Martin Thurnher

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Martin Thurnher

Martin Thurnher (actually: "Franz Martin Thurner"; * September 7, 1844 in Dornbirn ; † January 2, 1922 there ) was an Austrian teacher and politician ( CS ). From 1891 to 1918 he was a Conservative member of the Austrian Chamber of Deputies of the Reichsrat , from 1882 to 1914 a member of the Vorarlberg Landtag and Deputy Governor in Vorarlberg and a member of the Provisional National Assembly .

education and profession

After primary school, Thurnher attended the two-class lower secondary school in Dornbirn-Markt. He then took a preparatory course in Bregenz , where he was able to complete all schools with preference. In 1863 he passed the teaching qualification examination in Bregenz, in 1864 he also passed the examination as a secondary school teacher in Innsbruck . In addition, he passed the examination under the new school law in Innsbruck in 1871. Professionally, Thurnher worked from 1862 to 1866 as a sub-teacher in Dornbirn- Watzenegg , in 1866 he switched to the secondary school in Dornbirn-Markt, where he subsequently worked until 1891.

Politics and functions

Thurnher began his political career as a member of the Dornbirn community committee, where he was a substitute from 1870 to 1873 and a member from 1873 to 1897. He was sworn in on September 26, 1882 as the successor to Albert Rhomberg in the Vorarlberg state parliament, where he represented the constituency of Dornbirn Markt. He was a member of the Landtag until 1914 (in the V , VI , VII , VIII , IX and X legislative periods ), from 1902 he was representative of the rural communities for the constituency Feldkirch - Dornbirn and from 1909 Representative of the rural communities for the constituency Bludenz - Montafon was. As a conservative politician, he was also chairman of the conservative state parliament club from 1893 to 1896. In addition, he was a member of the state committee between 1890 and 1914, was deputy governor in the state committee from 1890 to 1912 and deputy governor from 1909 to 1918. From 1918 to 1919 he was also a member of the Vorarlberg provisional state assembly .

In addition to his work in local and state politics, from 1891 he was also a member of the House of Representatives of the Austrian Reichsrat (in the 8th , 9th , 10th , 11th and 12th legislative periods ), where he was responsible for the rural districts of Feldkirch-Bludenz and / or 1907 represented the constituency of Vorarlberg 4. He was elected almost unanimously by the state parliament on March 7, 1891, as a member of the House of Representatives and sworn in there on April 9, 1891. As a result, he was a member of this until its dissolution on November 12, 1918. As a member of parliament, he was initially a member of the Conservative Party ( Klub Hohenwart ), but in 1901 he joined Jodok Fink in the Christian Social Club, to which he was a member until the end. After the end of the monarchy, he represented the Christian Social Party from October 21, 1918 to February 16, 1919 in the Provisional National Assembly .

Thurnher was also an employee of the Vorarlberger Volksblatt and the association flowers published by the Catholic political people's association. He was chairman of the Catholic political people's association from 1881 to 1888 chairman of the Dornbirn Catholic constitutional casino (1881-1888 chairman), co-founder of the Catholic educational association and member and honorary member of the Catholic teachers' association. He also acted as chairman of the state election committee, until 1920 as a state school council and was a member of the torrent control commission and the international Rhine construction management. In addition, he worked from 1890 to 1912 as a member of the regional defense authority for Tyrol and Vorarlberg and was a member of the board of directors and vice-president of the Bregenzerwaldbahn from the start .

Private

Thurnher was born as the son of the small farmer and textile worker Josef Thurnher (1802–1882) and his wife Katharina Thurnher (1814–1877). Both of his parents were born in Dornbirn and died here too. Thurner married Anna Maria Fußenegger (1848–1921) from Dornbirn on October 26, 1874 in Dornbirn and subsequently became the father of three daughters and three sons, who were born between 1877 and 1892. The member of parliament , August Thurnher, was his cousin.

Awards

literature

  • K. Schneider:  Thurnher Martin. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 335.
  • Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1907–1913, XI. Legislative period (XVIII session). Wiener Verlag, Vienna, Leipzig 1907 (scanned biographies)
  • Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911–1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna undated (reprint 2001)
  • Sigmund Hahn (Ed.): Reichsraths-Almanach for the session 1891-1892. Vienna 1891
  • Walter Zirker: Vorarlberger in parliament and government. An encyclopedia of politicians from Frankfurt am Main, Kremsier, Vienna, Strasbourg, Luxembourg and Brussels (1848–2000) (= Association for Vorarlberg Educational and Student History [Ed.]: Alemannia Studens. Messages from the Association for Vorarlberger Bildungs - and student history . Special volume 6). S.Roderer , Regensburg 2001, ISBN 3-89783-400-6 ( full text as PDF on the website of the Vorarlberger Landesarchiv ).
  • Karin Schneider: "Some notes from my life". The memoirs of Martin Thurnher (1844-1922), member of the Vorarlberg State Parliament and Reichstag (=  Vorarlberger Landesarchiv [Hrsg.]: Sources for the history of Vorarlberg . Volume) 7 (NF)). Roderer Verlag, Regensburg 2005, ISBN 3-89783-491-X .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matricula Online - Dornbirn-St. Martin, Baptism Book, 1835-1860, page 283, 15th line
personal data
SURNAME Thurnher, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thurnher, Franz Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian teacher and politician (CS), member of the state parliament, member of the national council
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Dornbirn
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1922
Place of death Dornbirn