Stefan Behm

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Stefan Behm (born December 10, 1929 in Northampton , Pennsylvania , † October 16, 2005 ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and farmer. From 1977 to 1991 Behm was a member of the Burgenland Landtag .

Behm was born in the USA as the son of the waiter Ferdinand Behm, where his father most recently worked in a managerial position in the service of a large restaurant and in a mail order expedition in New York . In 1931, Behm moved back to Moschendorf with his parents . His parents emigrated again to the USA in 1936 and left their son Stefan with his grandparents. Behm attended elementary school in Moschendorf between 1936 and 1944 and then worked in his grandparents' farm. In 1946 he was entrusted with the management of the agricultural business, which he took over completely in 1950. As a farmer, Behm was awarded the professional title of economics council in 1985 . As a farmer, Behm was also councilor of the Burgenland Chamber of Agriculture from 1968 to 1985 .

In the political field, Behm was active as a local councilor in Moschendorf between 1958 and 1967, and in 1960 he was also elected as the local ÖVP party chairman. He was then mayor of Moschendorf from 1967 to 1970 and after the amalgamation of the municipalities in 1971 he took over the office of mayor of Strem , which he held until 1992. In addition, Behm was the district chairman of the farmers' union from 1973 to 1993 and represented the ÖVP between December 16, 1977 and July 18, 1991 in the Burgenland state parliament .

The political focal points of Behm's work included pension and social issues as well as the further development of the Pinka and Strem valley . The Moschendorf Wine Museum was founded on his initiative .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ORF Burgenland Moschendorf: Stefan Behm is dead, October 17th, 2005
  2. ↑ Burgenland Landtag ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 350 kB) Stengrophic protocol from October 25, 2005 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.burgenland.at

literature

  • Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. Volume 2: (1945–1995) (= Burgenland Research. 76). Burgenland State Archives, Eisenstadt 1996, ISBN 3-901517-07-3 .
personal data
SURNAME Behm, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament in Burgenland
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Northampton, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 2005