Franz Xaver Reitterer

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Franz Xaver Reitterer

Franz Xaver Reitterer , pseudonym: Franz von Friedberg (born September 21, 1868 in Friedberg ( Austria ), † July 29, 1932 in Budweis ) was an Austrian writer and politician.

Life

Franz Xaver Reitterer attended from 1881 to 1887, supported by the castle owner of Bärnegg in Elsenau , Constantia Kiendler , the episcopal boys' seminar in Graz and the Jesuit college in Kalksburg .

He initially worked as court master for Count Salburg and D'Avernas in Graz, wrote for Peter Rosegger's Heimgarten and wrote his own works (D'Hausnoda, a swank in Styrian dialect, 1894).

In 1897 he took over the management of an indebted printing and publishing company in Budweis and in 1911 founded the Moldavia publishing company . As the editor of the weekly newspaper Der Dorfbote (circulation in 1932: 50,000 copies), he was very committed to the farming community. With the appeal “Farmers are united!” He founded the Austrian Farmers 'Union in 1898 , which was renamed the German-Austrian Farmers' Union in 1900 . This was followed in 1901 by the establishment of the German Peasant Party in the Reichsrat , and in 1905 by the German Agrarian Party , as its member he moved to the Bohemian Landtag in 1908 .

In World War I served as an officer Reitterer and wrote in 1918 the "hinterland warriors" publication in the field. In 1922 the Moldavia publishing house celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Reitterer died on July 29, 1932 at the age of 64 and is buried in the Ottilienfriedhof in Budweis. During his life Reitterer was closely connected to his hometown Friedberg (Styria) and also wrote a two-volume history of his hometown (Contributions to a history of the city and the district of Friedberg in Styria - Budweis: Moldavia, 1932).

He had bought the house where he was born in Friedberg and later built the “Reittererhaus” on the Hilm. Due to his services to his hometown, Franz Xaver Reitterer was given honorary citizenship of the city of Friedberg and the former Mittelgasse was named after him.

In 1932 he became an honorary member of the Marko-Germania Vienna fraternity .

Works

  • D'Hausnoda , a swank in Styrian dialect, 1894
  • The Winkelschreiber , a Schwank in Styrian dialect, 1894
  • Andreas Hofer , a tragedy in five acts, 1892
  • The writer , a play in five acts, 1891
  • Through love to victory , novella, 1896
  • My dead wife , novella, 1896
  • "Farmers are united!" , a warning, 1898
  • Let's do it! , a political pamphlet, 1899
  • What to do with Austria? , a contemporary question, 1899
  • Do we need our own farmers' party? , a political brochure, 1900
  • Experienced and listened to , a collection of short stories, 1909
  • The plight of the Germans in Austria , lecture in Leipzig 1908
  • Hinterlands warriors , written in the field, 1918
  • The economic and national conditions in the Bohemian Forest , 1919
  • Contributions to a history of the city and the Friedberg district in Styria , 2 volumes 1931/1932

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 48-49.
personal data
SURNAME Reitterer, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedberg (Styria)
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1932
Place of death Ceske Budejovice