Josef Pfeneberger

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Josef Pfeneberger (born August 4, 1880 in Natternbach , † September 25, 1952 in Linz ) was an Austrian clergyman , educator and politician ( CS ).

Life

After graduating from the Linz State High School , Pfeneberger was ordained a priest in 1903 . In addition to his work in various parishes and as a religion teacher, he worked from 1906 to 1909 as an editor for the Linzer Volksblatt . In 1918 he was entrusted with the management of the episcopal teachers' college, which he held until 1938 - albeit with a temporary leave of absence due to his political activities. The knowledge in pedagogy and psychology that he acquired in this function, he imparted as a lecturer at the theological diocesan school.

politics

Josef Pfeneberger was introduced to politics by Governor Johann Nepomuk Hauser . From 1924 he was a member of the Upper Austrian state school board, and he was also appointed to the Linz city school board. From 1925 to 1933 he was a member of the Upper Austrian state parliament for the Hausruckkreis . During the same period he was club chairman of the Upper Austrian Christian Social Party (CS). In 1927 he was elected as a regional councilor in the Upper Austrian regional government, where he was a school clerk until 1931 and a personnel officer from 1931 to 1933. Pfeneberger resigned his political offices on December 15, 1933, since the Bishops' Conference had ordered the withdrawal of the clergy from politics on that date . Franz Breitwieser succeeded him in the state parliament .

Honors

In recognition of his services, he was appointed Hofrat and Konsistorialrat . In 1928 he was awarded the Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria .

Publications (selection)

  • 1902: Catholic or Protestant? , Preßverein, Linz-Urfahr 1902, Catholic Folk Brochure No. 2
  • 1902: Truth, Freedom, Education or: The Greatest Name of Honor, Preßverein, Linz-Urfahr 1902, Catholic Folk Brochure No. 9
  • 1915: The Road to Victory: Address given at the war procession on April 25, 1915 , Catholic Press Association, Linz 1915
  • 1915: Battle song against Italy , Kirsch, Vienna 1915
  • 1915: Battle song of the German Austrians , Kirsch, Vienna 1915
  • 1930: The religious attitude of the Landbund: A fundamental discussion between a Landbündler and a country pastor; Dedicated to the memory of Bishop Franz Josef Rudigier by a friend of the truth , Katholischer Pressverein, Linz 1930

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supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e club report. Year 1952 (=  Upper Austrian Museum Association [Hrsg.]: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association . No. 98 ). 1953, p. 7–8 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  2. ↑ a b c d biography of Josef Pfeneberger on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .
  3. ↑ a b c Josef Peyrl: Festschrift for the twenty-five year existence of the episcopal teachers' seminary in Linz . Linz 1929, p. 72 ( page online at the Digital State Library of Upper Austria ).
  4. ↑ Robert Kriechbaumer : The great stories of politics. Political culture and parties in Austria from the turn of the century to 1945 (=  series of publications by the Research Institute for Political-Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg . Volume 12 ). Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2001, ISBN 3-205-99400-0 , p. 329 .
  5. ^ Jürgen Steinmair: Johannes Maria Gföllner and the corporate state, portrait of an uncomfortable bishop . In: Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv (Ed.): Upper Austria 1918–1938 . tape III. . Linz 2015, ISBN 978-3-902801-23-4 , pp. 304 .
personal data
SURNAME Pfeneberger, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman, educator and politician (CS)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Natternbach
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1952
Place of death Linz