Josef Jaud

Josef Jaud

Josef Jaud (also Joseph Jaud) (born August 19, 1878 in Dietramszell , † May 16, 1922 in Holzkirchen ) was a German politician (BVP).

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Jaud was born the son of a master brewer. After attending primary school, he learned the blacksmith's trade. After temporarily belonging to the 1st Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment , he settled as a master blacksmith in Holzkirchen. There he became community representative and district councilor as well as a member of the Upper Bavarian Chamber of Crafts and board member of the Bavarian Blacksmiths Association. Jaud also founded the Upper Bavarian Blacksmiths Association, whose board he also took over, and the Bavarian Blacksmith Master’s purchasing cooperative.

From 1914 to 1918 Jaud took part in the First World War, in which he was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

In January 1919 Jaud entered the Weimar National Assembly as a member of the Catholic Center Party for constituency 24 (Upper Bavaria-Swabia) , to which he belonged until the first regular Reichstag of the Weimar Republic met in June 1920. In the Reichstag, Jaud - now as a member of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP) - then represented constituency 27 (Upper Bavaria-Swabia) from June 1920 until his death in May 1922.

Jaud was also a member of the supervisory board of the loan association and of the “delivery association of the blacksmiths from the districts of Miesbach and Tölz” as well as chairman of the local trade committee and member of the iron industry association.

Web links

• Josef Jaud in the database of members of the Reichstag