Gustav Holzmann (geographer)

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Gustav Holzmann, 1966

Gustav Holzmann (born April 17, 1926 in Atzgersdorf (today: Vienna ), † February 18, 1973 in Vienna) was an Austrian economic and social geographer, historian and publicist.

Life and career

Gustav Holzmann was born in Atzgersdorf near Vienna as the son of the machinist August and the master tailor Maria Holzmann. He spent his childhood and youth in Groß-Enzersdorf ( Lower Austria ), and passed his school-leaving examination at the Realgymnasium Franklinstraße in Vienna- Floridsdorf . Before that, he had to serve as an air force helper for two Viennese anti-aircraft batteries for a year . Immediately after graduation, he was posted to the Eastern Front for military service. In March 1945 he suffered a serious wound in East Prussia; thereafter he was in English captivity from May 1945 to February 1946 in Hamburg . From March 1946 Gustav Holzmann studied geography and history as a regular student at the philosophical faculty of the University of Vienna . Due to sudden, severe consequences of his war suffering, he was forced to interrupt his studies from 1949 to the end of 1952. As a result, one hundred percent war invalidity was determined. From this point on, until his death, he was bedridden for most of the day, but still achieved his doctorate in philosophy in 1956.

His final resting place is at the Mauer cemetery in Vienna. In 2017 in was Liesing the Gustav-Holzmann-square named after him.

Awards

  • 1957: Theodor Körner Fund sponsorship award
  • 1957: Prize for scientific work from the Chamber for Workers and Employees in Vienna for "The urbanization of the Marchfeld"
  • 1960: Award of the Austrian Geographical Society
  • 1961: Prize for scientific work from the Vienna Chamber of Labor
  • 1968: Award of the University Anniversary Foundation of the City of Vienna for work on the history of the city of Vienna
  • 1969: Recognition award from the Cardinal Innitzer Study Fund
  • 1972: Sponsorship award for scientifically sound journalism from the Cardinal Innitzer Study Fund

Publications (selection)

  • Company history in Lower Austria , structure-function bibliography . Self-published by the Chamber of Commerce of Lower Austria , issue 11, 1972, 44 pages.
  • The use of anti-aircraft batteries in the Vienna area, 1940-1945 . Military historical series, issue 14. Austrian Federal Publishing House for Education, Science and Art, 1970, 78 pages.
  • Dürnkrut : The development of a market town . Self-published by Marktgemeinde Dürnkrut, 1968, 568 pages.
  • Entrepreneurs from Lower Austria : craftsmen, merchants and industrialists from 5 centuries . Series of publications by the Lower Austria Chamber of Commerce , issue 7, 1967, 136 pages.
  • The development of Vienna's urban structure . In: "Our home", 37th year, No. 7/9, 1966. Publishing house of the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria and Vienna.
  • The development of the industrial and commercial economy from 1648 to 1918 . In: "Das Niederösterreichische Heimatbuch", Volume 1, 1965 Verlag Austria-Press, Vienna, pp. 241-251.
  • The supply centers in the outskirts of Vienna . In: “Our home”, 36th year, 1965, published by the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria and Vienna.
  • The future of Danube shipping . In: “Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie ”, Pick-Verlag, Issue 1, 1964, pages 18-25.
  • Groß-Enzersdorf and its living space - Festschrift for the 800th anniversary . Self-published by the municipality of Groß-Enzersdorf, 1960, 143 pages.
  • Register volume of the Austrian Geographical Society , 1908-1959 . Verlag Die Gesellschaft, 1960, 122 pages.
  • The urbanization of the Marchfeld . A settlement and socio-geographic study. Notring publishing house of the Austrian scientific associations, Vienna 1959, 168 pages.
  • On the dryness of the Marchfeld . In: “Weather and Life. Journal for practical bioclimatology ”, 10th year, issue 5–7, 1958, Verlag der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Meteorologie , pp. 90–92.
  • The states . In: "OUR EUROPE - how it became, how it works, how it lives", Verlag Jugend & Volk , 1966, pages 1–93.

Obituaries

  • Alexander Tollmann (letter to the widow dated March 3, 1973): "During my studies in Holzmann, I already saw one of the few, especially capable ones, I was able to admire him again and again later."
  • Hans Bobek : In memoriam Dr. Gustav Holzmann . In: Mitteilungen der Österreichische Geographische Gesellschaft, Volume 115, I-III, 1973. "The Austrian, but especially the Viennese geographers will always remember his scientific and journalistic achievements under the most difficult circumstances with respect."
  • Dr. Holzmann † : In: "Communications of the Lower Austria Chamber of Commerce", No. 8, March 2, 1973.
  • He was a historian… . In: “Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter” of the Federal Chamber of Commerce, No. 1–2, 1973, pp. 65–66.
  • Obituary for Dr. Gustav Holzmann . In: "Communications from the Austrian Institute for Spatial Planning", No. 169/170, March / April 1973, p. 31.
  • Dr. Gustav Holzmann † . In: “Kulturberichte Niederösterreich”, March 1973.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arbeiter-Zeitung . May 17, 1961, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Arbeiter-Zeitung . November 7, 1968, p. 5.
  3. ^ Notices from the Lower Austria Chamber of Commerce . March 22, 1969, p. 12.
  4. ^ The press on Sunday . March 26, 1961, p. 25.
personal data
SURNAME Holzmann, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economic and social geographer, historian and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Atzgersdorf
DATE OF DEATH 18th February 1973
Place of death Vienna