Adelbert Muhr

Adelbert Muhr , pseudonym : Amur , (born November 9, 1896 in Vienna ; † March 10, 1977 ibid) was an Austrian writer , journalist and translator .

Life

Grave of Adelbert Muhr

Adelbert Muhr studied literature and psychology at the University of Vienna from 1914 to 1917 . From 1918 to 1930 he was a civil servant with the Danube Shipping Company . He then worked as a journalist for the “ Neue Wiener Tagblatt ” and, from 1945 to 1967, for the daily newspaper “ Neues Österreich ”. He was also a permanent employee of the " Arbeiter-Zeitung ". In 1964 he was given the professional title of professor . In addition to the focus on travel , Muhr was interested in the subject of railways , which he documented with the monograph The fiery Elias - Europe's small railways   .

Adelbert Muhr had suffered two strokes before his death. His honorary grave is in group 40 ( Ehrenhain ) of the Vienna Central Cemetery . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} (Hans Heinz Ha) h (nl) : Adelbert Muhr dead . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 11, 1977, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ Reinhard Müller: Adelbert Muhr . (Biography). June 2008, accessed August 2, 2011.
3. ↑ OBV .
4. ↑ Zentralfriedhof Wien - Group 40 (...) Adelbert Muhr (...) . In: Otto Buchegger: euxus.de , 2007, accessed on August 2, 2011.

Web links

• Literature by and about Adelbert Muhr in the catalog of the German National Library
• -, Hans Kloepfer :  In the rearmost Thule of Styria. In:  Wiener newest Nachrichten , No. 6095/1939 (15th year), October 26, 1939, p. 6. (Online at ANNO ). .
• The night of Grammat-Neusiedl . In: Journey around Vienna in eighteen days. Notes from a pedestrian. Amalthea, Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-85002-050-9 , pp. 145 ff.
• The honor-saving foot washing . In: Journey around Vienna in eighteen days. Notes from a pedestrian. Amalthea, Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-85002-050-9 , pp. 154-159.