Gerhard Tötschinger

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Gerhard Tötschinger at a reading at the literature festival “ Around the Castle ” in Vienna, 2008

Gerhard Tötschinger (born June 26, 1946 in Vienna ; † August 9, 2016 in Sankt Gilgen ) was an Austrian director, writer, director, actor and television presenter. Tötschinger became known as the presenter of the ORF program Quiz in Red-White-Red , and he also made a name for himself as an exhibition curator. He wrote an extensive literary work; his list of publications includes around 40 independently published books. He was in a relationship with the Austrian actress Christiane Hörbiger from 1984 until his death .

Life

Gerhard Tötschinger was born on June 26, 1946 in Vienna. He comes from a family of officers with a long tradition. Gerhard Tötschinger's male ancestors were active officers up to his father; his aunt Lucie had married a general at the age of 19 and was considered by officers to be the “youngest general in the monarchy”.

Tötschinger attended the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna , where he graduated in 1965 . He then began to study theater studies and art history, which he broke off; instead he took acting lessons from Zdenko Kestranek and singing lessons from Arthur Karg-Bebenburg . He had his premiere as an actor at the Summer Games in Liechtenstein Castle in 1966, playing alongside Gerhard Dorfer and Herwig Seeböck . From 1967 to 1973 he played on various German-speaking theaters in Graz, Bern, Klagenfurt, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Frankfurt as well as at the Vienna Volkstheater.

Since 1973 he has been artistic director at various stages: from 1973 to 1977 he was director of the theater in Burgenland, from 1977 to 1981 he was senior director of the Klagenfurt City Theater. From 1982 to 1993 Tötschinger was artistic director and until 1994 artistic director of the summer games " Fest in Hellbrunn " ( Salzburg ) and from 1999 to 2001 he was artistic director of the summer games in Perchtoldsdorf .

Between 1978 and 1988, Gerhard Tötschinger designed the television show Quiz in red-white-red for ORF , as well as the television series "Dialogues with Herodotus", "Federal State Workshop" and "Paths in Change". Later he was a member of the ORF Public Council. In the election for the ORF Public Council in 2010, Gerhard Tötschinger won 109,364 of the 221,340 votes cast, making him the Public Council with the highest number of votes by a large margin over the other candidates. He was also a member of the ORF Foundation Board and the Culture Advisory Board of ORF III . Tötschinger also designed the popular “Kultur heute” series “Heureka” for ORF III. From 1992 to 1998 he presented series such as “Sulle tracce degli Asburgo” or “I Tesori d'Europa” for Telearco Firenze .

In August 2008, he was under the direction of Felix Dvorak at Castle Weitra Festival in Bahr Comedy The kids on stage and worked on a television portrait of Christiane Hörbiger for Ziegler film, which was aired in October of 2008. In January 2009, Tötschinger suffered blood poisoning as a result of a bicycle accident, which resulted in the amputation of his left foot. In 2010 he appeared as a prominent lateral entrant for the ÖVP in the state parliament and municipal council elections in Vienna , with his long-term partner, the actress Christiane Hörbiger, campaigning for the SPÖ . The district chairman of Vienna-Döbling , Adolf Tiller , is said to have brought Gerhard Tötschinger into conversation the following year as the new ÖVP head of Vienna.

A great passion of Gerhard Tötschinger was monument protection. He was a board member of the non-profit Austrian Building Culture Foundation , an institution for the preservation of Austrian cultural monuments. Tötschinger also repeatedly showed socio-political commitment, whereby he knew how to use his position as a public figure in a targeted manner.

His passion for history, especially for the history of Austria and Vienna, was reflected in numerous publications. Historical topics were also often the focus of his lively lectures. Gerhard Tötschinger also emerged as an exhibition curator: In Baden near Vienna , he curated the opening exhibition “The World of the Habsburgs” in 2013 in the Imperial House , which was newly adapted as a museum, and sent it selected objects from the “Gerhard Tötschinger Collection”. The “Gerhard Tötschinger Collection” was not limited to figurines by Helmut Krauhs , which Tötschinger presented in the opening exhibition in the Baden imperial family. He also collected hats, historical toys, pewter figures and other objects with historical references.

