession

After primary school, Kern attended the Humanist State High School in Ried im Innkreis from 1903 , where he passed the Matura in 1911 and then studied law at the University of Vienna from 1912 onwards and became a member of the Catholic student association KÖStV Austria Vienna in 1913 . As a volunteer, he was called up for military service at the beginning of the First World War, where he was subsequently wounded four times while deployed in Bosnia and Dalmatia. He received several war awards and in 1918 disarmed as first lieutenant of the kk rifle regiment No. 47. He subsequently worked as the secretary of the Volksverein and was in charge of the Steyrer Zeitung from 1919 to 1922 . After that, Kern devoted himself entirely to his functions in the farmers' union and in politics.

After the National Socialists came to power, Kern was removed from office and arrested on March 13, 1938. After the end of his police custody, he was taken to Dachau concentration camp in July 1938 , where he was further imprisoned. In April 1939, after his recovery in the Munich hospital, he was transported back to Linz, where he was finally released. From August 1939 he found a job as a construction and legal clerk in the diocesan finance chamber of the Bishop's Ordinariate in Linz, but was arrested again on July 22, 1944 and imprisoned in the Linz police prison until October 17. He was then taken to the Schörgenhub camp, where he was released on December 24, 1944.

After the end of the Second World War, Kern resumed his position as director of the Upper Austrian Farmers' Union on June 22, 1945, and was also a member of the OKA's supervisory board from 1947 to 1955. Furthermore he was chairman of the supervisory board of the Schwefelbad Bad Schallerbach.

Politics and functions

Despite his young age, Kern was commissioned by Governor Hauser to reorganize the Christian Social Party in Upper Austria before the First World War. He also worked from 1912 to 1919 as an employee and secretary of the Catholic People's Association for Upper Austria. As a result, Kern succeeded in having numerous war returnees and disabled members become members of the provisional state assembly. Furthermore, he initiated the establishment of the Upper Austrian Farmers' Union. In October 1922 he took over the function of the executive secretary of the Upper Austrian Farmers' Union and rose to its director on April 21, 1923.

Kern was a member of the provisional provincial assembly of Upper Austria from November 18, 1918 to May 15, 1919 . He represented the Christian Social Party between July 2, 1925 and October 31, 1934 in the Upper Austrian Landtag ( XIII. And XIV. Electoral term ) and was also a member of the National Council from May 18, 1927 to September 30, 1931 ( III. And IV Legislative period ). Kern began his career in the state government in 1925 as Deputy State Councilor for State Councilor Max Mayer, and in 1929 he was elected to the State Council. He took over the building department in the state government and was also responsible for the school department after the resignation of District Councilor Hirsch in December 1933. Kern then led these two presentations until his impeachment on March 18, 1938.

After the Second World War, Kern was again sworn in as a member of the state parliament on December 13, 1945, and from this date he was also regional councilor and again responsible for the construction and schools department. He was a member of the state government until October 23, 1955 ( sixteenth and seventeenth legislative periods ), and from 1947 he also held the office of deputy governor.

In addition to his work in the state parliament and state government, Kern was also a member of the plenary assembly and the main committee of the Chamber of Agriculture, board member of Volkskredit Oberösterreich, regional building consultant, from 1954 deputy chairman of the Catholic press association of the diocese of Linz and president of the Volksverein for Upper Austria.

Private

Kern was married and had six children.

Awards

• Small silver medal for bravery
• Medal of bravery in bronze
• Honorary citizens of numerous Upper Austria. Communities

Web links

• Felix Kern on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Biography of Felix Kern on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .

literature

• Harry Slapnicka : Upper Austria - The political leadership. 1918 to 1938 (= contributions to the contemporary history of Upper Austria. 3). Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1976, ISBN 3-85214-163-X
• Harry Slapnicka: Upper Austria - The political leadership from 1945 (= contributions to the contemporary history of Upper Austria. 12). Oöla, Linz 1989, ISBN 3-90031-347-4 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matricula Online - Unterweissenbach, Taufen - Duplikate 1892, page 6, entry No. 28, 1st line
2. ^ Resignation of Felix Kern's mandate in the Stenographic Protocols - First Republic, subject index
3. ^ Resignation of Felix Kern in the Stenographic Protocols - First Republic, 46th session