Franz Xaver Unertl

Franz Xaver Unertl (born September 22, 1911 in Grottham ; † December 31, 1970 in Birnbach ) was a German politician ( CSU ).

Life and work

After attending elementary and advanced training schools in Birnbach and the agricultural school in Passau , Unertl first worked as a farmer on his parents' farm before he became a self-employed innkeeper and cattle dealer in 1932. He was also a member of the Bavarian Young Farmers Association until 1933 . From 1940 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier . After the end of the war he was a member of the board of the Bavarian cattle dealer association and since 1958 a member of the board of directors of the Deutsche Bundespost .

Political party

In 1945 Unertl was one of the co-founders of the CSU in Lower Bavaria .

MP

Unertl was a council member of the Birnbach community and a member of the district council of the Griesbach district . He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 until his death. He initially represented the constituency of Vilshofen and from 1965 the constituency of Passau in parliament. In the third legislative term , he and his party friends Friedrich Bauereisen , Richard Jaeger , Linus Memmel and Albrecht Schlee submitted a motion to reinstate the death penalty for murder, which was not discussed.

Public offices

Unertl was second mayor of the municipality of Birnbach .

Honors

Unertl was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit in 1965 and the First Class Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1968 . Together with Josef Ertl , he was awarded the Order Against Animal Seriousness in 1971 (Unertl received the honor posthumously).

literature

• Walter Henkels : 99 Bonn heads , reviewed and supplemented edition, Fischer-Bücherei, Frankfurt am Main 1965, p. 258ff.
• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 889.