Robert Freißler

Robert Freißler (born March 23, 1877 in Troppau (Opava) , Silesia , † January 7, 1950 in Graz ) was an Austrian administrative lawyer and German national politician.

Life

Robert Freißler was the older brother of the writer and translator Ernst Wolfgang Freissler . He studied law at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate just there to Dr. iur. He later worked at the Troppau Chamber of Commerce and Industry .

Freißler was elected to the Austrian Reichsrat in 1911 as a member of the German People's Party . There he represented the constituency of Silesia 3 , which included the city of Freudenthal and whose population was predominantly German-speaking.

After the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy, he was a German national member of the Provisional National Assembly of German Austria in 1918/1919 . During this period Freißler was also governor of the province of Sudetenland , proclaimed on October 29, 1918 , which consisted of the parts of northern Moravia and Austrian Silesia that were mostly inhabited by Germans . According to Johann Wolfgang Brügel, the name Sudetenland was an “embarrassing solution” at that time; Freißler had instead pleaded for the name “ Altvaterland ”, which is more rooted in regional traditions . The area was captured by Czechoslovak troops in early 1919 and assigned to Czechoslovakia in the Treaty of Saint-Germain .

Web links

Robert Freißler on the website of the Austrian Parliament

Individual evidence

↑ digi.archives.cz - Baptismal register Troppau (Opava), Silesia, 1873–1882, page 296, 1st line
^ Wilhelm Kosch : German Literature Lexicon. The 20th Century , Volume 9: Fischer-Abendroth-Fries, p. 385. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
↑ Tobias Weger : “Volkstumskampf” without end? Sudeten German Organizations, 1945–1955. P. 46. ( limited preview with Google Book Search ).

personal data
SURNAME	Freißler, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Freissler, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian administrative lawyer and German national politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	Troppau (Opava) , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	January 7, 1950
Place of death	Graz

[1] .archives.cz - Baptismal register Troppau (Opava), Silesia, 1873–1882, page 296, 1st line

[2] Wilhelm Kosch : German Literature Lexicon. The 20th Century , Volume 9: Fischer-Abendroth-Fries, p. 385. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

[3] Tobias Weger : “Volkstumskampf” without end? Sudeten German Organizations, 1945–1955. P. 46. ( limited preview with Google Book Search ).