Josef Boheim

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Josef Böheim (born July 21, 1846 in Munich , † April 21, 1919 in Linz ) was an Austrian politician ( German People's Party ) and watchmaker. He was a member of the Austrian House of Representatives , a member of the Upper Austrian Landtag and a local councilor in Linz.

Life

Böheim was born as the son of an iron trader in Munich. He learned the profession of watchmaker in Passauand completed his wandering years in Bavaria and Austria from 1862. In 1872 he settled in Linz, where he opened a shop at Schmidtorstrasse 4 in 1873. He also set up a branch at Landstrasse 15 in 1880. Böheim was involved in the trade association, the watchmaker's cooperative and in the Chamber of Commerce and between 1907 and 1919 acted as chairman of the "Linzer Bürgerertisch-Gesellschaft", a charity to support old citizens. Böheim was elected to the Linz municipal council in 1895, of which he was a member until 1905. In addition, he was elected to the Upper Austrian Landtag on September 28, 1896 in the constituency of the cities and industrial locations, whereby he was confirmed in his office in the Landtag election in 1902 and was subsequently a member of the Landtag until 1909. Furthermore, Böheim belonged to the House of Representatives of the Reichsrat between 1897 and 1907 as a representative of the electoral district of the cities of Linz, Urfahr, Ottensheim and Gallneukirchen. In the Reichsrat election in 1907 , which was carried out for the first time according to the general, equal male suffrage, Böheim ran in the newly created constituency 1 , but lost his mandate in the runoff election to the social democrat Julius Spielmann .

Böheim was married to Ursula Stamberger from 1875 and had six children. He died after "long suffering" at the age of 73 and was buried on April 23, 1919 in Linz.

literature

  • Franz Adlgasser: The members of the Austrian central parliaments 1848–1918. Constituent Reichstag 1848–1849. Reichsrat 1861–1918. A biographical lexicon. Sub-Volume 1: A-L. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna 2014, p. 98
  • Harry Slapnicka : Upper Austria - The political leadership from 1861 to 1918. Upper Austrian state publisher, Linz 1983, ISBN 3-85214-381-0 , p. 43 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary. In:  Tages-Post , April 22, 1919, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / tpt
personal data
SURNAME Boheim, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician; Member of the House of Representatives
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1919
Place of death Linz