Franz Gschnitzer (lawyer)

Franz Gschnitzer (born May 19, 1899 in Vienna , † July 19, 1968 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian lawyer and politician ( ÖVP ).

Life

Franz Gschnitzer studied at the University of Innsbruck , completed his habilitation there in 1925 with a thesis on dismissal in Austrian and German civil law, and in 1928 became professor there for Austrian private and labor law as well as Roman law .

Gschnitzer exercised the functions of dean, rector and senator of the University of Innsbruck. He also served as President of the Princely Supreme Court of the Principality of Liechtenstein, as a member of the Austrian National Council and as a member of the Federal Council . Under the Julius Raab government , Gschnitzer was appointed State Secretary in the Foreign Office alongside Bruno Kreisky . In addition, he was involved in the Bergisel Association .

Franz Gschnitzer wrote numerous scientific publications and was also active in fiction (among other things as the author of the play "Matterhorn"). He began his literary activity in 1916. His one-act murderer. A picture of life was published in the Widerhall in 1919 . It was there that the novella Love appeared in sequels in 1920 . Gschnitzer was friends with several employees of this magazine, u. a. with Josef Leitgeb and Siegfried Ostheimer. Since 1921 he had close contacts with the Brenner Group, namely with Ludwig von Ficker , Karl Röck and Erich Lechleitner.

The Franz Gschnitzer Prize is named after him. His son Fritz Gschnitzer was an ancient historian, his second son Franz Gschnitzer an important surgeon.

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Gschnitzer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Franz Gschnitzer (lawyer) on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Detailed description of the life and work of Gschnitzers, Univ. Innsbruck (PDF; 5.4 MB)
• Brenner archive of the University of Innsbruck
• Entry about Franz Gschnitzer in: Lexicon Literature in Tyrol
• Archive recordings with Franz Gschnitzer in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (parliamentary debates, radio broadcasts)

predecessor	Office	successor
Otto Hofmann-Wellenhof	President of the Austrian Federal Council January 1, 1963 - June 30, 1963	Hans Bürkle