Franz Erwein

Franz Erwein (born October 13, 1823 in Lambichl near Klagenfurt ; † March 14, 1891 there ) was mayor of Klagenfurt.

Franz Erwein began an apprenticeship in the bear pharmacy in St. Veit an der Glan and later bought his own pharmacy in Bleiberg. After his mother's death, he moved to his unmarried brother and governor Joseph Erwein in Klagenfurt at Bahnhofstrasse 3, where he bought the Engelapotheke.

In 1873 he became a councilor, from 1880 to 1887 Vice Mayor and right-hand man of Gabriel von Jessernig , at the same time a member of the state parliament, from 1874 to 1880 curator and until 1891 director of the Kärntner Sparkasse.

In 1887 he was elected mayor. During his three-year term of office, the Rainerhof and the Marianum were built, the Wörthersee-Süduferstraße was built, the first workers' apartments were built, sidewalks made of Pörtschach marble and crossings are laid out and many streets are paved. The 134 Klagenfurt Fiakers received an official license plate. However, economic prosperity was offset by an unusually high level of juvenile delinquency.

Franz Erwein, severely affected by illness, refused re-election in 1890 and died a year later in Klagenfurt.

literature

• Gotbert Moro (ed.): The state capital Klagenfurt. From their past and present. 2 volumes. Self-published by the state capital, Klagenfurt 1970.

predecessor	Office	successor
Gabriel von Jessernig	Mayor of Klagenfurt 1887 - 1890	Franz Glöckner