Fritz Eckert (politician, 1911)
Friedrich "Fritz" Eckert (born April 18, 1911 in Vienna ; † August 18, 1980 ibid) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ).
Life
Eckert attended the two-class elementary school, the community school and the commercial school and learned the trade of a businessman. He was involved in the Catholic youth movement. He was secretary to the director of the Bauernbund Leopold Figl . He was the general secretary of the patriotic plant "New Life" and became the executive state secretary of the Lower Austrian Patriotic Front . Shortly after the annexation of Austria , because of his resistance against the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938 , he was transferred to the Dachau concentration camp on the first transport to Austria and interned. After the assassination attempt on Hitler in 1944, he was charged with high treason before the People's Court .
He was the managing director of the Austrian business publisher. Eckert was considered a confidante of Chancellor Julius Raab and was Secretary General and Vice President of the Economic Association from 1945 to 1972. He was a member of the Bundesrat from 1949 to 1973 , where he was deputy chairman and chairman of the parliamentary group of the parliamentary club of the ÖVP from 1957 to 1973.
Fritz Eckert was involved in numerous social projects in the Holy Land . In 1955 he was appointed Knight of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Nicola Cardinal Canali and invested in the Papal Order of Knights in Salzburg by Andreas Rohracher , Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy in Austria.
Eckert was a member of the Catholic student union KÖHV Amelungia Vienna.
honors and awards
- 1956: appointed professor
- 1958: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1960: Large silver medal for services to the Republic of Austria
- 1963: Papal secret chamberlain
- 1963: Officer's Cross of the French Legion of Honor
- 1964: Honorary doctorate Dr. hc from the University of Pittsburgh (USA)
- 1964: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1968: Large silver medal with the star for services to the Republic of Austria
- 1971: Decoration of honor from the University of Vienna
- 1972: Honorary citizen of Purkersdorf
- 1973: Great Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1973: Great Golden Decoration for Services to the State of Vienna
- 1974: Grand Cross of the New Year's Eve
- 1980: Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class
- Appointment to the Commercial Council
- Commander's Cross of the Royal Greek Order
- Commander with a star of the Papal Order of St. Gregory
- Grand Cross of the Order of Malta with shoulder ribbon and star (???)
- Golden Commander's Cross of the University of Vienna (???)
- Golden Commander's Cross of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland (???)
literature
- Personalities of Europe: Austria , Iatas-Verlag 1975
- Herbert Schambeck : Church and State: Fritz Eckert on his 65th birthday , Duncker & Humblot 1976
Web links
- Fritz Eckert on the website of the Austrian Parliament
- Friedrich Eckert in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) , Walter de Gruyter 2005, p. 822
- ↑ a b List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eckert, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eckert, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the Federal Council |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1980 |
| Place of death | Vienna |