Martin Wetschka

Martin Wetschka (born October 27, 1888 in Frauenkirchen , † June 23, 1971 in Eisenstadt ) was an Austrian landlord and politician ( CS / ÖVP ). Wetschka was married, a member of the Burgenland State Parliament and President of the State Parliament .

Wetschka was born as the son of the businessman and farmer Martin Wetschka from Frauenkirchen. He attended elementary school in Frauenkirchen and then secondary school in Győr and Bratislava . After completing secondary school, Wetschka graduated from the commercial academy in Sopron , where he graduated in 1906. As a result, Wetschka joined his father's farm and served in the war from 1914 to 1918. Wetschka then worked again as a farmer and was able to considerably increase his own property by leasing it.

Wetschka was a functionary of the Catholic Boys 'Association (district or regional association chairman) and in 1926 founded the Burgenland beet farmers' association, of which he was chairman. In 1930 the association was converted into a cooperative. Wetschka was also involved in the Christian-Burgenland Farmers' Union and was Chamber Councilor of the Burgenland Chamber of Agriculture from 1927 to 1936. In 1931 Wetschka was appointed economics councilor.

Wetschka was active in the Christian Social Party and held a mandate in the Burgenland Landtag between December 13, 1933 and October 31, 1934. In addition, from 1934 to 1938 he was mayor (municipal administration commissioner) of Frauenkirchen. After the Second World War Wetschka was again mayor of Frauenkirchen from 1945 to 1954 and in 1945 founded the local ÖVP. Between December 13, 1945, he was again a member of the Burgenland Landtag, of which he was President during this period. Wetschka was also active in the ÖVP farmers 'union of the Neusiedl am See district and from 1945 to 1963 held the position of vice-president of the central employers' association for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. In 1946 he was chairman of the Frauenkirchen warehouse cooperative, which he re-established, and in 1949 he was responsible for the re-establishment of the Burgenland beet farmers' association, whose chairman he remained until 1959.

After his death Wetschka was buried in the Frauenkirchen cemetery.

literature

• Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. Part I (1923-1938). Eisenstadt 1972
• Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. III. Part (1996-2001). Eisenstadt 2001