Stanislaus Pacher

Stanislaus Pacher (born October 19, 1892 in Flattach , Carinthia , † August 17, 1970 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian politician of the socialist party , member of the Salzburg state parliament and mayor of the state capital Salzburg.

Pacher came from a Carinthian "small house family" and was a miner by profession . Initially he worked in gold mining in Böckstein in the Gastein Valley and from 1913 in the copper mine in Mühlbach am Hochkönig . From 1928 to 1934 he was the mayor of this mining community and from 1932 to 1934 he was also a member of the state parliament. After the Austrian Civil War in 1934, he was deposed as mayor and temporarily imprisoned. After his release, he made his way as a simple unskilled worker and later as an employee of the Salzburg food works "Union". In 1945 he became a local councilor and in 1949 a councilor for the state capital of Salzburg.

In 1951 he took over the office of mayor of the city of Salzburg from his predecessor Anton Neumayr and held it until 1957. During his tenure, numerous schools were built or expanded in the state capital, and the new Kurmittelhaus with indoor pool and the congress center were opened. Pacher was known for his open heart and caring for the elderly. So he created a charitable institution from the welfare association “Volkshilfe”.

On August 28, 1958, he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Salzburg. After his death on August 17, 1970, he found his final resting place in a grave of honor in the Salzburg municipal cemetery .

See also

• List of mayors of the city of Salzburg
• List of honorary citizens of Salzburg

Literature and Sources

• Ludwig Netsch: The Salzburg mayors from 1847. Documentation of the city of Salzburg. Magistrat Salzburg - Documentation about what is happening in the city, Salzburg 1987.
• Friederike Zaisberger , Reinhard R. Heinisch (Eds.): Life beyond death ... Celebrities in the Salzburg municipal cemetery (= communications from the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies. Supplementary volume 23, ZDB -ID 507477-0 ). Self-published by the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Salzburg 2006.