Julius Beck (politician)
Julius Franz Xaver Beck (born November 10, 1884 in Sursee , Canton Lucerne ; † November 4, 1981 ibid), entitled to live in Sursee, was a Swiss politician ( KVP ).
biography
Family and work
Julius Franz Xaver Beck was the son of Julius Beck senior (1855–1920), Lucerne Councilor , advocate and president of the Lucerne and the Swiss Bar Association. His mother was Lina Beck, née Walther (1855–1914). Julius Beck passed the federal Matura in Lucerne in 1903 . He turned after studying law at the universities of Bern , Vienna , Leipzig and Zurich to he 1910 in Bern with the promotion of Dr. iur. completed. After acquiring the Lucerne lawyer patent, Julius Beck ran law offices in Sursee and Lucerne.
In 1916, Julius Beck married Lina Beck-Meyenberger (1892–1988), who was born in Wil , and was the daughter of the doctor Johann Inocenz Meyenberger. Lina Beck-Meyenberger, a trained teacher , held the position of central president of the Swiss Catholic Women's Federation (SKF) from 1941 to 1957 . Julius Beck died in early November 1981 a few days before he turned 97 in his hometown of Sursee.
Julius Beck was the grandson of Franz Xaver Beck and the nephew of Heinrich Walther .
Political career
Julius Beck, who joined the Swiss Conservative People's Party (KVP), held the office of city administrator from 1917, and that of city president of Sursee from 1923 until his political retirement in 1959 . The energetic and committed Julius Beck, during whose presidency the population of Sursee almost doubled from 3,000 to 5,000, was jointly responsible for the strong expansion of the school system , the establishment of the district hospital, the construction of the Federal Armory and numerous renovations of public buildings.
Julius Beck also represented his party from 1923 to 1935, of which he was President in 1929, and in the Lucerne Grand Council from 1937 to 1947.
literature
- Johann Paul Zwicky von Gauen: Swiss Gender Book = Almanach généalogique suisse, Volume 8, Genealogical Institute JP Zwicky, Zurich, 1951, p. 27.
- Fatherland from June 27, 1959 and November 7, 1981
Web links
- Roman Bussmann: Beck, Julius. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Julius Beck; Matriculation number 18594 , matriculation edition of the University of Zurich
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Beck, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beck, Julius Franz Xaver (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician (CIP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sursee , Canton of Lucerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 1981 |
| Place of death | Sursee , Canton of Lucerne |