Karl Richter (politician, 1875)

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Karl Richter (born October 26, 1875 in Deutsch-Brod , † March 12, 1935 in Vienna ) was an Austrian editor and politician ( SDAP ) as well as a city councilor in Vienna.

Richter moved to Vienna at an early age, where he attended elementary and community school. He then learned the trade of gilding and was involved in the union. Richter joined the Social Democratic Labor Party as a youngster and in 1900 became union secretary. In 1903 Richter took over a position as editor of the journal of the woodworkers. In 1917 judges were appointed to the district maintenance commission and the rent senate of the Meidling district , and in 1918 to the provisional municipal council. He was sworn in on May 4, 1919 in the elected municipal council, of which he was a member until 1932. Richter was sent to the Reumann city senate in 1919 and was a member of the Seitz I , II and III city ​​senates as the executive city council between 1920 and 1934 . Richter headed the administrative group for general administrative matters from 1920 to 1927, after the death of Franz Siegel in 1927 he moved to the department for technical matters and in 1933 also took over the department for general administrative matters. In addition, Richter was the long-time chairman of the social democratic district organization Meidling and lay judge.

After the February fighting had been put down, Richter was interned in the Wöllersdorf detention camp in February 1934 . His funeral turned into a political demonstration against the ruling regime. The burial took place in the Vienna Central Cemetery .

literature

  • Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Volume 4. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995
  • Franz Patzer: The Vienna City Council 1918-1934. A contribution to the history of the City of Vienna and its parliament. Vienna 1961 (Wiener Schriften; Issue 15).
  • Fritz Planer (Hrsg.): The yearbook of the Viennese society. Biographical contributions to contemporary Viennese history. Vienna 1929

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personal data
SURNAME Judge, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (SDAP), member of the state parliament, city councilor in Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH German bread
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1935
Place of death Vienna