Josef Reither

This article deals with the politician Josef Reither; for poetry of the same name, see Josef Reither (poet) .

Josef Reither (born June 26, 1880 in Langenrohr ( Lower Austria ), † April 30, 1950 in Tulln ) was an Austrian politician ( CS , VF , ÖVP ).

Life

Josef Reither was a farmer and a member of the Christian Social Party . At the age of 27 he co-founded the Raiffeisenkasse Langenrohr, in 1908 he moved into the local council and from 1912 to 1925 he was mayor of Langenrohr. First he was an official at the Lower Austrian Chamber of Agriculture in 1925 until the "Anschluss" of Austria and was again from 1945 to 1949. He was chairman of the Lower Austrian Farmers' Union from 1928. He was in the Schuschnigg I cabinet from July 29, 1934 to October 17, 1935 Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

From February 24, 1938 until the "Anschluss" he was regional leader of the Lower Austrian Patriotic Front .

After the “Anschluss” he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp in 1938 and released there in July 1941. Since he had been named political representative in military district XVII (Vienna) by those involved on July 20, 1944 , he was arrested two days after the failed assassination attempt in Vienna. First he was taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp and from there transferred to the Lehrter Straße cell prison. Reither survived and returned to Austria in the summer of 1945.

Before the war he was Governor of Lower Austria from 1931 to 1932 and from 1933 to 1938 . After the war he was back in 1945 and remained so until 1949. In addition, Reither held the post of chairman of the ÖVP state parliament club between 1945 and 1949.

He was an honorary member of the Catholic student association K.Ö.St.V. Aggstein St. Pölten in the MKV and K.Ö.HV Franco Bavaria Vienna in the ÖCV and member of the volunteer fire brigade .

Honors

The Josef Reither Museum opened in Langenrohr in October 2013

On the occasion of his resignation from the government, Reither was awarded the Grand Cross of the Austrian Order of Merit in 1935 .

In October 2013, the Josef Reither Museum was opened in Langenrohr, and is located on the first floor of the Raiffeisen bank office in Langenrohr. The life and work of the long-time governor of Lower Austria is documented on an area of ​​120 square meters. In addition, a bust of Josef Reither was unveiled on the left in front of the museum.

literature

• H. Riepl:  Reither Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 67.

Web links

• Josef Reither Museum Langenrohr - 3442 Langenrohr, Josef-Reither-Straß 16
• Biography of Josef Reither in the complete list on the website of the Landtag of Lower Austria (PDF)
• Literature by and about Josef Reither in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Josef Reither in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Entry on Josef Reither in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
• Short biography of the German Resistance Memorial Center
• Record of Josef Reither's voice in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (speech in the Lower Austrian state parliament on October 30, 1934)
• Josef Reither on the website of the Austrian Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} OTS press release (OTS0051 Oct. 13, 2012 5:42 pm 131742 Oct 12 NLK0002 0470)
2. ↑ Changes in the national management of VF. In:  Wiener Zeitung , February 28, 1938, p. 1 (online at ANNO ). .
3. ↑ Governor a. D. Josef Reither †. In:  Communications of the Lower Austrian Fire Brigade Association , year 1950, No. 5 (LVIII. Year), p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). .
4. ↑ Distinction from former ministers. In:  Tiroler Anzeiger , November 14, 1935, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).