Ernst Hefel

Ernst Hefel (born November 25, 1888 in Schruns ; † March 21, 1974 in Salzburg ) was a doctor of philosophy and an Austrian politician in the post-war period.

family

Ernst Hefel was born as the son of Ferdinand Hefel and Elisabeth Amann.

His first wife Marthe Schnürer died on June 19, 1945. The native of Vorarlberg married Mathilde Maria Antonia Ignatia Archduchess of Austria-Tuscany in 1947, the daughter of Marie Valerie of Austria from the Austrian imperial family .

Hefels and Marthe Schnürer's daughter Annemarie (1916–1991) studied ethnology in Vienna , wrote her dissertation in 1941 and at the beginning of 1945 only narrowly escaped being called up to serve as a naval assistant in Flensburg . Annemarie Schweeger-Hefel later worked as an ethnologist.

Merits

In the Provisional Government Renner , the first government after the liberation of Austria in April 1945, he was in the "State Office for Public Enlightenment, Instruction, Education and Cultural Affairs" under Ernst Fischer Undersecretary for Religious Affairs.

In 1949 he was appointed President of the Austrian Cultural Institute in Rome, which office he held until 1954.

Fonts

The Estensian Collections of the House of Austria-Este. In defense of Italian claims , Zurich, Amalthea-Verlag, 1919

Awards

1954: Large gold medal of honor with the star for services to the Republic of Austria

Individual evidence

↑ "Studying ethnology under Hitler" ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 376 kB) @1@ 2
↑ StGBl. No. 1/1945
^ Vorarlberg Chronicle
↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)

Web links

Literature by and about Ernst Hefel in the catalog of the German National Library
Ernst Hefel on the website of the Austrian Parliament

personal data
SURNAME	Hefel, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 25, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schruns
DATE OF DEATH	March 21, 1974
Place of death	Salzburg

[1] "Studying ethnology under Hitler" ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 376 kB) @1@ 2

[2] StGBl. No. 1/1945

[3] Vorarlberg Chronicle

[4] List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)