His italophilia gave rise to a number of literary works and numerous engagements. At the age of 30, Tötschinger became aware that his name and patron saint, St. Gerhard (San Gerardo), came from Venice . This realization contributed to an outbreak of massive interest in everything Italian. From then on, the phrase “Where I am is Italy” kept appearing in his interviews. Tötschinger has worked as a theater director in Naples, Rome and Bolzano, working with stars such as Giuseppe Taddei , Ferruccio Soleri and Bruno Venturini. Numerous lectures on cultural-historical topics followed throughout Italy, and he also wrote around 60 scripts for Italian TV stations. From 1994 to 1999 he was artistic director of the Arteuropa Todi festival ( Umbria ). His book “Only Venice is a bit different”, published by Amalthea Verlag in 2000, was even translated into Chinese and was published in Beijing in 2006 . Tötschinger has also received honors for his diverse activities relating to Italian culture: in 1994 he was awarded the “Un libro per il turismo” prize for his book “Sulle tracce degli Asburgo”. In 1998 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy with the rank of Commendatore .

Gerhard Tötschinger was a sponsor of the Schönbrunn Palace Marionette Theater . He has directed a number of productions. He was responsible for the staging of the Magic Flute, the Children's Magic Flute and the Children's Bat in the Schönbrunn Palace Marionette Theater. Shortly before his death, in the summer of 2016, Tötschinger stopped at the Schönbrunn Palace Marionette Theater on a vintage car bus tour through Vienna that he organized with friends and colleagues on the occasion of his 70th birthday. As the initiator of the “Vinum et Litterae” competition, Tötschinger also sponsored Austrian artists and writers. The competition was held annually from 2004 to 2013. The award ceremony took place in the monastery Und in Krems an der Donau .

Tötschinger was a member of the Catholic school association K.Ö.St.V. Badenia Baden in the middle school cartel association . Since 2009 he has been an honorary member of the Catholic-Austrian Landsmannschaft Carolina Wien in the Academic Association of Catholic-Austrian Landsmannschaften . "He was a conservative who never played with resentment," emphasized the Vienna City Councilor for Culture Andreas Mailath-Pokorny ( SPÖ ) in his funeral speech in the cemetery church of St. Karl Borromeo .

Grave of Gerhard Tötschinger

The divorced father of a daughter had been the partner of actress Christiane Hörbiger since 1984 . On the night of August 9-10, 2016, Gerhard Tötschinger succumbed to a pulmonary embolism in his summer residence in Sankt Gilgen am Wolfgangsee, where he was on vacation with Christiane Hörbiger . His final resting place is in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Gr. 12B, R. 7, No. 8) in the family grave, which was declared an honorary grave .

Honors and awards (selection)

Works (selection)

