Kreszenzia Hölzl

Kreszenzia Hölzl , also Zenzi , Kreszentia or Creszentia , (born November 28, 1893 , † August 25, 1958 ) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ).

Life

Kreszentia Hölzl worked in the tobacco shop in Gloggnitz , which her husband had received as a war invalid . In the time of Austrofascism , the tobacco shop was a meeting place for the socialists.

politics

The natural pool in Gloggnitz

From 1945 to 1949 Hölzl was a member of the Lower Austrian state parliament . In 1948 she became mayor of Gloggnitz and was the first woman to hold this office in an Austrian municipality . As early as June 1946, the communist newspaper Österreichische Volksstimme reported that “the farmer's daughter Maria Rothschäd [e] l was elected mayor” in the municipality of Oberhaag and was Austria's first female mayor. From 1947 Ottilie Ninaus was mayor of the Sierling community, which was dissolved in 1968 . Hölzl held this office for 10 years until 1958 and during her term of office he campaigned for the construction of the Gloggnitz Alpine Bath, set up a mother advice center and pushed for the renewal of the water supply.

Web links

Kreszenzia Hölzl on the website of the Lower Austrian Parliament
Pictures by Zenzi Hölzl

Individual evidence

↑ http://oe1.orf.at/programm/435329 Ö1: Radiocolog - Women in Politics. Brigitte Voykowitsch: Pioneers (2), orf.at, April 26, 2016, heard April 26, 2016. - 7 days audible. ( http://oe1.orf.at/radiocolg )
^ A woman - Mayor of Gloggnitz . In: New Austria . No. 1132, January 9, 1949, p. 5 ( scan from onb.ac.at ).
↑ Message: The first mayor. In: Austrian Volksstimme . No. 30, June 6, 1946, p. 3: Chronicle of the day ( scan from onb.ac.at , see middle of page ).

↑ In the single shift: "Mayoress" . In: New Time . No. 152, July 3, 1949, p. 3 ( scan from onb.ac.at ).

personal data
SURNAME	Hölzl, Kreszenzia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hölzl, Zenzi; Hölzl, Kreszentia; Hölzl, Creszentia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician (SPÖ) and the first female mayor of Austria, member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	November 28, 1893
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 1958

[1] ttp://oe1.orf.at/programm/435329 Ö1: Radiocolog - Women in Politics. Brigitte Voykowitsch: Pioneers (2), orf.at, April 26, 2016, heard April 26, 2016. - 7 days audible. ( http://oe1.orf.at/radiocolg )

[2] A woman - Mayor of Gloggnitz . In: New Austria . No. 1132, January 9, 1949, p. 5 ( scan from onb.ac.at ).

[Volksstimme_1946-06-06-3] Message: The first mayor. In: Austrian Volksstimme . No. 30, June 6, 1946, p. 3: Chronicle of the day ( scan from onb.ac.at , see middle of page ).

[4] In the single shift: "Mayoress" . In: New Time . No. 152, July 3, 1949, p. 3 ( scan from onb.ac.at ).