Friedrich Mayr-Melnhof
Friedrich Mayr-Melnhof (born July 5, 1924 in Grödig ; † April 14, 2020 at Glanegg Castle , Grödig) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) as well as a farmer and forester from Grödig. From 1983 to 1986 he was regional councilor in the Salzburg regional government .
education and profession
Mayr-Melnhof attended elementary school from 1930 to 1934 and then graduated from the Marquartstein State School Home from 1934 to 1942 . After graduating from high school, he was drafted into military service in 1942, and in 1945 he was taken prisoner of war. After his return from the war in 1945 he studied forestry at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna from 1946 to 1950 and graduated in 1950 with the academic degree Dipl.-Ing. from. He then took over his parents' farm and forestry business in Grödig in 1950, where he worked as a freelance farmer and forester until 1994.
Politics and functions
Mayr-Melnhof was chamber councilor and member of the board of the Salzburg Chamber of Agriculture from 1950 to 1985, and from 1963 to 1987 he was deputy provincial chairman of the Salzburg farmers' union. He was also a member of the board of the Salzburg Chamber of Agriculture and from 1962 to 1967 deputy state hunter master. After that he took over the role of the state hunter master of Salzburg between 1967 and 1997 . Furthermore, Mayr-Melnhof was chairman of the regional association of agricultural and forestry farms in Salzburg from 1956 to 1994, and between 1965 and 1987 he was vice-president of the main association of forest and landowners in Austria. From March 16, 1983 to January 7, 1986 he was a member of the Salzburg provincial government as a provincial councilor.
Private
Friedrich II. Mayr-Melnhof was the head of the Salzburg branch of the Mayr-Melnhof family , whose line split off from the Styrian line in 1893. Mayr-Melnhof was married to Maria Anna Orsini-Rosenberg (1927-2010) and the father of five sons and five daughters, two of his sons died early. His second-born son Georg Mayr-Melnhof, who was originally intended to manage the greater part of the Mayr-Melnhof property in Salzburg, decided to become a priest and entered the seminary in 1995. Today he is married and works as a religion teacher and pastoral assistant. His two other sons, Friedrich III. and Maximilian Mayr-Melnhof (owner of the Canadian Jagdvermittlung Gesellschaft) are independent entrepreneurs, which is why Friedrich II managed the family property himself until the end. His daughter Doraja Eberle was also a member of the Salzburg state government from 2004 to 2010. Maximilian "Max" Mayr-Melnhof, his son, has been state hunter master since 2017.
Marianne "Manni" Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn is the oldest of his siblings.
Awards and honors
- Professional title of Economics Council (1974)
- Gold Medal of Merit of the State of Salzburg (1975)
- Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Salzburg (1984)
- Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Salzburg (1986)
- Honorary Citizen of Grödig (1994)
- Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (2000)
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (2004)
literature
- Richard Voithofer: Political Elites in Salzburg. A biographical handbook from 1918 to the present. Böhlau Verlag , Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2007. ISBN 978-3-205-77680-2
Web links
- boerse-express.com Mayr-Melnhof: The clan and its network
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich Mayr Melnhof died at the age of 95. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . April 14, 2020, accessed April 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Georg Mayr-Melnhof. In: Archdiocese of Vienna. Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayr-Melnhof, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (ÖVP), regional councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grödig |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 2020 |
| Place of death | Glanegg Castle , Grödig |