Karl Muhlhauser

Karl Mühlhauser (born July 31, 1909 in Vienna ; † March 14, 1979 in ibid.) Was an Austrian politician ( CS / ÖVP ).

life and career

Karl Mühlhauser was born on July 31, 1909 as the son of a bakery worker in Vienna. After attending elementary and community school, he began an apprenticeship as a typesetter in a book printer . He also attended evening commercial courses during and after his apprenticeship, and at the age of 26 he already became the deputy director of a book printing company with 200 employees. After the Second World War , Mühlhauser rebuilt the Waldheim-Eberle printing company , which was one of the largest book printing companies in the Danube Monarchy before the First World War and was later the largest printing company in Austria, and acted as general director for many years. His political commitment began in his youth when he joined the Christian youth movement and became a member of the Christian Social Workers' Association. Here he rose over the years to one of the deputies behind Leopold Kunschak and, after the liberation of Vienna, was involved in building what is now the Austrian People's Party in Vienna-Margareten . Until 1966 he held the office of district party chairman in this district of Vienna. In the state and municipal council elections in Vienna in 1945 , Mühlhauser was elected to the Vienna municipal and regional council , to which he then belonged from the 5th to the 10th electoral term ; this corresponded to a period of around 29 years.

Mühlhauser, who, among other things, was chairman of the ÖVP's Town Hall Club from 1949 to 1973, was also second president of the state parliament from December 5, 1949 to June 6, 1969. He only gave this office to Maria Hlawka in the 10th electoral term (from 1969 to 1973) , whose office of third state parliament president he took over during this electoral term. Mühlhauser received numerous awards and honors: in 1969 he was awarded the Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna with the Star and in 1974 he was appointed " Citizen of the City of Vienna ". Furthermore, he was the holder of the Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria , as well as the Commander's Cross with the Star of the New Year's Eve . On March 14, 1979, Mühlhauser died at the age of 69 in his hometown of Vienna and was buried in a grave of honor on March 21, 1979 at Vienna's Südwestfriedhof (group 2, row 4, number 16). His wife Hilda survived and died on September 7, 1993 at the age of 87.

Honors (selection)

• Awarded the Great Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna with the Star in 1969
• Appointed “ Citizen of the City of Vienna ” in 1974
• Awarded the Great Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
• Awarded the Commander's Cross with the Star of the New Year's Eve

Web links

• Karl Mühlhauser in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
• Karl Mühlhauser on POLAR - Archives Viennese politicians

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Mühlhauser on the official website of Friedhöfe Wien, accessed on May 14, 2018
2. ↑ Hilda Mühlhauser on the official website of Friedhöfe Wien, accessed on May 14, 2018