Civil administration Mühlviertel
The civil administration Mühlviertel was a kind of sub-government between 1945 and 1955 for the Soviet zone of occupation in Upper Austria .
The civil administration was established in a very short time when it became known that from August 1, 1945 the entire area north of the Danube ( Mühlviertel ) became a Soviet occupation zone. Already on August 2, an initial consultation between the constituent to civil administration and the Soviet city commander took place in Linz district Urfahr instead. On August 7th, the Renner government established civil administration by law ( StGBl. No. 115/1945 ). On August 14th the civil administration Mühlviertel was constituted. The offices were located at Rudolfstrasse 2 in Urfahr.
After the occupation of the Mühlviertel (August 1 to 8, 1945), the Red Army set up military commanderships in all the larger towns in the Mühlviertel, from where the Mühlviertel was administered and control over districts, towns and communities was exercised.
The civil administration served as a separate Austrian administration for the part of Upper Austria separated from the Soviet Union and was led by the State Commissioner Johann Blöchl , a farmer from Lasberg . Initially, the plan was to allow the civil administration to exist only as a temporary solution until the formation of the first Upper Austrian provincial government (December 15, 1945) after the first democratic elections on November 25, 1945. Ultimately, the administration remained in office for 10 years until the State Treaty came into force . The last meeting of the Mühlviertel civil administration took place on August 11, 1955.
The purpose of this administration was to maintain the connection to the American-occupied part of Upper Austria and thus to prevent an administrative division of the state. For this reason, Johann Blöchl sat as a state councilor without a department in the state government , but participated in all decisions. This construction was accepted by the Soviet occupying power and proved itself until the factual (1953) and legal (1955) end of the division of the country. The civil administration was very committed to the Mühlviertel population and repeatedly negotiated with the Soviet officers.
Web links
- The civil administration Mühlviertel 1945-1955 and Johann Blöchl. Special exhibition in the Mühlviertel Castle Museum in Freistadt. Website 2671 in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
- State of Upper Austria in 1945
- OÖ Nachrichten: The Mühlviertel under hammer and sickle
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 41 ″ N , 14 ° 16 ′ 58 ″ E