Gerhard Pilz (actor)

Gerhard Pilz (2009)

Gerhard Pilz , called Bütz , (born July 3, 1942 in Perg ; † September 3, 2016 in Linz ), was an Austrian trader ( printer ), cultural worker , screenwriter and actor .

Life

Pilz completed an apprenticeship as a printer and typesetter in his father's print shop , took over the company after his retirement and continued to run it together with his wife and several employees until he retired. Through his professional and entrepreneurial activity, he came into contact with the culture and theater scene and continued his personal education in this area.

Pilz belonged to the Mühlviertel artists' guild from the beginning of the 1970s until 2001 and was a consultant for Upper Austria. State government in the field of culture, holder of the culture medal of the State of Upper Austria and custodian in the Heimathaus-Stadtmuseum Perg . In his regional surroundings he also worked as a musician and director . He was married to Heidelore Pilz and the father of Barbara , Ulla and Florian.

Screenwriter and actor

In 1966, as part of a script competition , he wrote a manuscript about the fate of a homecomer with the title Drum and Rose and received the prize money. The text later became the basis for the Austrian film contribution, which was nominated for submission to the Rose d'Or television entertainment festival .

Gerhard Pilz appeared in two supporting roles in front of the camera, in Walter Wippersberg ’s “ Das Fest des Huhnes ” (1992) and in Stefan Ruzowitzky 's film “ Die Siebtelbauern ” (1998).

Amateur theater and regional cultural activities

Gerhard Pilz (Bütz) was known to the regional public through his activities in the cultural field as a director , actor and musician and through his involvement in local associations (sometimes also in association functions). Regional events were given a special touch by the appearances of Gerhard Pilz (alone or together with friends from the Perg theater group).

Since 1965 there has been an amateur theater group in Perg, which is now called the Perg theater group and consists of the merger of the Perger theater youth around chaplain Johann Zauner and the group Perg 65, who u. a. Gerhard Pilz also belonged. Since then, the Catholic education center of the parish of Perg has provided the institutional framework . The repertoire of the theater group Perg includes full-length comedies , readings and sketches as well as the Perg cabaret , whereby Pilz acted as a director ( director ), but also as an actor or pianist.

The musical activities in which Gerhard Pilz participates took place under the names "Perg- Jazz " and "Perg- Folk ". The people of the Perger Theater have created a home for their activities in the “Theaterl” and the Kultur-Zeughaus. Among other things, the “ gallery in the armory ” and a writing workshop are housed there, which were looked after by Gerhard Pilz. Gregor Riegler also belongs to this writing workshop . Günther Maria Garzaner was also a long-time member . The regular meetings of the Perg local group of the Freetown-based literary circle Promotheus also take place in the Kultur-Zeughaus.

Gerhard Pilz was an actor at the Perger Puppenbühne . This was founded in 1973 by the members of the Perg theater group, Robert and Helga Wandl, and, under the direction of Gerald Kreuzer, performs puppet theater pieces for children in the Perger parish hall, in the Perger cultural armory and occasionally in neighboring towns.

Pilz worked in the Perg Heimat- und Museumverein, where his brother, Anton Baumann, acted as chairman. This activity included guided tours in the Heimathaus-Stadtmuseum Perg and its outposts in Ratgöbluckn , Scherer mill quarry and Steinbrecherhaus as well as city walks. For several years he was chairman of the association “Jugendzentrum Perg” and member of the board of the national association “Musemsland Donauland”, which was later renamed “Museumsland Donauland Strudengau”.

Publications

• Gerhard Pilz founded a magazine in 1965, which was published on a case-by-case basis until about 1978. a. "Donkey milk" and "donkey ear" called. In addition to Gerhard Pilz, the editors were also Peter Willnauer, Wenzeslaus Kopetzky and Manfred Rieder.
• Between 1973 and 1986 Pilz wrote numerous articles in the cultural magazine Mühlviertler Heimatblätter and Mühlviertler Kulturzeitung
• From 1988 Pilz was an employee and member of the editorial board of the magazine “ Der Saurüssel ”, Mühlviertler Landbote, (published from 1984 to 1993).
• Inspection of a (cultural) hiking trail , part 1 and 2 in: Kulturwanderweg, publisher: Buchdruckerei Pilz, Perg, 1993 and 1995
• The Upper Austrian Peasant War 1626 or uprising and rebellion using an example , with drawings by Franz Armbruster and texts by Gerhard Pilz, Traun, 1988
• The following chapters in: Franz Moser and 10 other authors, Heimatbuch der Stadt Perg 2009 , publisher: Heimatverein Perg and Stadtgemeinde Perg, Linz 2009, ISBN 978-3-902598-90-5
  • Perg in literature and music
  • Legends and stories
  • The club landscape in Perg, culture - sport - leisure (together with Franz Moser)
  • Health care
  • tourism
  • The development of transport
  • Perg on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela
• Franziska and Franz or Franz and Franziska , stories by Gerhard Pilz = Bütz, with pictures painted by Renate Billensteiner, ISBN 9783950189728

Awards

Gerhard Pilz has received the following awards:

• Culture Medal of the State of Upper Austria (2015)
• Golden association badge of the Heimat- und Museumverein Perg (2010)
• Medal of Honor of the City of Perg (2003)

• Consultant for general cultural maintenance of the Province of Upper Austria (1995)

Web links

• Gerhard Pilz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Gerhard Pilz in the catalog of the German National Library
• 1000 compatriots ( Upper Austrian news )
• Just tell me Bütz, everyone does that anyway
• Bibliography in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerhard Pilz in the series 1000 compatriots of the OÖN
2. ^ A film by Walter Wippersberg
3. ^ Austrian National Bank, literary journals from 1945 to 1990
4. ^ Authors of the Mühlviertler Heimatblätter
5. ↑ The Saurüssel, Mühlviertler Landbote
6. ^ Catalog of the German National Library
7. ↑ Heimat- und Museumsverein in the anniversary year 2017 on the website [www.pergmuseum.at]