Hanns Sassmann (publisher)
Hanns Sassmann (born June 30, 1924 in Vienna , † June 15, 1997 in Graz ) was an Austrian publisher. Between 1964 and 1994 he headed the Styria Media Group ; from 1976 to 1994 he was also editor of the weekly newspaper Die Furche .
life and work
As a youth, Sassmann was active in the Christian resistance against National Socialism , was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1943 and released a year later, seriously wounded. In the post-war period he helped to rebuild the Catholic youth movement and studied history, German and philosophy (doctorate in 1949). In 1951, the then general director Karl Maria Stepan brought him to the Styria Group, which he soon left to work as a lecturer at the Kiepenheuer & Witsch publishing house in Cologne (where he was in charge of Heinrich Böll's work, among other things ). In 1954 he returned to Styria in Graz and was managing director of the Styria newspaper publisher from 1959, and of the entire group from 1964. Under his leadership, the company took over traditional newspapers such as the "Furche" and the daily newspaper Die Presse .
Sassmann was on the board of the Association of Austrian Newspapers for many years .
In 1956, Cardinal Grand Master Nicola Cardinal Canali appointed Hanns Sassmann Knight of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and in the Vienna Hofburg Chapel by Albert Ohlmeyer OSB, Prior of the Southwest German Order Province, on behalf of Archbishop Andreas Rohracher , Grand Prior of the Austrian Lieutenancy Papal lay order invested.
Since 1990 he was a member of the K.Ö.L. Ferdinandea Graz in the Academic Association of the K.Ö.L.
honors and awards
- Decoration of honor for services to the liberation of Austria
- Knight of the Holy Sepulcher (1956)
- Honorary member of the KÖStV Traungau Graz in the ÖCV (1972)
- Honorary member of the KÖHV Carolina Graz in the ÖCV (1976)
- Honorary Senator of the University of Graz (1978)
- Honorary member of the ÖkaV Theresiana Wiener Neustadt in the ÖCV (1980)
- Honorary member of the K.Ö.St.V. Markomannia Eppenstein Graz in MKV (1980)
- Honorary member of the KÖStV Babenberg Graz in the ÖCV (1988)
- Commander of the Papal Order of Gregorius
literature
- Maximilian Liebmann , Dieter A. Binder : Hans Sassmann for his 60th birthday. Festival of the House of Styria. Verlag Styria, Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1984 ISBN 3-222-11600-8 .
Web links
- Entry on Hanns Sassmann (publisher) in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Hans Sassmann: The parade Styrian
- Biography of Hanns Sassmann (OECV)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gatscher-Riedl, Gregor: Faith faithful, the emperor and the country. Ed .: Gatscher-Riedl, Gregor. Self-published by K.Ö.L., Vienna 2013, p. 35 .
- ↑ Couleur 2/1980, p. 30
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sassmann, Hanns |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1997 |
| Place of death | Graz |