Josef Zwetzbacher

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Josef Zwetzbacher 1913

Josef Zwetzbacher (born October 17, 1874 in St. Pölten-Wagram , † December 25, 1942 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician ( CS ), member of the Lower Austrian state parliament , deputy governor of Lower Austria and member of the Federal Council .

Life

Josef Zwetzbacher was born on October 17, 1874 in St. Pölten-Wagram, which at that time belonged to the municipality of Stattersdorf . He came from a wealthy family that had owned the "Zwetzbachermühle" since 1679. After attending a business school, he took over his parents' mill in 1897. He had been involved in the community before. He appears in 1894 as the founder of the volunteer fire brigade , from 1902 he was head of an association for the construction of a chapel.

In 1908 Zwetzbacher founded an association to organize the farmers in the area around St. Pölten in a Christian social sense, in the same year he moved into the Lower Austrian state parliament for the first time. In 1914 he was called up for military service, and the following year he lost his mandate in the state parliament. First he served as a first lieutenant in the 12th Landsturm Brigade, from 1915 in the 59th Mountain Brigade in the Julian Alps .

After the end of the war, Zwetzbacher was the first freely elected mayor of his home town of Stattersdorf from 1918 to 1919. Furthermore, as a member of the Landtag last elected in 1908, he was a member of the provisional Landtag of Lower Austria and the Joint Landtag of Lower Austria and after the separation of Vienna in 1920 he was accepted into the Landtag of Lower Austria and became Deputy Governor there. After the state elections in Lower Austria in 1921 , he was re-elected as Deputy Governor ( 1st legislative period ). Between December 1920 and January 1925 he was also a member of the Federal Council ( 1st and 2nd legislative period ), and in 1922 its chairman for three months. In addition to his political activities was Zwetzbacher from 1922 President of the Lower Austrian Chamber of Agriculture , 1923-1924 President of the Lower Austrian Farmers Bank and founding member of the "first Lower Austrian Fire Insurance ".

In January 1925, the German-Austrian daily newspaper , which is close to the National Socialists, launched a campaign against Zwetzbacher. Over several days she accused him of various misconduct in his activities for the Niederösterreichische Brandversicherung, but above all for the Niederösterreichische Bauernbank. Among other things, he was accused of allowing himself to be bribed by his versatile positions, and he is said to have demanded exorbitant prices for fertilizers. After a short time he suspended his offices on January 30th and resigned from all offices on February 4th. This did not happen of his own free will, but was ordered by the party leadership.

It was not until 1934 that Zwetzbacher devoted himself to other things than his possessions, and until 1938 he was president of the Vienna Product Exchange . Zwetzbacher died on December 25, 1942 in Vienna.

Honors

  • Josef-Zwetzbacher-Gasse in St. Pölten-Wagram (1969)
  • Honorary citizen of the municipality of Stattersdorf- Wagram
  • Honorary citizen in 50 other parishes
  • Honorary member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Pflug Wien (1945 incorporated subsidiary of the K.Ö.HV Franco-Bavaria Wien ) in the ÖCV (1923)

Web links

Commons : Josef Zwetzbacher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matricula Online - St. Poelten - Franziskaner, Taufbuch, 1871-1876, page 136, entry no. 155, 1st line
  2. ↑ a b c page no longer available , search in web archives: Landtag Niederösterreich zu Josef Zwetzbacher (PDF; 5 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.landtag-noe.at
  3. ^ A b Manfred Wieninger : Tell St. Pöltner street names . Löwenzahn, Innsbruck 2002, ISBN 3-7066-2208-4 .
  4. ↑ Matthias Stadler (Ed.): Wagram, from Mühlendorf to preferred residential district of St. Pölten. Volkshochschule, Wagram 1997, pp. 55–60: Chapter From the Bauernbund to Statutarstadt: A successful politician of the interwar period .
  5. ↑ Irene Schindl (Red.): Active weeks. Stattersdorf. Magistrate of the state capital St. Pölten, St. Pölten 1997, p. 142: Chapter The mayors of the local community of Stattersdorf.
  6. ↑ Lower Austria-Land Parliament. In:  Wiener Zeitung , May 11, 1921, p. 16 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
  7. ↑ a b parlament.at on Josef Zwetzbacher
  8. ↑ Zwetzbacher's resignation from public life. In:  Neue Freie Presse , January 31, 1925, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
  9. ^ Resignation of the Deputy Governor Josef Zwetzbacher. In:  Reichspost , January 31, 1925, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt
  10. ^ The resignation of Zwetzbacher .. In:  Neue Freie Presse , February 4, 1925, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
  11. ↑ a b Wagram, from Mühlendorf to preferred residential district , chapter The farmer's bench and the consequences of Josef Zwetzbacher's resignation in Geschichte und Sage , pp. 60–67.
  12. ^ Information from Karl Wolfgang Schrammel, General Secretary ÖCV, dated February 16, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Zwetzbacher, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (CSP), member of the state parliament, member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Pölten-Wagram
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1942
Place of death Vienna