Vorarlberg State Committee (1945)

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Ulrich Ilg, President of the State Committee

The Vorarlberg state committee was the first provisional state government after the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Vorarlberg in 1945. The state committee was formed at the urging of political forces in the population who urged the regaining of the sovereignty of the state of Vorarlberg, which had been revoked by the National Socialists. The state committee chaired by President Ulrich Ilg was appointed by the occupation authorities on May 24, 1945 and replaced by the elected state government Ilg I on December 11, after the state elections on November 25 .

The state committee acted at the same time as a legislative (legislative) and an executive (executive) body, since there was no elected state parliament as an official legislative body. The subordination of this provisional state government to the French occupation authorities was one of the strict conditions that were anchored in the appointment decree. The state committee had its seat in Feldkirch , where the occupation authorities for Vorarlberg were also located. Only the later elected state government moved the seat of government back to Bregenz . While in the rest of Austria the party landscape was divided into three spectra (People's Party, Socialists and Communists), the Vorarlberg Socialists declared that they would also take over the communists' agendas in the regional committee. As of October 30, 1945, the KPÖ was still considered as a separate parliamentary group in the state committee, which meant that the ÖVP also appointed another member to bring the balance of power back into line with the last elections held before the Anschluss .

Appointment decree

Original wording of the appointment decree of May 24, 1945:

The general in command of the Vorarlberg area hereby appoints the
«Vorarlberg State Committee»
as the provisional supreme authority of the civil administration of the state of Vorarlberg with its seat in Feldkirch.
The Vorarlberg State Committee is subordinate to the military government for Vorarlberg. Its resolutions and announcements only come into effect after approval by the military government.
The members of the Vorarlberg State Committee are:
Ulrich Ilg, Dornbirn, President
Jakob Bertsch, Feldkirch, Vice President
Adolf Vögel, Doren
Karl Zerlauth, Ludesch
Eduard Ulmer, Dornbirn
Emil Nesler, Bludenz
Eugen Leißing, Bregenz
Hans Mayer, Bregenz
Feldkirch, May 24, 1945

The appointment decree was handed over to the assembled members of the regional committee on May 24, 1945 by General d'Hesdin in Feldkirch and brought to their attention. The original of the decree was written in French and then translated into German. Immediately after the handover of the decree, the state committee met for the first time in the building of the then state flour office.

composition

Office Surname Political party Departments
president Ulrich Ilg ÖVP Presidium, security, home affairs, justice
Vice President Jakob Bertsch SPÖ Welfare, construction, postal and telecommunications
member Adolf Birds ÖVP Finances
member Karl Zerlauth ÖVP Food and Agriculture
member Eduard Ulmer ÖVP economy
member Emil Nesler SPÖ job
member Eugene Leißing ÖVP Culture, education, science
member Hans Mayer SPÖ Transportation, reparation
Member
since October 30, 1945 		Andreas Sprenger ÖVP
Member
since October 30, 1945 		Max Haller KPÖ

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The original is in the Vorarlberg State Archives , poster collection No. 440 (original 48 × 100 cm). Printed in the brochure “God bless our work and our country!” - Festschrift of the state of Vorarlberg on the occasion of the unveiling of a plaque at the journeyman's house in Feldkirch to commemorate the re-establishment of the state of Vorarlberg on May 24, 1945. Feldkirch, May 24, 2005.