Anton Norst

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Anton Norst in 1914 as first lieutenant in the reserve with awards
Announcement 1914
Anton Norst in 1937 while visiting his daughter in Lviv

Anton Norst (born May 1, 1859 in Załucze near Sbarasch , † April 11, 1939 in Vienna ) (also Anton Nussbaum, OI Nussbaum) was an Austrian civil servant , local politician , journalist and author in Bucovina .

Life

Anton Norst was born as Oswald Isidor Nussbaum, son of Leo and Esther Nussbaum. His younger sister was the well-known Viennese reform pedagogue Eugenie Schwarzwald . His later name change is probably connected with his conversion from the Jewish to the Catholic religion. After graduation at the first state school in Chernivtsi and one year's voluntary military service in the Infantry Regiment. 41, he studied law at the Universities of Vienna and Chernivtsi and graduated with doctorate to Dr. iur. from. While still a student he wrote for the Neue Wiener Tagblatt and joined on 1 May 1882 in the editorial of the official government Chernivtsi newspaper one in which he in 1884 editor of the local section and the feature was to 1909 chief editor. Since 1892 he was a civil servant in the city administration of Chernivtsi. In 1897 he became university secretary (later official title: office director) and head of the university administration at the University of Chernivtsi . On August 17, 1912, the Emperor awarded him the title of Councilor .

In 1890 he founded the literary monthly "Im Buchwald", which he published until it was discontinued in 1891. In addition to his official work, Norst wrote numerous commemorative publications and occasional poems such as prologues as well as poems, stories, humoresques and reviews, most of which were printed in newspapers and magazines in Bukovina. His patriotic “Song of the Bukovinian Gendarmes”, written in 1916, was set to music by Franz Lehár .

In 1900, Norst was elected to the municipal council of Czernowitz for the first time, to which he belonged until it was dissolved in 1914 due to the war. From 1904 to 1914 he was chairman of the preliminary commission responsible for drafting the city's budget, but was also particularly committed to promoting tourism and caring for the poor, edited the city's bulletin, the weekly Czernowitz newspaper that has been published since 1898 , and represented the city at the Austrian Association of Cities . On April 11, 1912, he was unanimously made an honorary citizen of the city of Chernivtsi. He was active in numerous honorary positions; Among other things, he was chairman and honorary member of the journalists and writers association of Bukovina.

At the beginning of the First World War in 1914, Chernivtsi was temporarily occupied by Russian troops. Norst stayed in town during this time. After the reconquest by Austrian troops, he was appointed government commissioner by the city ​​commander on October 22, 1914 and ran the city's business. In the further course of the war he served as a reserve captain in the Landwehr at the State Gendarmerie Command No. 13 in Chernivtsi. In the spring of 1918 he helped reopen the university that had been relocated to Vienna during the war. After the end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and the annexation of Bukovina to Romania , Norst gave up his position as head of the university chancellery at the end of July 1919, since the University of Chernivtsi was now Romanian-speaking instead of German-speaking, and moved to Vienna, where he worked in the Ministry of Education and in 1920– 1922 worked for the Central Statistical Commission . In 1921 he received the title of court counselor . His grave is in the Hietzinger Friedhof .

family

Anton Norst was married to Olga geb. Weckenmann (1869–1948), with whom he had the daughter Elisabeth Friederike (called Else, 1892–1969) and the son Anton Heinrich (1900–1974). His daughter studied natural sciences in Czernowitz and Vienna, which she completed with a doctorate from the mathematician Hans Hahn . She taught at the girls' high school Albertgasse in Vienna , founded by Marianne Hainisch , and married the Polish physicist Wojciech Rubinowicz in 1921 . His son was a lawyer and the father of Marlene Norst .