  • Baden near Vienna . Guide book , 1974
  • Reinhard Tötschinger (Ed., Illustr.), -, Herbert Hochhofer (Photo): Baden personally. A walk through Baden and its immediate surroundings with random stops - Mayerling, Gutenstein, Gumpoldskirchen (…) , 1978, ISBN 3-900316-01-5
  • -, Hilde Schmölzer : Austria in Color , 1983
  • -, Hilde Schmölzer: Austria. Nature, Art, Culture , 1983
  • -, Harry Weber (Ill.): Hellbrunn - a festival , 1987
  • Sherlock Holmes and the secret of the Sachertorte. Novel , 1988
  • -, Christoph Wagner : Köchelverzeichnis. Recipes from Mozart's time , 1990
  • In the footsteps of the Habsburgs , 1992
  • The Habsburgs in Tyrol. History and impact , 1992
  • Christiane Hörbiger. A Biography Up Close , 1993
  • Walter Fritz , -: Masquerade. Costumes of Austrian films - a myth, 1993
  • Sisi goes swimming . In: Tina Kosak (Ed.), Friederike Anders (Illustr.): Sisi - Sisismus, Sisismen. History - Myth - Present, an exhibition of international contemporary art on the subject of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in connection with objects from her personal possessions. Galerie Menotti, Baden, May 17 to September 19, 1998 , 1998
  • János Kalmar (picture), - (word): Budapest Vienna 2000. Edition in honor of the turn of the millennium , 1999
  • Otto von Habsburg. A struggle for Austria 1938–1945 , 2001
  • Oh, who could travel with you. Traveling in Biedermeier , 2001
  • "Only Venice is a little different". Stories and anecdotes from a special city , 2002
  • Wish to dine? A culinary journey through the countries of the Austrian monarchy , second, reviewed and expanded edition, 2003 (first edition: 1996)
  • Austria is a little different. Stories and anecdotes from a special country , 2003
  • My Salzkammergut. In the footsteps of the Habsburgs , 2005
  • - (Ed.), Klaus Seitz (Illustr.): It will be a wine. Blissful Tales , 2005
  • All wine! Literature & Caricature , 2006
  • Austriacum hodgepodge. What you really don't need to know about Austria , 2006
  • O my Austria! 100 encounters with a beloved country , 2006
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Secret of Mayerling , 2008
  • Venice for the advanced. Bon di, Venezia cara , 2009
  • -, Klaus Seitz (Illustr.): Venetian Short Stories , 2009
  • Emperor, gardener, captain. The Habsburgs and their Professions , 2010
  • Gottfried Allmer, Josef Riedmann , -: Alois Hörbiger (1810–1876). The organ builder of Tyrol , 2010
  • Franz Liszt. From the village to the world , 2011
  • Viva l'Italia. Experienced, imagined, exquisite , 2012
  • Gerhard Trumler , - (Hist. Text): Thermalbad Vöslau. A bath for all seasons. Spring air, summer dream, autumn leaves, winter fairy tale , 2013
  • The Danube. History and stories of the great river , Amalthea, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85002-824-0 .
  • Das Kaiserhaus & Helmut Krauhs , Amalthea Signum Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85002-856-1 .
  • Murderous Venice. The dark side of the Serenissima , Amalthea, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85002-882-0 .
  • From St. Stephan to St. Marx: Districts I, II and III of Vienna; Viennese stories for advanced learners , Amalthea, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-99050-005-7 .
  • From the Schaumburgergrund to the Lichtental. Districts IV to IX of Vienna; Viennese stories for advanced learners , Amalthea, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-99050-034-7 .

