Josef Koppler

Josef Koppler (born January 15, 1901 in Salzburg ; † July 18, 1977 there ) was an Austrian politician.

Biography and education

Josef Koppler was born on January 15, 1901 in Salzburg and attended the elementary and community school there . In his youth he was a member of the "Reich Association of Catholic Youth". With his father Josef Koppler, who came from a shoemaker family from Haag am Hausruck , and in the commercial and industrial advanced training school, he learned the training to become a master shoemaker and, after the journeyman's examination, went on the so-called rolling through all of Germany to Hamburg .

family

In 1932 he married Rosa Petermayer (1911–2005), a great niece of Julius Haagn in the St. Andrä Church in Salzburg. Until 1936 he lived with his family in an apartment at Linzer Gasse 62. From 1936 he lived with his family in the so-called Franz Rehrlsiedlung Mühldorfgasse 21. Three children, Gerhard (1933–2012), came from this marriage; Gertraud, married Lienbacher (1936–2015), and as a latecomer Winfried (* 1943). While the bombs were falling on Salzburg, the family moved back to Linzer Gasse for security reasons.

His attitude in the time of National Socialism

During and before the Second World War he had a clearly opposing attitude towards National Socialism. For example, he did not greet with " Heil Hitler ", but with Grüß Gott and did not take part in any military activity. He was almost betrayed by one of the National Socialist neighbors while listening to the so-called enemy radio station , but was rescued by a second neighbor who was friends, who protected him because of his family.

Self-employed

From 1927 to 1972 he was self-employed and last ran the business in the Linzer Gasse in Salzburg, which was taken over by his son Gerhard Koppler (* February 4, 1933; † August 2, 2012) in 1972 and was run by him until 1998 .

Political activities

During his 45 years of professional activity, he held many political offices: he was active in the shoemaker's guild, two terms as deputy state guild master and then from 1965 to 1970 state guild master. He was also a member of the Federal Guild Committee and until 1973 a member of the supervisory board of the independent health insurance fund . He was an ÖVP mandate for the Salzburg municipal council for two periods , from 1946 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1957.

Sporting commitment

In addition to his political activities, he also promoted sports life in Salzburg. Before the Second World War he was the founder of the Christian-German Gymnastics Association in Salzburg, which broke away from the Austrian Gymnastics Federation and was the last Gauturnwart. After the war, together with Colonel Haas-Ehrenfeldt and Karl Iser, he founded the Salzburg Regional Association of the Austrian Gymnastics and Sports Union . He was regional representative and played a key role in the construction of the Union sports hall in Nonntal (1952–2007) by getting the money needed for the club from the federal management in Vienna with a lot of negotiating skills.

Awards

Koppler was a citizen of the city of Salzburg and, among other things, he received the Golden Merit Award for the Republic of Austria , the Ring of the City of Salzburg, the Silver and Golden Sports Honor Signs of the State of Salzburg in 1957 , primarily because he was ideal for the building of the Union Sports Hall and the sports field in the city of Salzburg and was able to receive some financial means from the federal administration of the Austrian Gymnastics and Sports Union in Vienna.

Retirement and the last few years

In the last years after the company was handed over to his son Gerhard Koppler, he and his wife Rosa were very involved in the hiking group of the Kneipp club and were involved in many activities. His wife took over this job until she was 80 years old. After a long and serious illness, he died on July 18, 1977 in Salzburg. His grave is at the Maxglaner Friedhof in group 358. His wife Rosa Koppler died on January 15, 2005 in Salzburg.

literature

• Peter F. Kramml, Franz Lauterbacher and Guido Müller (eds.): Maxglan. One hundred years parish 1907 - 2007. Salzburg's second largest city cemetery. With 120 biographies of well-known, remarkable and famous personalities . Parish Office Maxglan, Salzburg 2007.
• Festschrift on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Union Salzburg (PDF; 824 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of awards up to 2009 (PDF; 373 kB)