Anton von Mörl zu Pfalzen and Sichelburg

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Anton von Mörl zu Pfalzen and Sichelburg (also Anton Mörl-Pfalzen , Anton von Mörl or Anton Mörl ; born January 30, 1883 in Brixen , † December 12, 1958 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian lawyer and councilor.

Life

The son of a publisher attended grammar school in Brixen and studied law at the universities of Innsbruck , Prague and Graz , where he was a member of the K.Ö.HV Carolina Graz in the CV and in 1914 was awarded a Dr. iur. received his doctorate. Until 1910 he was editor of the Vienna Reichspost . In 1915 he entered the service of the Innsbruck Lieutenancy and was adjutant of the Standschützen Battalion there .

After the First World War he worked in the public service of the district authorities of Riva (1918), Brixen (1919) and Schwaz (1920-1933) and in September 1933 he became district captain of Reutte . From December 1933 he was head of the security authority in Tyrol , where there were numerous sympathizers of the National Socialists who organized waves of terrorism across Austria. These led to the July coup in 1934 , which ended with the assassination of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss . Mörl-Pfalzen worked closely with Dollfuss and his successor Kurt Schuschnigg .

After the “Anschluss” of Austria , Mörl-Pfalzen was arrested by the Gestapo on March 13, 1938 and deported to concentration camps , including Flossenbürg and Dachau . He was released on September 5, 1940. The resistance fighters around Carl Friedrich Goerdeler and Ludwig Beck used him in their plans for overthrowing as political representative for the military district XVIII (Salzburg) .

As a result of the failed assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 , Mörl-Pfalzen was arrested again by the Gestapo near Innsbruck. He was quickly released because there was no evidence of his involvement. After the end of the Second World War , he became President of the Innsbruck City Senate in 1945 until he retired in 1947.

Mörl-Pfalzen published on scientific topics in newspapers and magazines and wrote books mainly on scientific and military-historical topics, including the three-volume work The Great World Order .

He was married to Mathilde Perwög .

Fonts

  • The end of continentalism in Austria. Development and importance of our sailing. Heirs, Saaz i. B. 1913.
  • The Standschützen in World War II. Tyrolia, Innsbruck / Vienna / Munich 1934.
  • The great world order. Three volumes. Zsolnay, Berlin / Vienna / Leipzig 1947–1952.
  • The ancient astronomical view of the world. Rauch, Innsbruck 1947.
  • Memories from the eventful time in Tyrol 1932–1945 (= Schlern-Schriften. Vol. 143). Wagner, Innsbruck 1955.
  • Moods. Wagner, Innsbruck 1955.
  • Standschützen defend Tyrol 1915–1918. Wagner, Innsbruck 1958.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Anton von Mörl. In: Estates in Austria - Personal Lexicon , Austrian National Library , March 2010.
  2. ↑ a b c d Peter Broucek (Ed.): A General in the Twilight. The memories of Edmund Glaises von Horstenau (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 70). Volume 2: Minister in the corporate state and general in the OKW. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Graz 1983, p. 225, note 25.
  3. ↑ a b c Short biography of the German Resistance Memorial Center .
personal data
SURNAME Mörl zu Pfalzen and Sichelburg, Anton von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mörl, Anton von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Brixen
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1958
Place of death innsbruck