Ferdinand Kinz

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Ferdinand Kinz (born April 18, 1872 in Bregenz ; † October 2, 1935 in Achental ) was an Austrian politician and lawyer. From 1908 to 1912 he was a member of the Vorarlberg Landtag ( IX and X legislative period ), from 1911 a member of the Austrian House of Representatives ( XII legislative period ), from 1918 to 1919 a member of the Provisional National Assembly for German Austria and also from 1918 to 1919 a member of the Provisional Vorarlberg State Assembly .

education and profession

After attending the Bregenz primary school, Kinz graduated from the Feldkirch grammar school from 1881 to 1884 and the Merano Benedictine grammar school from 1884 to 1886 . From 1889 to 1891 he again attended the Feldkirch grammar school and then switched to the Trento grammar school from 1889 to 1891, where he graduated from high school in 1891 . As a result, Kinz studied law at the University of Innsbruck between 1892 and 1895 and served as a one-year volunteer with the 59th Infantry Regiment in Salzburg. However, he was not promoted to officer in the military because of anti-Habsburg comments. Kinz received his doctorate in Innsbruck on January 26, 1899, as a doctor of law (Dr. jur.). After completing his studies, Kinz worked for a year and a half as a legal intern at the Trieste Commercial and Maritime Court and then became a trainee in Innsbruck for three years. After having been employed as a trainee in Vienna for two and a half years, he opened his own law firm in Bregenz in 1906.

Politics and functions

Kinz was a member of the German Liberal Party and was subsequently a member of the Greater German Party. He was elected a member of the Bregenz municipal council in 1906 and directed the fortunes of the city of Bregenz from June 1, 1906 until 1929 as mayor. On March 27, 1908, he succeeded Jakob Schneider as representative of the city of Bregenz in the Vorarlberg state parliament and was a member of the national liberal camp. From 1909 to 1912 he was also a substitute member for Josef Wegeler in the Vorarlberg regional committee. In 1912 he renounced his mandate in the state parliament. As a German national representative of the Reichsrat, he was also a member of the Austrian House of Representatives of the Reichsrat from 1911 to 1918 and was then a member of the provisional national assembly from October 21, 1918 to February 16, 1919 . He was also a member of the provisional Vorarlberg state assembly from 1918 to 1919 .

In 1892, Kinz was a founding member of the Germania Innsbruck fraternity and from 1919 became involved as the founder and chairman of the Vorarlberger Landes-Jagdschutzverein. He was also a member and chairman of the regional association for tourism, a founding member and board member of the German Gymnastics Club in Vienna and a founding member of the German Men's Choir in Vienna. He was also active as a member of the German Progress Association, the Association for charitable purposes, the German People's Association for Vorarlberg and the Südmark Association. Kinz was also director of the Bregenz Sparkasse .

In 1898 a complaint was filed against Kinz because he stayed in an adjoining hall at a concert in Bregenz while the imperial anthem was played. Kinz was then sentenced to a fine.

Private

Ferdinand Kinz was born the son of the Bregenz master baker Franz Ferdinand Kinz (1845–1905) and his wife Katharina Weinzierl (1846–1928), who was born in Feldkirch. He married Agnes Muther (1896–1936), born in Innsbruck , on April 24, 1919 in Bregenz and had one son in 1920 and 1923 respectively. In 1935 he died of a stroke while hunting.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Elsheimer (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1927/28. Frankfurt am Main 1928, p. 249.

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personal data
SURNAME Kinz, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician; Member of the state parliament in Vorarlberg, member of the Reichsrat
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Bregenz
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1935
Place of death Achental (Tyrol)