Karl Stix

Plaque of honorary citizenship for Karl Stix in Rohrbach near Mattersburg , attached to the municipal office at "Karl Stix-Platz"

Karl Stix (born October 24, 1939 in Wiener Neustadt ; † July 5, 2003 in Hornstein ) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ).

Life

Karl Stix was born the son of a train driver. He spent his childhood and youth in Rohrbach near Mattersburg . After training as a locksmith and marrying his wife Erika, he began his political career in 1962. Stix was from mid-1991 to late 2000 Burgenland provincial governor . In 1999 Stix suffered a serious car accident, in the summer of 2000 he was linked to the scandal surrounding the Bank Burgenland , which led to his withdrawal from politics at the end of 2000.

His greatest political success was the recognition of Burgenland as an Objective 1 region of EU regional funding policy . This, combined with the benefits from the fall of the Iron Curtain, resulted in a strong economic upswing.

Karl Stix died at his home in Hornstein on July 5, 2003 of cancer .

Political career

• 1962–1966: SPÖ district party secretary
• 1967: Local council in Hornstein
• 1970–1983: Party secretary SPÖ-Burgenland
• 1975: Entry into the Burgenland Landtag
• 1977–1982: there club chairman of the SPÖ
• 1982–1991: National Councilor for Finance
• 1991: Election as governor
• 1996: re-elected as governor
• 2000: withdrawal from politics

Awards

• 1999 Great Gold Medal for Services to the State of Vienna
• 2001 Golden Commander's Cross with the Star of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria

literature

• Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. Volume 2: (1945–1995) (= Burgenland Research. 76). Burgenland State Archives, Eisenstadt 1996, ISBN 3-901517-07-3 .
• Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. Volume 3: (1996-2001) (= Burgenland Research. 84). Burgenland State Archives, Eisenstadt 2001, ISBN 3-901517-29-4 .

Web links

• Karl Stix on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Entry on Karl Stix in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Archive recordings by Karl Stix in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (speeches, radio reports)