Heinrich Mataja
Henry Mataja (born March 14, 1877 in Vienna; died January 23, 1937) was an Austrian lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Party.
Life and political career
Mataja was from 1913 to 1918 a member of the Imperial Council (Austria). From October 21, 1918, he was a member of the from this emerged Provisorische Nationalversammlung for the Republic of German-Austria, of March 4, 1919, a member of the Constituent National Assembly and from the 10th November 1920 – 1930 member of the National Council (Austria).
During this period he was still from October 30, 1918 to March 15, 1919 in the government Renner I State Minister of the Interior and from November 20, 1924 to January 14, 1926 Austrian foreign minister.
He suppoorted the Christian Federal State of Austria formed in 1934 by Engelbert Dollfuss. He was from 1896 to 1900 a member of the fraternity Wiener Akademische Burschenschaft Olympia.[1]
He was brought with the signs of a stroke to hospital on January 22, 1937.[2] He died there the next day. On January 27, 1937 he was buried at the Wiener Zentralfriedhof[3] in an honorary grave of the town Vienna. [4]
Works
- Ten political essays from the years 1911-1913 . Opitz, Vienna 1913 ANL.
- The vote on the budget . Loibl & Patzelt, Vienna 1914 ANL.
- The Origin of the World War . Fonts for political enlightenment. Central European publisher, Berlin-Steglitz 1921 ANL.
- German-Austria . In: Ferdinand Schönemann (inter alia): Felix Hase: England. Ferdinand Schönemann: North America. Robert van Sint-Jan: Belgium. Heinrich Mataja: German-Austria . . Regensberg, Münster i W. 1924 S. S. 113-272, ANL.
- Austrian politics in XIX. and XX. Century. A historical overview . Reports on cultural and contemporary history, Volume 10.1934 / 35 (= no. 225/226). Reinhold, Vienna 1934 OBV.
Literature
- Lothar Höbelt (1990), "Mataja, Heinrich", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 16, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 364 – 365; (137 937 598.html full text online)
- Elisabeth Jelinek: Political Journey Dr. Heinrich Matajas. A contribution to the history of the Christian Socialist Party in the First Republic . Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 1971 OBV.
- E. Jelinek, J. T. Lilla: "6 / 134 .pdf Mataja Henry". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 6 , Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7, p. 134 f. (Direct links to "6 / 134 .pdf p. 134 ", "6 /135.pdf p. 135")
References
- ↑ Dvorak: Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft, S. 46.
- ↑ Schwere Erkrankung des früheren Außenministers Dr. Mataja. In: Neue Freie Presse, 23. Jänner 1937, p. 04 (Online at ANNO)
- ↑ Das Leichenbegängnis Minister a. D. Dr. Heinrich Mataja. In: Neue Freie Presse, 28. Jänner 1937, p. 06 (Online at ANNO) .
- ↑ Inland. Ehrengrab für Dr. Heinrich Mataja. In: Neue Freie Presse, 24. Jänner 1937, p. 06 (Online at ANNO) .
External links
- Biography, contact details and speeches since 1996 of Heinrich Mataja at the Parliament of Austria (German)
- Literature by and about Heinrich Mataja in the German National Library catalogue
- 30.000 Wiener vor dem Rathause. In: Oesterreichische Volks-Zeitung – vormals Konstitutionelle Vorstadt-Zeitung, 27. July 1914, p. 03 (Online at ANNO)
- Heinrich Mataja in original sound : Radio speech from the year 1933