Hans Fritsch (writer)

Hans Fritsch (born May 28, 1882 in Vienna , † July 3, 1950 in Gisingen , Vorarlberg ) was an Austrian radiologist and writer.

Fritsch studied medicine at the University of Vienna and was able to successfully complete this course with a doctorate in 1907 . He then worked as an assistant doctor in various medical institutions. Between 1914 and 1924 he worked at the Elisabeth Hospital in Teschen . At the same time, he was repeatedly on study visits to the X-ray institutes of various German university clinics .

In 1926 Fritsch settled as a doctor in Bielitz and founded an X-ray institute at the local hospital. He headed this facility as director until 1935. Then he returned to Austria and in 1939 was appointed chief physician at the city hospital in Znojmo .

In addition to his few specialist publications, Fritsch also wrote a few detective novels that can still be considered contemporary historical documents today.

After the Second World War , Fritsch settled in Gisingen near Feldkirch. At the age of 68, Fritsch died on July 3, 1950, and found his final resting place there.

Works (selection)

Reference books

• X-ray therapeutic information sheets for the general practitioner . Deuticke, Vienna 1925.

Fiction

• Fu-Gu. Detective novel . Bergland-Verlag, Salzburg 1946.
• The secret of the singing snake. Detective novel . Festungsverlag, Salzburg 1947.
• The man with the five lives. Novel . 1950.
• Mister Carcajou. Detective novel . Bergland-Verlag, Salzburg 1940.

literature

• Walther Killy et al. a. (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , p. 493.