Josef Zehetner

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Josef Zehetner (born February 26 or June 26, 1889 in Eggersdorf near Amstetten ; † February 26, 1965 in Linz , Upper Austria) was an Austrian civil servant and politician .

Life

Josef Zehetner attended elementary and community school in Amstetten from 1901 onwards at the Stiftsgymnasium Seitenstetten , where he graduated from high school in 1908/09 . He then began studying theology at the University of Innsbruck , after a year he switched to studying classical philology there , and in 1914 he received his doctorate in philosophy . In 1916 he was qualified to teach secondary schools, from 1915 to 1921 Zehetner was a teacher of classical philology at the State High School in Linz . He then worked as a department head for career counseling in the Upper Austrian state youth welfare office, of which he became director in 1923.

During the XV. Election period (1934–1938) he was a member of the Upper Austrian Landtag as a representative of the cultural communities . In 1936 he was entrusted with the state management of the children's holiday organization in Upper Austria on the Fatherland Front .

In 1945 he was one of the co-founders of the ÖVP Upper Austria , whose first provisional party chairman he was from May to August. He resigned from this position for health reasons and was succeeded by Josef Stampfl .

Since 1909 he was a member of the Catholic student union KÖHV Leopoldina Innsbruck .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian Cartel Association: Josef Zehetner . Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c Province of Upper Austria: Dr. Josef Zehetner (1889-1965) . Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ The Children's Holiday Work. In:  Salzburger Chronik. Tagblatt with the illustrated supplement “Austrian Week” , May 11, 1936, p. 5 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / sch.
  4. ↑ orf.at: List of the Upper Austrian ÖVP regional chairmen since 1945 . Article dated April 1, 2017, accessed April 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved April 1, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Zehetner, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant and politician, member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1889 or June 26, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Eggersdorf near Amstetten
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1965
Place of death Linz