Stephan Tauschitz
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Stephan Tauschitz was an Austrian politician (Landbund
) and farmer.
Tauschitz was born in Hörtendorf, which was a village, but was later included into Klagenfurt. After high school (Realschule
) in Klagenfurt, he studied at Vienna University of Technology
, where he graduated in 1922. He went on to become Gauleiter
of the Heimwehr
, but later quit his membership.
Landbund
The Landbund was an Austrian political party during the period of the First Republic .-History:The Landbund was founded in 1919 as Deutsche Bauernpartei and represented liberal and protestant farmers in Styria, Carinthia and Upper Austria...
) and farmer.
Tauschitz was born in Hörtendorf, which was a village, but was later included into Klagenfurt. After high school (Realschule
Realschule
The Realschule is a type of secondary school in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia , Denmark , Sweden , Hungary and in the Russian Empire .-History:The Realschule was an outgrowth of the rationalism and empiricism of the seventeenth and...
) in Klagenfurt, he studied at Vienna University of Technology
Vienna University of Technology
Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute" , it currently has about 26,200 students , 8 faculties and about 4,000 staff members...
, where he graduated in 1922. He went on to become Gauleiter
Gauleiter
A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau.-Creation and Early Usage:...
of the Heimwehr
Heimwehr
The Heimwehr or sometimes Heimatschutz were a Nationalist, initially paramilitary group operating within Austria during the 1920s and 1930s; they were similar in methods, organisation, and ideology to Germany's Freikorps...
, but later quit his membership.