Josef Fräß-Ehrfeld

Josef Fräß-Ehrfeld (born May 13, 1889 - † November 5, 1965 ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and furniture manufacturer. He was a member of the Carinthian state parliament from 1934 to 1938 and 1945 to 1949 .

Fräß-Ehrfeld was born into a Carinthian merchant family. He studied at the forest academy in Eberswalde and at the commercial college in Munich before joining his father's company in 1923 as an authorized signatory. After his father's death in 1925, Fräß-Ehrfeld took over the AvEhrfeld furniture factory, which he developed into the largest furniture factory in the country. In addition to his entrepreneurial activity, Fräß-Ehrfeld was active in various business organizations, where he was president of the Austrian Federation of Industrialists in Carinthia from 1934 to 1938. In addition, he was a board member of the Main Association of Industry Austria and between 1934 and 1938 he represented the profession of "Industry and Mining" in the Carinthian state parliament. After the National Socialists came to power, he was relieved of all offices.

After the end of the Second World War , Fräß-Ehrfeld took over the office of Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and worked again in the Carinthian state parliament from 1945 to 1949. After his death he was buried in Steinfeld im Drautal . A street was named after him there.

literature

• Irmgard Lapan: The Carinthian Landtag from 1918-1938 and the activities of the deputies. Inaugural dissertation, University of Graz, 1982