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Austrian People’s Party — Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) Tainted, indeed sometimes stained by associations with Austro Fascism, and with authoritarian leanings generally, Austrian conservatives decided after World War II to establish a party to replace the… … Historical dictionary of Austria
Dollfuss, Engelbert — (1892–1934) Chancellor of the First Austrian Republic from 1932 until he was murdered in his office building on 25 July 1934, Dollfuss came from the peasant community of Texing in Lower Austria. Born out of wedlock, he was subsequently adopted … Historical dictionary of Austria
Fatherland Front — / Vaterländische Front In an effort to rise above the highly partisan discord between the Christian Social Party (CP) and Social Democratic Workers’ Party in the First Austrian Republic, Engelbert Dollfuss established the Fatherland Front… … Historical dictionary of Austria
February Uprising — / Februarkämpfe Armed skirmishing among the paramilitary Heimwehr, the Christian Social Party government, local police, and the illegal Socialist oriented Republican Guard broke out in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, on 12 February 1934 … Historical dictionary of Austria
Heimwehr — The term is a collective applied to the voluntary self defense organizations that sprang up throughout the Austrian provinces immediately after World War I. At first they were connected with no specific political party, nor, with the exception … Historical dictionary of Austria
Kraus, Karl — (1874–1936) Like so many leading intellectuals in fin de siècle Vienna, Kraus was not a native of the city, but he was raised there. Born in Bohemia of Jewish extraction, he was baptized a Catholic and remained in the church until 1923. Though … Historical dictionary of Austria
Linz — The capital city of Upper Austria, Linz has been settled since the Old Stone Age. Continuous habitation of the area dates from the New Stone Age; the Romans erected a castle there in the second half of the first century BCE. The city lies at a … Historical dictionary of Austria
Seipel, Ignaz — (1876–1932) The son of a coachman, Seipel became a priest in 1899 and subsequently a professor of moral theology in Salzburg and at the University of Vienna. From 1917 until November 1918, he was the minister for social affairs in the last… … Historical dictionary of Austria
Starhemberg, Ernst Rüdiger, Count — (1899–1956) From one of the most distinguished and oldest of Upper Austria’s noble houses, Starhemberg, while a university student, fought with the German Freikorps Oberland, a volunteer private militia, after World War I . On 9 November 1923 … Historical dictionary of Austria
