Josef Haemmerle

This article deals with the manufacturer and politician Josef Hämmerle. For the historian and archivist see Josef Hemmerle .

Josef Hämmerle (born May 7, 1886 in Lustenau ; † May 28, 1939 there ) was an Austrian politician ( CSP ) and embroidery manufacturer. From 1931 to 1938 he was a member of the Vorarlberg state parliament .

education and profession

Hämmerle attended elementary school in the market town of Lustenau and worked as a hand embroiderer for three years after completing compulsory school. After a time as a pantograph ticker in an embroidery company, he set up his own business as a sticker in 1909. He served in the army between 1915 and 1918 during the First World War and, after his return from the war, continued his embroidery business founded in 1909 in 1918.

Politics and functions

Hämmerle was a member of the Christian Social Party and was also involved as a member of the embroidery cooperative. Here he was also active as chairman of the health insurance company. He was also a member of the Vorarlberg Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Lustenau Gymnastics Association . From 1924 he worked in local politics as a member of the municipal council of his home community Lustenau, and from December 22, 1931, he was active as a member of the Vorarlberg state parliament. Hämmerle succeeded MP Adolf Hämmerle and was initially a member of the Finance and Tax Committee and the Energy Committee. In the 1932 session he was a member of the Legal Committee, then during the 1932/33 and 1934 session he was a member of the Economics Committee and finally a member of the Finance Committee. Hämmerle belonged to the regular state parliament until it was dissolved on November 13, 1934, and in 1934 was appointed by the Vorarlberg governor to be a member of the state parliament as a representative of the trade . He was a member of the state parliament of Vorarlberg from November 14, 1934 until the annexation of Austria on March 12, 1938.

Private

Josef Hämmerle was born as the son of the farmer couple Gebhard and Berta Hämmerle. He married Frieda Hämmerle in 1922 and had a daughter in 1908.

Web links

• Biography of Josef Hämmerle (PDF; 79 kB) in the parliamentary documents of the Vorarlberg state parliament.