Ferdinand Fageth

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Ferdinand Fageth (born May 22, 1894 in Ottnang am Hausruck , † December 11, 1976 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian politician ( SDAP / SPÖ ), innkeeper and miner. Fageth was a member of the Upper Austrian Landtag from 1925 to 1934 and a member of the Austrian National Council from 1945 to 1956 .

education and profession

Fageth was born into a family of miners and grew up with eight siblings. He came to a farmer at the age of eleven and a half and began an apprenticeship as a baker a year later. From the age of 14, Fageth finally worked as a miner. Together with his father he later emigrated to the Ruhr area , where he worked as a miner until he was 20. When the First World War broke out in 1914 , Fageth volunteered for the German army, but was not accepted by them. Therefore he enlisted in the Salzburg house regiment 59 as a war volunteer and subsequently rose to become platoon leader. He was awarded the bronze and silver medals for bravery , but also acquired a nervous condition during the war.

After the war, Fageth settled back in the Hausruckviertel , where he again worked as a miner. As early as 1919 he was promoted to the works council, later he took over the function of the works council chairman of Wolfsegg-Traunthaler Kohlenwerk AG . After 1938 Fargeth moved to Braunau am Inn and worked as an innkeeper.

politics

After Fageth was promoted to works council chairman, he soon took over the position of vice mayor of Ottnang and was released as works council chairman from 1922. From 1923 he was heavily involved in the Republican Protection Association , rose to the position of district chairman in 1929, but left as early as 1930 due to internal differences. In addition, from July 2, 1925, Fageth was a member of the Upper Austrian Landtag, although he lost his mandate on February 12, 1934 as a result of the outbreak of the Austrian civil war . Fageth, who had taken part in the civil war, was arrested in Pichl near Wels and sentenced to life imprisonment by a jury on March 10, 1934. His sentence was reduced to 18 years by the Supreme Court on May 17, 1934, and the seriously ill Fargeth was granted a conditional pardon on December 21, 1935. Fargeth's sentence was finally issued on June 4, 1941 by the Wels Regional Court, for which Fargeth was arrested several times by the Gestapo between 1938 and 1944 .

After the end of the Second World War , Fageth held the office of mayor of Braunau between 1945 and 1949, and between December 19, 1945 and June 8, 1956, he represented the SPÖ in the National Council. In addition, he was the SPÖ district chairman for many years.

Awards

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 , p. 77 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Fageth, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian innkeeper, miner and politician (SDAP, SPÖ), member of the state parliament, member of the national council
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottnang am Hausruck
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1976
Place of death Salzburg