Quirin Kokrda

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Quirin Kokrda (born July 4, 1873 in Katovice , † October 14, 1937 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician ( SDAP ). Kokrda was a member of the Vienna City Council, from 1919 a member of the City Senate and between 1920 and 1932 he was the City Councilor for Nutrition and Economic Affairs.

education and profession

Kokrda grew up in poor circumstances as the son of a master wagoner in Bohemia. He attended the elementary and community school there and came to Vienna at the age of 14, where he learned the trade of iron turner. After his acquittal in 1891 Kokrda worked until 1904 in Vienna and Budapest in the profession he had learned. Kokrda was employed by Siemens-Schuckert in Vienna and worked, among other things, on the construction of the Simmering power station, the electrification of trams and work on gas works for the municipality of Vienna. In 1904 he moved from Siemens as a deputy secretary to the Association of Workers ', Employers' and Economic Cooperatives, which later became the Central Association of Austrian Consumer Associations, which Kokrda helped set up. In 1908 Kokrda was appointed managing director of the Großeinkaufsgesellschaft für Österreichische Consumvereine (GÖC), a position he held until 1920. Kokrda subsequently made a name for himself with initiatives to improve the food supply for workers in the war industry during the First World War.

politics

Kokrda became involved in the union early on and joined the Austrian metalworkers' association in 1895. In 1918 Kokrda was elected to the Vienna City Council in his home district of Währing and in 1919 was appointed to the City Senate. After the reorganization of the city senate, Kokrda took over the function of the official city councilor for food and economy in June 1920. Kokrda belonged to the city senates Reumann , Seitz I , Seitz II and left office in 1932. In that year Kokrda also resigned his mandate in the state parliament and municipal council. One of his central activities as a city councilor was the centralization of purchasing, which enabled him to raise funds for the free purchase of teaching materials for school children. In addition, Kokrda procured the building site for the heavily accelerated municipal housing construction in the interwar period.

Private

Kokrda married Wilhemine Winkler on May 1, 1897. The marriage resulted in two daughters and two sons. The home district of the politician was Währing.

After his death, Kokrda was buried in an urn in the cemetery of the Simmering fire hall . His grave is one of the honorary dedicated or honorary custody grave sites of the City of Vienna.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Planer: Yearbook of the Vienna Society . 1929; the web lexicon of the Viennese social democracy, however, gives the place of birth Katowice in Silesia
  2. ↑ www.friedhoefewien.at - Graves dedicated to honor in the fire hall Simmering cemetery (PDF 2016), accessed on March 7, 2018

literature

  • Fritz Planer (Hrsg.): The yearbook of the Viennese society. Biographical contributions to contemporary Viennese history. Planner, Vienna 1929, ZDB -ID 89077-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kokrda, Quirin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (SDAP), city councilor in Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Katovice
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1937
Place of death Vienna