Franz Fischer (politician, 1887)

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Franz Fischer (born November 1, 1887 in Wilten , † April 14, 1943 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian politician and mayor of Innsbruck from 1929 to 1938.

Life

Franz Fischer, son of a devotional goods wholesaler from Wilten, attended high school in Innsbruck, Rovereto and Feldkirch . After finishing school, he joined his father's company in 1904. During the First World War , he initially served in the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1914 to 1916. Then he was a courier at the kuk embassy in Bern . After the end of the war, he and his younger brother Ernst Fischer owned their father's company.

As a member of the Christian and Social Tyrolean People's Party , he was a member of the Innsbruck municipal council from 1919 to 1934. In 1923 he was elected deputy mayor and in 1929 as successor to Anton Eder as mayor of Innsbruck. In 1933 he was re-elected as mayor. In order to prevent a National Socialist mayor or a commissioner appointed by the government, some Social Democratic MPs even voted for Fischer, which was extraordinary in view of the political situation at the time . With the corporate state and the end of the democratic constitution, he was from 1934 a "government commissioner" appointed by the state government. In 1935 he was elected mayor again by the Innsbruck “Gemeindetag”.

From 1921 to 1934 he was a member of the Tyrolean state parliament for three electoral terms . In the Tyrolean Homeland Army he became state treasurer in 1921 and second deputy regional guide in 1927. He was president of Tiroler Wasserkraftwerke AG , the first president of Innsbrucker Messe AG and from 1932 to 1935 deputy board member of Sparkasse Innsbruck . During the time of the corporate state , he was an elected representative of the self-employed in trade on the Federal Economic Council and one of 20 members of the Federal Economic Council in the Bundestag .

When Austria was annexed, he was replaced as Mayor of Innsbruck by Egon Denz on March 12, 1938 , dismissed without pension entitlement and lost his other political offices. In 1940 he was expelled from Tyrol and has lived in Salzburg ever since.

Despite the difficult economic situation in the interwar period, Fischer was able to further develop the city's infrastructure during his tenure as Vice Mayor and Mayor. It emerged including the airport in Reichenau that Nordkettenbahn that Bergiselschanze , the University Bridge , two Sill bridge and the main school Pradl . He was particularly committed to alleviating the housing shortage and obtained state support for the construction of the Lohbach settlement  and the settlements on Sieglanger .

Awards

literature

  • Josefine Justić: BM Fischer on his 100th birthday. In: Innsbrucker Stadtnachrichten, No. 11, November 18, 1987, p. 28 ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz G. Melichar: Playing with the dictatorship - Retarding democratic development in Tyrol. In: Gisela Hormayr, Wilfried Beimrohr (eds.): Zeitgeschichtliche Streiflichter: Tyrol in the First Republic, under National Socialism and in the post-war period. A teaching aid for teachers. Wagner, Innsbruck 2010, ISBN 978-3-7030-0468-1 , pp. 7-55 ( PDF; 1.5 MB )
  2. ↑ Josefine Justic: Innsbruckerstraße name. Where do they come from and what they mean . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7022-3213-9 , p. 83-84 .
  3. ^ City of Innsbruck: Honorary graves of the city of Innsbruck (PDF; 223 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilten
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1943
Place of death innsbruck