Günther Benedikt

Günther Benedikt , also Günter (born May 2, 1921 in St. Pölten ; † April 21, 1948 there ) was the 25th mayor of St. Pölten.

Life

Günter Benedikt was born on May 2, 1921 in St. Pölten as the son of an iron trader. His father died in 1929, his mother, the Jewess Melanie Benedikt, was born in Brno in 1888 and was an actress. He grew up in the house on Wiener Strasse 6-8 in St. Pölten. He was baptized, but as the son of a Jewish woman, he was not called up for the armed forces.

On April 16, 1945, he became mayor of the city of St. Pölten at the behest of the commandant of the Red Army. In his short time as mayor, St. Pölten was a frontline area until the surrender of the Third Reich on May 8th. On May 16 of the same year he passed the office on to Franz Käfer , at the will of the new city commandant . He died in a traffic accident in April 1948.

Honors

• Günther-Benedikt-Strasse in St. Pölten- Radlberg was named after him.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Thomas Karl (Ed.): 500 years of St. Pölten Town Hall. Magistrate of the state capital St. Pölten, St. Pölten 2003, pp. 68–94: Chapter St. Pölten's Mayor from 1785 until today .
2. ↑ St. Pölten, Franz Benedikt. In:  Wiener Zeitung , November 23, 1929, p. 16 (online at ANNO ).
3. ^ ^{A b} Manfred Wieninger : Tell St. Pöltner street names . Löwenzahn, Innsbruck 2002, ISBN 3-7066-2208-4 .
4. ↑ lichtfels.at on the renovation of the "Benedikthaus"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Matthias Stadler (Ed.): Wagram, from Mühlendorf to preferred residential district of St. Pölten. Volkshochschule, Wagram 1997, pp. 208-213: Chapter Politics .

predecessor	Office	successor
Emmo Langer	Mayor of St. Pölten 1945–1945	Franz Beetle