Karl Bohle
Karl Anton Friedrich Bohle (born July 16, 1920 in Dornbirn ; † January 31, 1987 there ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ). Bohle was mayor of Dornbirn in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg from 1965 to 1983 . With a term of office of 19 years he is the third longest incumbent mayor in the history of Dornbirn .
Life
Karl Bohle was born on July 16, 1920 as the son of the accountant and city servant Anton Bohle and his wife Anna Maria in Dornbirn. During his school days, Bohle was a member of KMV Siegberg . After graduating from high school , he studied law at the University of Innsbruck before being drafted as a soldier for the German Wehrmacht in World War II . In 1943, he was seriously injured during the war and was brought back home. Since 1944 he was a member of the Catholic student association AV Austria Innsbruck in the ÖCV . In 1947 , Karl Bohle received his doctorate in law from the University of Innsbruck .
In the same year he became head of the legal, press and apprenticeship departments of the Vorarlberg Chamber of Commerce in Feldkirch . On October 2, 1948, he married Helene Herlinde Grabher in his hometown. In 1949 he entered the service of the Dornbirn municipal administration and four years later he was appointed director of the city council . In the municipal council and mayoral elections in 1965, Karl Bohle was nominated by the Dornbirn People's Party as the top candidate for the office of mayor. After the successful election, in which the ÖVP had achieved 25 out of 36 seats in the municipal council, he took over the office of mayor of the largest city in the country from his party colleague Günther Anton Moosbrugger . Bohle was also confirmed as mayor of the city in two further elections that followed. In 1983 he finally resigned from the mayor's office after 19 years and handed it over to his successor Rudolf Sohm .
On December 2, 1983, Karl Bohle was given honorary citizenship of the city of Dornbirn. A little more than three years later, on January 31, 1987, Bohle died at the age of 66 in Dornbirn.
Web links
- Entry on Karl Bohle in the Dornbirn Lexicon of the Dornbirn City Archives .
- Mayor history: Karl Bohle (Mayor from 1965-1983). Rule for the citizens . Article in the Vorarlberger Nachrichten of March 17, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Known members ( memento of March 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on the KMV Siegberg Dornbirn website. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Günther Anton Moosbrugger | Mayor of Dornbirn 1965–1983 |
Rudolf Sohm |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bohle, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bohle, Karl Anton Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (ÖVP), Mayor of Dornbirn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dornbirn |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1987 |
| Place of death | Dornbirn |