Country Policy

The State election of 1919 was the only State election before the separation of Vienna as the local authority of the country of lower Austria and creation of independent double authority of Vienna as a city and municipality in the lower Austrian Parliament from 1919 municipal politician. The three traditional camp Christian social, social-democratic and national-liberal began to constitute itself in 1919, and in the course of the separation of the two local authorities in lower Austria and Vienna after the elections. A non-negligible part of the elected bodies comes from the ranks of the local politicians of the domestic factions and parties. At the same time, quite a few were Mayor of her hometown. When the Constitution of the province of lower Austria, at the beginning of the first Republic, the local politicians played a central role in all three traditional camps. Local councils, city councils, Vice Mayor and Mayor were personnel from the country politicians recruited and represented there at the same time also the interests of the respective municipalities and represented.

In addition numerous local and regional politician in the representations were the 1920 constituent Chamber of Commerce, trade and industry, as well as the 1922 inaugural agricultural Chamber will be active. Thus it came to a strong network in the economic sector in this area. The municipalities with land politicians as a community leader In the Crepidoma of the public participation process the communities were the central base for the socialization of an elite of country leaders themselves constituting inter food political and partisan politics since 1848. On the basis of this socialization process also the predecessor organizations of the three traditional camps were formed from Christian social, social-democratic and national-liberal. Therefore was the recruitment of the Councillors, Councillors and mayors for all three traditional camps of fundamental importance. In the period 1919-1921 of the Landtag of lower Austria had all three camps of local politicians in their ranks. The Mayor in the Christian social group the Christlich-Soziale group in the Landtag of lower Austria had in its ranks the municipal politician Gostl Matthias: Mayor (1926-1927-LAA an der Thaya), Jedek Karl: Burgermeister(1888-1891, 1896-1919-Spitz an der Donau), Dangl Johann: Vice Mayor and Mayor 1919-1938-inning), Beirer Rudolf: (1913-1919 Vice Mayor and 1919-1927 Municipal Council Wiener Neustadt) Heitzinger Johann: (Community Council St. Polten), Jax Anton (Council Waidhofen an der Ybbs).