Heinrich Raab (politician)

Heinrich Raab (born November 3, 1893 in St. Pölten ; † December 21, 1969 in Altdorf ) was an Austrian politician ( VF ) and 22nd mayor of St. Pölten.

Life

Heinrich Raab, the second son of the builder family Wohlmeyer-Raab, was born on November 3rd, 1893 in St. Pölten. Like his brother, the later Federal Chancellor Julius Raab , he attended the Stiftsgymnasium Seitenstetten and the St. Pölten Gymnasium. Together with the high school student Leopold Figl and his brother, he founded the Nibelungia St. Pölten secondary school in 1919 . He then studied German and history in Vienna. The volunteer returned from the First World War as a first lieutenant . He began as a teacher at the Stiftsgymnasium Mehrerau and in 1921 switched to the teacher training institute in St. Pölten , where he worked until 1938.

Politically it was shaped by the influences of his uncle Johann Wohlmeyer and Karl Lueger . He was appointed provisional municipal administrator on February 18, 1934, and on December 12th of that year he was elected mayor by the municipal council, which is organized according to estates . After the “Anschluss” of Austria , Raab lost all functions, was banned from working and was briefly imprisoned, whereupon he left the country. He went into exile in Altdorf, Switzerland, where his wife was from. There he taught for ten years at the cantonal high school before becoming a culture and press attaché at the Austrian embassy in Bern .

Raab was a member of the Catholic student association KaV Norica Vienna since his studies .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Magistrate of the state capital St. Pölten, 2003: 500 years town hall St. Pölten
2. ↑ History of the Nibelungia St. Pölten ( Memento from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.9 MB)
3. ↑ Gerald Stourzh : History of the State Treaty, 1945–1955. Austria's way to neutrality. Styria, Graz / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-222-11621-0 , p. 196.

predecessor	Office	successor
Stephan Buger	Mayor of St. Pölten 1934–1938	Franz Hörhann