Edmund Josef Bendl

Edmund Josef Bendl (born February 10, 1914 in Vienna ; † June 2, 1984 in Mürzzuschlag , Styria ) was an Austrian teacher and author. He became known for his efforts to maintain the Sonnblick observatory .

biography

After completing his training, Edmund Josef Bendl initially worked primarily as a freelance writer, but also as a teacher. In 1947 he started teaching and worked as a teacher in a secondary school in Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district) and later in the Peter Rosegger secondary school in Mürzzuschlag , Styria.

He achieved great fame through his efforts to save the observatory on the Hohe Sonnblick , which should be closed for financial reasons. For this purpose he gave over 200 lectures and wrote the successful book Der Sonnblick ruft , which was also made into a film.

For this achievement he was one of the winners of the Karl Renner Prize in 1952 . On October 7, 1975, the Vienna provincial government decided to award Bendl with the Golden Sign of Merit of the State of Vienna .

bibliography

The Sonnblick calls - front cover, 3rd edition 1954

• The Sonnblick calls. A story from Austria's mountains. 1952
• The Hallstatt boys. Stories from the Salzkammergut. 1953
• The fourth string. A story from Vienna. 1956
• Bridge over the abyss. Novel about South Tyrol. 1965
• The village of a thousand wonders. A children's village novel. 1965
• The game of the holy night. 1965

literature

• Vienna City Hall correspondence. December 10, 1952, sheet 1937
• Vienna City Hall correspondence. December 13, 1952, sheet 1966
• Vienna City Hall correspondence. February 6, 1974, sheet 235
• Konrad Feilchenfeldt (Hrsg.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century. Volume 2, KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-908255-02-3 , pp. 233, 234.

Web links

• Literature by and about Edmund Josef Bendl in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official Journal of the City of Vienna. October 16, 1975.