Otto Steinwender

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Otto Steinwender

Otto Steinwender (born February 17, 1847 in Klagenfurt , † March 20, 1921 in Villach ) was an Austrian politician ( DnP / GdP ) and high school professor. He was a member of the Carinthian state parliament and the House of Representatives , chairman of the German People's Party and a member of the Provisional National Assembly and the Federal Council . From 1918 to 1919 he was also State Secretary for Finance in the Renner I state government .

Life

After primary school, Otto Steinwender attended grammar school in Klagenfurt, where he was a member of the Caranthania Klagenfurt union, and then studied at the law and philosophy faculties of the University of Vienna. During his studies in 1865 he became a member of the Silesia Vienna fraternity . He put his teaching degree in Classical Philology and German and received his doctorate in 1873 for Dr. phil. Professionally, he then worked as a professor of Latin and Greek at the Wiener Städtische Gymnasium in Mariahilf , where he also published economic and political articles. He was also a co-founder of the German School Association and in 1885 became a member of the Austrian House of Representatives in the Reichsrat. Furthermore, from March 3, 1892, he represented the cities and markets of Spittal an der Drau , Gmünd , Greifenburg , Obervellach , and Oberdrauburg as a member of the Carinthian state parliament; in the last state election before the outbreak of the First World War, however, he was a representative of the Allgemeine in 1909 Voter class has been elected to the state parliament.

Steinwender split off the German National Party in 1891 and the German People's Party in June 1896 from the Schönerer Movement and was able to achieve greater electoral successes with moderate anti-Semitic rhetoric than his more radical idea-giver with its Pan-German Association . The party program of 1896 followed in most respects the German national Linz program , in which Steinwender had already participated.

In the House of Representatives, Steinwender temporarily joined the German National Association and served as Vice President from 1909 to 1911. After the end of the war, Steinwender was a representative of the German National Party from October 21, 1918 to February 16, 1919 in the Provisional National Assembly, and from October 30, 1918 to March 15, 1919 State Secretary for Finance. He then represented the Greater German People's Party from December 1, 1920 until his death in the Federal Council.

Steinwender is seen today in the tradition of the Freedom Party of Austria as a political "ancestor" who managed the "balancing act" between the old liberals and the politically distant German nationals . This is intended to construct a liberal tradition of the FPÖ towards liberalism.

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  1. ↑ Wolfgang Bahr, "Studentengeschichtliche Ecke" in "Junge Leben" (Ed. ÖPR), 3/2011, p. 11
  2. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 507.
  3. ^ Robert S. Wistrich : The Jews of Vienna in the age of Emperor Franz Joseph (= Anton Gindely series on the history of the Danube Monarchy and Central Europe. 4). Böhlau, Wien et al. 1999, ISBN 3-20598-342-4 , p. 177; Steven Beller: History of Austria. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77528-7 , p. 148; Nikolaj Beier: "Above all, I am I ...". Judaism, acculturation and anti-Semitism in Arthur Schnitzler's life and work. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0255-6 , p. 29 f., (Also: Munich, University, dissertation, 2007).
  4. ^ Albert Fuchs : Spiritual currents in Austria. 1867-1918. With an essay by Friedrich Heer . Löcker, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85409-217-2 , p. 187; Nikolaj Beier: "Above all, I am I ...". Judaism, acculturation and anti-Semitism in Arthur Schnitzler's life and work. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8353-0255-6 , p. 29 f., (Also: Munich, University, dissertation, 2007).
  5. ↑ Iris Mochar-Kircher: The "real German" folk song. Josef Pommer (1845-1918). Politics and national culture. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2004, ISBN 3-6315-2753-5 , p. 165, (at the same time: Vienna, University, dissertation, 2004).
personal data
SURNAME Steinwender, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian teacher and politician (DnP, GdP), member of the state parliament, member of the National Council, member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1921
Place of death Villach