Michael Gangl

Michael Gangl (born August 14, 1885 in Apetlon , † April 13, 1977 in Eisenstadt ) was an Austrian clergyman and politician ( CS ). Gangl was a member of the National Council and a member of the Burgenland Landtag .

Life

Michael Gangl was born as the son of the farmer Johann Gangl from Apetlon. He attended the Apetlon elementary school and then switched to the Benedictine high school in Győr . After Gangl graduated from high school in 1904, he entered the seminary for Catholic theology in Győr and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1908 . Gangl subsequently worked as a chaplain in Wiesen , Deutschkreutz , Győr and Walbersdorf and acted as field curate between 1914 and 1918 . After the First World War, Gangl was town chaplain in Sopron from 1919 to 1920 , and between 1920 and 1929 he held the position of pastor of Neudörfl an der Leitha. On August 15, 1929, Gangl moved to Eisenstadt as pastor , and he held this position until March 1, 1962. In addition, Gangl was dean of the Eisenstadt dean's office from 1941 to 1963 and the district dean of the Northern District from 1962 to 1965. On September 8, 1969, Gangl became provost of the cathedral , previously he had become papal house prelate on March 7, 1957 .

Since 1926 he was an honorary member of the Catholic student association KaV Austro-Peisonia Vienna.

politics

Gangl was politically active in 1921 as a member of the steering committee of the Christian Social Party for West Hungary and was also chairman of the Christian Social Party of Burgenland between March 14, 1922 and November 20, 1923. He also held the function of state party secretary from 1922 to 1932 and was also a member of the state party leadership during this time. Gangl was a member of the Burgenland Landtag from July 15, 1922 to November 13, 1923 and subsequently moved to the National Council, where he held between November 20, 1923 and October 1, 1930 and between December 2, 1930 and 19 February 1934 represented the Christian Social Party. After that, Gangl was a member of the Burgenland Landtag between November 11, 1934 and March 12, 1938, where he represented the status of "legally recognized churches and religious communities".

literature

• Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. Volume 1: (1921-1938). Rötzer, Eisenstadt 1972.
• Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. Volume 2: (1945–1995) (= Burgenland Research. 76). Burgenland State Archives, Eisenstadt 1996, ISBN 3-901517-07-3 .

Web links

• Michael Gangl on the website of the Austrian Parliament