Ferdinand Prirsch

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Ferdinand Prirsch (born October 10, 1906 in Fürstenfeld , † February 16, 1965 in Graz ) was an Austrian politician ( Christian Social Party / ÖVP ) and farmer.

Life

Ferdinand Prirsch attended elementary school in Fürstenfeld and the agricultural college in Graz. In the First Republic he was chairman of the "Jungsteirerbund" from 1922 to 1934 and then until 1938 a member of the Federal Economic Council and local council in Fürstenfeld. From 1934 to 1938 he also served as district leader of the Fatherland Front and was therefore temporarily imprisoned immediately after the German Wehrmacht marched in in March 1938. After the Second World War , he became a member of the National Council in 1945 and remained so until the end of 1949. a. launched an initiative to eliminate the war-related shortage of skilled workers in Austrian agriculture and also organized food and aid transports to Fürstenfeld. From 1948 to 1965 he was a member of the Styrian provincial government under Governor Josef Krainer senior. where he acted as an agricultural councilor as well as a state fire brigade and housing consultant. One of his most important projects was the drafting of the Styrian Chamber of Labor Law, which was passed by the state parliament on January 1, 1950. In 1962 he campaigned for the expansion of the "Technical School for Agriculture and Nutrition Haidegg", which was later named after him after his death. In addition, from 1945 until his death, Prirsch held the office of district party chairman of the ÖVP and that of chairman of the district chamber of farmers in Fürstenfeld. In addition to his political activities, he was also chairman of the "Raiffeisen Central Bank" Styria from 1958 to 1965.

After the end of the war, Ferdinand Prirsch campaigned for the integration of former National Socialists and German Nationalists into the Styrian People's Party , especially in Eastern Styria .

He was an honorary member of the k.ö.St.V. Riegersburg Fürstenfeld.

The in Graz-Straßgang situated Ferdinand-Prirsch street bears his name.

Private

Prirsch was married and the father of three children.

literature

  • Stefan Karner: Styria. From the First World War to the present; Innsbruck-Vienna 2012. ISBN 978-3-85218-860-7
  • Gerhard Pferschy (Ed.): Fürstenfeld. The city history; Fürstenfeld 2000; P. 431 ff.
  • Erwin Machunze. From the unlawful to the equal. The refugee and expellee issue in the Vienna Parliament. Vol. I. The fifth legislative period (1945–1949); Salzburg 1977. pp. 60-64.
  • Landespressedienst Steiermark: Steiermark Report 11/2006; P. 4.
  • Information from the Haidegger Graduate Association; Volume 39, 12/2006, No. 35; P. 10.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Couleur 2/2015, internal, p. VIII
personal data
SURNAME Prirsch, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian farmer and politician (CSP, ÖVP), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenfeld
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1965
Place of death Graz