Max Leitner (politician)

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Maximilian "Max" Leitner (born May 24, 1882 in Wildberg near Kirchschlag near Linz / Altenberg near Linz / Hellmonsödt ; † September 14, 1938 in Linz ) was an Austrian forest and estate administrator , as well as a politician and as such from 1934 to 1938 was Upper Austrian Member of the state parliament .

Live and act

Max Leitner was born on May 24, 1882 in the small village of Wildberg in the vicinity of the communities of Kirchschlag near Linz / Altenberg near Linz / Hellmonsödt as the son of the forester Markus Leitner (1844–1889) and his wife Josefa (née Weber; 1853–1934) born. He had a brother, Karl (1884–1934). The family connection to the forestry profession has been proven over five generations. Thus, after attending the elementary schools in Ferschnitz and Grein , as well as the grammar school in Ried in der Riedmark , where he graduated in 1903 , Leitner began studying forestry at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna . During his studies he came into contact with the KÖStV Kürnberg , founded in 1900 , a color-bearing and non-striking student union and member of the Austrian Cartel Association (ÖCV), of which he became a member on October 5, 1903 and was given the couleur name Reinmar . During his studies he already worked as a forest engineer in South Bohemia .

In 1910 he graduated as Dipl.-Ing. and subsequently worked as a forest controller for the Hohenfurth Abbey ( Vyšší Brod Monastery in Vyšší Brod ). At the beginning of the First World War , Leitner began his military service in 1914 and was mainly deployed on the Italian front . Here he fell in captivity , from which he only in September 1919 returned home . Then he worked again as a forest controller for the monastery near the Austrian border. Since he was not interested in assuming Czech citizenship, Leitner had to leave Hohenfurth Abbey and instead took over the management of the Schlägl monastery forestry operations . During his service there, he switched timber transport from the waterway (via the Schwarzenbergsch Schwemm Canal ) to road transport with trucks .

In 1929 he accepted the offer from Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg and took over the management of the Starhemberg estates. Parallel to this already very demanding task, Leitner appeared as a member of parliament in the 15th electoral period of the Upper Austrian Landtag from November 1, 1934 to March 18, 1938. Leitner represented the profession of agriculture and forestry (L / F) . In addition, he was Vice President of the Upper Austrian Chamber of Agriculture and worked in several economic organizations.

When Austria was annexed, Leitner was removed from service ; there was also a cessation of occupancy and a loss of accommodation. A mental breakdown was followed by a physical one, before Leitner committed suicide on September 14, 1938 at the age of 56 in Linz. According to other sources, he is said to have died seriously ill. Leitner was then buried in Aigen-Schlägl, with great public participation .

family

Max Leitner was married to Hedwig (née Gafgo; 1882–1921) from May 29, 1911 onwards. The three sons Max (1912–1945), Karl Hermann (1913–1999) and Hubert (1921 – fallen in 1942 or 1943 near Stalingrad ) came from this marriage . In his second marriage, after the early death of his first wife, he was married to Maria (née Kern; 1899–1944) from October 12, 1922. The children Hedwig (1923–20 ??), Raphaela (1928–1996), Irmtraud (1929–1944; during a bomb attack on Linz), Roswitha (1936–1989) and Ernst (Kern-Leitner) ( * 1931).

The sons Max, a later forester, Karl Hermann, who made it up to the forestry director of the Austrian Federal Forests , and Ernst, a successful businessman in the electricity and electronics sector, were all members of the KÖStV Kürnberg.

literature

  • Harry Slapnicka : Upper Austria - The political leadership from 1945 (= contributions to the contemporary history of Upper Austria, 12). Oöla, Linz 1989, pp. 167f.
  • Michael Polgar: 100 years of K.Ö.ST.V. Kürnberg 1900–2000 . Self-published, Rohrbach 2000, p. 241-242 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Polgar: 100 years of K.Ö.ST.V. Kürnberg 1900–2000 . Self-published, Rohrbach 2000, p. 242 .
  2. ↑ Michael Polgar: 100 years of K.Ö.ST.V. Kürnberg 1900–2000 . Self-published, Rohrbach 2000, p. 241 .
  3. ↑ Michael Polgar: 100 years of K.Ö.ST.V. Kürnberg 1900–2000 . Self-published, Rohrbach 2000, p. 313-314 .
personal data
SURNAME Leitner, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leitner, Maximilian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian forest and estate manager, as well as politicians
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Wildberg , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1938
Place of death Linz , Austria