Josef Rauch (politician)
Josef Rauch (born October 23, 1898 in Dünserberg ; † August 15, 1972 in Satteins ) was an Austrian politician ( CS , ÖVP ) and farmer . Rauch was a member of the Vorarlberg state parliament from 1932 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1964 .
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Josef Rauch was born on October 23, 1898 as the son of the farmer Johann Magnus Rauch and his wife Anna Maria in the Vorarlberg Walgau community of Dünserberg. First he attended the local elementary school, which was run in one class, in Dünserberg, before he joined his father's business as a farmer. From 1916 to 1918 he did military service in the First World War , from 1921 to 1923 he spent at the agricultural college in Mehrerau. On November 4, 1924, he married Karoline Biehler in Dünserberg, with whom he subsequently had eight children. In 1925 he took over the Christhof as a farmer in his later home town of Satteins.
On November 22, 1932, Rauch was elected for the first time for the Christian Social Party as a member of the Feldkirch electoral district in the Vorarlberg state parliament. From November 14, 1934, he was appointed by the governor to represent the profession of agriculture and forestry. From 1935 to 1938 he was also a member of the council of Satteins. When Austria was annexed to Germany in 1938, Josef Rauch stopped his political activities for the time being.
After the liberation of Austria by the Allies in 1945, Rauch was re- elected as a member of the state parliament and community representative for the newly founded ÖVP Vorarlberg in the state elections on November 25, 1945 . In 1946 he became chairman of the farmers' union in Vorarlberg, four years later, in 1950, he was mayor of Satteins. Josef Rauch remained a member of the state parliament until the regional elections in Vorarlberg in 1964 , and mayor and community representative in Satteins until 1965. In the same year he was also given the professional title of economics councilor.
Web links
- Biography of Josef Rauch in the parliamentary documents of the Vorarlberg state parliament.
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| SURNAME | Rauch, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (CS, ÖVP), member of the state parliament of Vorarlberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dünserberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 1972 |
| Place of death | Satteins |