Bruno Buchwieser junior

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Bruno Buchwieser junior (born November 5, 1919 in Vienna ; † December 15, 1993 in Gießhübl ) was a co-founder and president of the Austrian Young Workers Movement (ÖJAB) for decades .

Life

Buchwieser, son of the architect Bruno Buchwieser senior and brother of the architect Helene Koller-Buchwieser , studied from 1941 at the University of World Trade and then at the law faculty of the University of Vienna . In April 1945 he received his doctorate as Dr. rer. pole.

In 1946 he was the head of operations in the reconstruction of the bombed St. Stephen's Cathedral . Together with other young workers, he founded the Austrian Young Workers Movement (ÖJAB). Buchwieser was subsequently President of the Austrian Young Workers Movement until his death in 1993. During his presidency he got involved a. a. For:

  • Creation of youth and student dormitories
  • Commitment to a united Europe and foundation of the European Houses in Austria
  • Development cooperation for Burkina Faso and other countries around the world
  • Retirement and nursing homes with activating, holistic care
  • Establishment of a family fund (today's structure of ÖJAB)

After the death of his father in 1960, Buchwieser took over the management of his father's construction company. In 1953 he was awarded the Karl Renner Prize of the City of Vienna for the young workers' village of Hochleiten, in 1960 the Silver Medal of Honor of the Republic of Austria and numerous prestigious awards from Austrian federal states.

Buchwieser was committed to a united Europe from the early 1960s. In the early 1960s, ÖJAB established European houses in Austria, in Eisenstadt, Graz, Salzburg, Klagenfurt and Vienna. The aim of the Europe Houses was to pave the way for a Europe that would grow together. The Austrian European Houses and the European Houses in other European countries were combined in the umbrella organization Fédération Internationale des Maisons de l'Europe - FIME, founded by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Bruno Buchwieser was its president from 1964 to 1986.

He was also involved outside of Europe. In 1961, ÖJAB began development aid projects in the West African Upper Volta (today: Burkina Faso). Because of his commitment to Upper Volta he was appointed Consul General in 1966 and in 1977 he was awarded the Order of the Nation of the Republic of Upper Volta.

The Miller-Aichholz Schlössel as part of the ÖJAB-Europahaus “Dr. Bruno Buchwieser "

One of the largest student residences of ÖJAB, the ÖJAB-Europahaus Dr. Bruno Buchwieser with the Miller-Aichholz Castle in 1140 Vienna, was named after him.

Buchwieser was buried on December 23, 1993 in the family mausoleum at Hietzinger Friedhof (group 19, number 168).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bruno Buchwieser (son) in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna ; accessed on June 3, 2017
  2. ^ Vienna cemeteries: Bruno Buchwieser ; accessed on June 3, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Buchwieser, Bruno junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian co-founder and President of the Austrian Young Workers Movement
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1993
Place of death Giesshübl