Filmography

  • 1968: Laubenkolonie (TV), as bailiff
  • 1970: The Weyland Casperl (TV), as a balloon crier
  • 1971: St. Johanna (TV), as The Executioner
  • 1972: The goalie's fear at the penalty kick
  • 1972: Libussa (TV), as a tap boy
  • 1973: Hello - Hotel Sacher ... porter! ( ZDF / ORF television series), as a wagon master (in 5 episodes)
  • 1973 ORF crime scene (TV series), followed by “Frauenmord”, as a coffee house visitor
  • 1994: boiled beef , as a priest
  • 2000: Julia - An Unusual Woman (TV series), as senior public prosecutor (in 2 episodes)
  • 2000: Kommissar Rex (TV series), in the episode “Hunt for Eternal Life”, as Otto Nordegg
  • 2006: Tom Turbo (TV series), in the episode "Das Spukinternat", as a guard
  • 2006: The Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV series)
  • 2006: The Capuchin Crypt - burial place of a dynasty (TV documentary)
  • 2012: Homage to Heinz Holecek (documentation)
  • 2013: From the archive - Heinz Conrads (TV documentary)
  • 2015: From the archive - Peter Weck (TV documentary)
  • 2015: From the archive - 60 years of television (TV film)
  • 2016: From the archive - Harald Serafin (TV documentary)
  • 2016: Myth of history: The emperor's naval hero - Admiral Tegetthoff and the naval battle of Lissa (TV documentary)
  • 2016: Noble Metal: Noble Craft (TV documentary)
  • 2016: Imperial City Bad Ischl (TV documentary)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Tötschinger. In: exploredoc.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Gerhard Tötschinger was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery in the same grave as his aunt Lucie von Steinsberg and her husband General Moritz von Steinsberg.
  3. ^ A b Johann Werfring: Reminiscences of the Viennese Blechkarajan . In: Wiener Zeitung . Supplement “Program Points”. February 21, 2013, p. 7 ( wienerzeitung.at [accessed January 12, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk (ed.): Α-Forum: Gerhard Tötschinger, author and director, in conversation with Josef Bielmeier . April 12, 2002 ( br.de [PDF; 52 kB ]).
  5. ↑ a b Gerhard Tötschinger celebrates the 70s - Radio Niederösterreich. In: noe.orf.at. June 26, 2016, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Amalthea - Gerhard Tötschinger. In: amalthea.at. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h Gerhard Tötschinger in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  8. ↑ Prof Gerhard Tötschinger. In: kuenstlerimendung.at. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
  9. ↑ ORF audience council: Herbe defeat for SPÖ. Five out of six mandates go to the ÖVP - Wiener Zeitung Online. In: wienerzeitung.at. February 5, 2010, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  10. ^ ORF mourns Gerhard Tötschinger. In: ots.at. August 10, 2016, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Reinhard Kriechbaum: An Italophile Humanist. In: Drehpunktkultur.at. August 10, 2016, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Dona Kujacinski: TV star Christiane Hörbiger and her husband Gerhard Tötschinger in an interview. In: bild.de. January 2, 2011, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Barbara Gindl: Vienna election: Marek and her problem celebrities . In: The press . August 26, 2010 ( diepresse.com [accessed on January 14, 2020] Die Presse, print edition, August 26, 2010).
  14. ↑ Baukultur Foundation: Commitment to the preservation of Austrian cultural assets. In: ots.at. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
  15. ^ Gerhard Tötschinger: From St. Stephan to St. Marx: The Vienna districts I, II and III; Viennese stories for advanced learners . Amalthea, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-99050-005-7 , pp. 246 .
  16. ^ Barbara Sorge: Lecture series with Gerhard Tötschinger: Through all districts in 23 months - Wiener Zeitung Online. In: wienerzeitung.at. January 3, 2013, accessed January 3, 2020 .
  17. ^ Johann Werfring: In the imperial house, the desire for history is kindled . In: Wiener Zeitung . Appendix program points. January 30, 2014, p. 7 ( wienerzeitung.at [accessed on January 14, 2020]).
  18. ^ Kaiserhaus Baden - "The World of the Habsburgs" - regio-current. In: regio-aktuell.at. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Maria Gurmann: Breakfast with Gerhard Tötschinger. In: kurier.at. January 30, 2012, accessed January 6, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Amalthea - Gerhard Tötschinger. In: amalthea.at. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
  21. ↑ a b c Gerhard Tötschinger: Venetian short stories . Amalthea Signum Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85002-701-4 , author portrait in the appendix ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  22. ↑ tötschinger site: https: //www.marionettentheater.at/ - Google search. In: google.de. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Schönbrunn Marionette Theater: Young Artists Wanted! In: Wiener Zeitung . April 6, 2000 ( wienerzeitung.at [accessed January 14, 2020]).
  24. ↑ Opera stars live as guests in the Marionette Theater - Hietzing. In: mein district.at. November 30, 2015, accessed January 6, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Tötschinger: "The Hörbiger forced me" . In: Kronen Zeitung . June 27, 2016 ( krone.at [accessed January 14, 2020]).
  26. ↑ Wine in a (short) story - Vinum et Litterae. (No longer available online.) In: www.rhnoew.at. October 17, 2013, archived from the original on October 1, 2017 ; accessed on January 6, 2020 .
  27. ↑ K.Ö.L. Carolina - WA with Prof. Tötschinger. (No longer available online.) In: www.koel-carolina.at. November 27, 2007, archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on January 6, 2020 .
  28. ^ Farewell to Gerhard Tötschinger - wien.ORF.at. In: wien.orf.at. August 26, 2016, accessed January 6, 2020 .
  29. ^ Hörbiger & Tötschinger: "Yes" at 32 years of start-up . In: Courier . June 9, 2016 ( kurier.at [accessed January 14, 2020]).
  30. ^ Gerhard Tötschinger: Farewell to a gifted man . In: The press . August 11, 2016 ( diepresse.com [accessed January 14, 2020]).
  31. ↑ actor 134. In: knerger.de. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
  32. ↑ a b c 08/10/2016 Federal Minister Thomas Drozda on the death of Gerhard Tötschinger: Federal Minister: Federal Chancellery Austria. (No longer available online.) In: archiv.bka.gv.at. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on January 6, 2020 .
  33. ↑ Archive report: Vienna gilds film producer Kurt Mrkwicka and actor Gerhard Tötschinger - press service. In: wien.gv.at. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Tötschinger, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 2016
Place of death Sankt Gilgen