Leopold Guggenberger

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Leopold Guggenberger (born September 8, 1918 in Tulbing , Lower Austria ; † February 22, 2017 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee , Carinthia ) was an Austrian politician of the ÖVP and former mayor of the state capital Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.

Life

Leopold Guggenberger was born in Tulbing west of Vienna in 1918 as the son of Leopold Guggenberger senior. and Maria geb. Poriska was born. He never met his father, who came from the Carinthian Lesach Valley and was shot down as a pilot on the Piave Front on April 18, 1918 during the First World War . After elementary school he attended the Schottengymnasium in Vienna and graduated in 1936. From 1932 until the annexation of Austria in 1938 he was a member of the Reich Association of Austrian Catholic-German Youth. He then studied law at the University of Vienna and completed his studies in 1941 with the legal trainee examination. During his studies in 1936 he became a member of the Catholic student association K.Ö.St.V. Rudolfina zu Vienna and 1972 honorary member of the K.Ö.aV Carinthia zu Klagenfurt, both in the ÖCV . In 1968 he became honorary philistine of Gothia Althofen, on February 7, 1997 of Babenberg Klagenfurt, Grail Klagenfurt and Karantania Klagenfurt, all in the MKV.

After graduating, he became a trainee lawyer and assessor at the Vienna Higher Regional Court. During the Second World War he was used in various theaters of war. After the end of the war he came to Carinthia and in 1945 became a state official in the Security Directorate for Carinthia, in the same year also a member of the ÖAAB . In 1946 he became chairman of the union of the public servants in the regional executive committee of Carinthia and from 1949 to 1963 he held the office of the deputy chairman of the staff representatives at the office of the Carinthian regional government.

In 1952 he moved from the security department to the trade department of the Carinthian regional government and in 1963 to the transport department, at the same time he was district group chairman of the ÖAAB for the Klagenfurt-Stadt district and was given the title of "Hofrat".

In 1966 he moved to Vienna and was a member of the ÖVP in the Austrian National Council until 1970 . In 1970 he moved back to Carinthia and was a member of the Carinthian state parliament until 1979, and until 1997 also a member of the city party committee of the ÖVP Klagenfurt.

In 1973 he was elected mayor of the state capital Klagenfurt. During his tenure, the schools and kindergartens were expanded, the Klagenfurt motorway bypass and the New City Gallery were built. Klagenfurt received the European Prize in 1986 and town partnerships were concluded with Czernowitz , Dachau , Dushanbe , Nazareth-Illit , Rzeszów , Sibiu , Tarragona and Zalaegerszeg . In the first direct mayor election in 1991, Guggenberger was re-elected mayor with 52.7% of the vote. In 1996 he was appointed honorary chairman of the ÖVP Klagenfurt / Stadt. In 1997 he decided not to run again. Guggenberger's successor was his party colleague Harald Scheucher . With his 25-year term in office, Leopold Guggenberger was the longest ruling mayor of the state capital since the first election of a mayor in Klagenfurt in 1850. He is known to the citizens of Klagenfurt by the nickname "Guggi".

Leopold Guggenberger lived with his second wife Irmgard geb. Riegler in Klagenfurt. With his first wife Elisabth geb. Havers, who was killed in a car accident in 1979, had eight children.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ War experiences 1915-17: Front diaries of Leopold Guggenberger sen. appeared . Kleine Zeitung , October 23, 2013, accessed on March 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ Guided tour of the k.ö.St.V. Babenberg Klagenfurt in the MKV .
  3. ↑ Leopold Guggenberger celebrates a milestone birthday . Kronen Zeitung , September 7, 2008, accessed on March 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
predecessor Office successor
Hans Ausserwinkler Mayor of Klagenfurt
1973 - 1997 		Harald Scheucher
personal data
SURNAME Guggenberger, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, member of the National Council and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Tulbing
DATE OF DEATH 22nd February 2017
Place of death Klagenfurt am Wörthersee , Carinthia