Awards

Works (selection)

Anton Norst: Poem for the centenary of the Chernivtsi State High School
  • The Crown Prince in Bukovina , 1887.
  • Good health. Commemorative publication of the General Gymnastics Club in Chernivtsi, 1892
  • On the Prut. Patriotic Sounds from Bukovina , 1893.
  • Alma Mater Francisco-Josephina . Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the university. University bookstore H. Pardini (Engel & Suchanka), Chernivtsi 1900.
  • Anniversary publication of the Academic Reading Hall in Chernivtsi, 1900.
  • The Association for the Promotion of Music in Bukowina 1862–1902, 1903.
  • The entry of the muses, festival for the opening of the new city theater in Chernivtsi, 1905.
  • The kk I. Staats-Gymnasium in Chernivtsi for the centenary 1808-1908 (music by Eusebius Mandyczewski )

literature

  • Art. Nussbaum, Oswald Isidor. In: Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Vol. 5: Minuth-Risch. 6th edition, Ph. Reclam jun., Leipzig 1913, p. 162
  • Art. Norst, Anton. In: Hans Giebisch, Gustav Gugitz: Bio-bibliographisches Literaturlexikon Österreichs. From the beginning to the present. Hollinek Brothers, Vienna 1964, p. 281

Web links

Commons : Anton Norst  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In contrast to all other sources, the Austrian Biographical Lexicon mentions April 30th as the date of birth.
  2. ↑ a b Government Councilor Dr. Norst . In: Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung and Czernowitzer Tagblatt , No. 529 of May 4, 1919, p. 3 (online at ANNO )
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Moritz Stekel: Dr. Anton Norst. In: Bukowinaer Post , No. 2838 of May 1, 1912, pp. 1–2 (congratulatory article on the 30th anniversary as a journalist, with biographical information, online at ANNO )
  4. ^ Journalist, government commissioner and councilor a. D. The curriculum vitae of an old Austrian. In: Neues Wiener Journal No. 12734 of May 5, 1929 (online at ANNO ) (article on the 70th birthday)
  5. ↑ a b Chernivtsi Affairs. In: Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 2574 of 23 August 1912, p. 3 (online at ANNO )
  6. ↑ creating a Fondes "heroes Thanks" in Bukovina , in: Czernowitz Tagblatt ., No. 3770 of 16 February 1916 p.3 (online at ANNO )
  7. ↑ a b Chernivtsi Affairs. In: Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 2484 of May 4, 1912, p. 3 (online at ANNO )
  8. ^ Robert Kootz: Community newspapers in Germany and Austria. In: Journal for the entire political science , Vol. 65 (1909), Issue 1, pp. 133-139, here p. 138.
  9. ↑ Seventy birthday of Hofrat Dr. Norst . In: Neues Wiener Journal No. 12727 of April 28, 1929, p. 24 (online at ANNO )
  10. ↑ Not, as can be read occasionally in the literature, of the university.
  11. ↑ Thirty years journalist anniversary . In: Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 2482 of May 1, 1912, p. 3 (online at ANNO )
  12. ↑ a b Captain Dr. Norst - excellent. In: Czernowitzer Tagblatt , No. 3869 of May 26, 1916, p. 3 (online at ANNO )
  13. ^ Farewell to the German university professors . In: Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung and Czernowitzer Tagblatt , No. 598 of July 27, 1919, p. 4 (online at ANNO )
  14. ↑ Interview of Wojciech Rubinowicz by John L. Heilbron and T. Kahan on 1963 May 18, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA
  15. ↑ Annual report of the Association for Realgymnasiale Mädchenunterricht, Vienna, VIII. District, Albertgasse 38. VII. Association year 1918/19 , p. 24 (online at ANNO )
  16. ↑ Official Gazette for the kk Landwehr no. 185 of 17 November 1917 published in the field sheet no. 1114 (online from November 18, 1917 p.4 ANNO )
personal data
SURNAME Norst, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nussbaum, Oswald Isidor; Nussbaum, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant, local politician, journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Załucze at Sbarasch
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1939
Place of death Vienna