Otto Schedl

Otto Schedl (right) during the visit of the Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlander in Munich, 1964

Otto Schedl (born December 10, 1912 in Sinzing near Regensburg ; † June 8, 1995 in Munich ) was a German politician of the CSU . For many years he was Minister of Economics and Finance for the Free State of Bavaria .

Life

After attending secondary school, Otto Schedl studied philosophy, literature and art history in Würzburg . He became an active member of the K.St.V. Normannia in the KV and in other associations of the KV. In 1941 he received his doctorate. phil. After military service and brief captivity to Schedl devoted politics.

politics

Schedl joined the NSDAP in 1937 and was later an important figure in building up the CSU in Bavaria. In 1947 he was in the management trio of the newly founded Junge Union . In 1948 he was briefly general secretary - at that time designation: "Landesmanager" - of the party. From 1948 to 1957 he was district administrator in the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate . Schedl was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament from 1950 to 1974 . In 1957 he became the Bavarian State Minister for Economics and Transport . In this capacity, he contributed to bringing about structural change in Bavaria , which at that time was still strongly characterized by agriculture, into a high-performing and technologically advanced business location. During his tenure, Upper Bavarian coal mines such as Penzberg , Peißenberg and Hausham were closed amid strong protests by the social democratic opposition. Crude oil pipelines were led from the Mediterranean ports of Trieste , Genoa and Marseille to Bavaria, and Bavaria, with its Ingolstadt and Burghausen locations, was expanded to become a focus of petrochemicals . The Free State supported the temporarily faltering motor vehicle industry ( DKW - Audi , Glas (car brand) - BMW ). The construction industry experienced a great boom, the aviation industry was promoted. Schedl was considered to be the central switchman.

From 1970 to 1972 when he left the state government, Schedl was Bavarian Minister of Finance . From 1969 to 1972 he was also Deputy Prime Minister .

In the last years of his life he also dealt with the publication of books and writings, especially with topics in the economic and political environment. In 1976 he was the founding president of the Association for Journalism and Youth Education Epoche eV, which publishes the right-wing conservative youth magazine Epoche .

Schedl died on June 8, 1995. His final resting place is in the Bogenhauser Friedhof in Munich.

Awards

• 1959: Bavarian Order of Merit
• 1968: honorary citizen of Ingolstadt
• 1969: Large Federal Cross of Merit with a star
• Large silver decoration on the ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria
• Bavarian constitutional medal in gold

Web links

Commons : Otto Schedl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Otto Schedl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Otto Schedl in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
• CV on the side of the state parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Otto Schedl. December 9, 1912, accessed March 16, 2020 .