Harald Langer-Hansel

Harald Langer-Hansel (born September 16, 1909 in Vienna as Harald Hansel; † May 30, 1998 in Vienna) was an official of the Ministry of Commerce and 1965–1974 as successor to Paul Bernecker managing director of Österreichischen Tourismusswerbung , the Austrian tourism advertising organization.

He was born the son of Bruno Hansel (1881–1927), partner in the family company Österreichische Pluvinsin-Actien-Gesellschaft , founded in 1899 , Vienna 9., Kolingasse 19. (Pluvinsin was the name of an imitation leather.) After graduating from the private Schottengymnasium in Vienna he completed two semesters at the commercial academy, then studied law at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in law in 1932. After doing court and banking practice, Harald Hansel entered the public service and was cabinet secretary to Federal President Wilhelm Miklas from 1933–1938, during the period of the corporate state dictatorship .

After Austria's "annexation" to the German Reich in March 1938, he worked in the economic administration department until he was drafted into the Air Force in 1942.

In 1939 he was adopted by Hermine Langer (1882–1963), widow of the Bohemian textile industrialist Adolf Richard Langer (1869–1934), and was now called Langer-Hansel. He was the manufacturer's great-nephew.

In 1945 he entered the service of the US occupation administration for economic tasks, which already included the reconstruction of tourism in Austria . After a year of service at the Federal Ministry for Asset Protection and Economic Planning (see Federal Government Figl I ) and at Austria Aid in the Federal Chancellery , he worked in the new tourism department in the Federal Ministry for Trade and Reconstruction in 1947 .

From 1948 on, Langer-Hansel was involved in the Federal Working Committee for Tourism , which was newly established by the ministry and which served to enable economic planning decisions in connection with the Marshall Plan .

On November 18, 1954, at Langer-Hansel's instigation, the Austrian Tourist Promotion Association (ÖFVW) was founded as the successor organization to the Austrian Transport Advertising GmbH, which was then only responsible for rail and postal advertising , whose chairman is the Minister of Economic Affairs to this day. The previous head of Austrian public transport, Paul Bernecker , was appointed managing director .

Langer-Hansel rose to head of department in the Ministry of Commerce in 1955, and on April 1, 1965, he succeeded Bernecker as managing director of the ÖFVW. During his tenure, tourism advertising for Austria abroad was expanded considerably; the available budget increased from 39 million (1965) to 150 million schillings (1974).

In 1970 Langer-Hansel initiated the establishment of the tourism advertising association of the Danube riparian states and headed it until 1982.

On the occasion of his retirement on June 30, 1974, the official title of Section Head i. R. awarded. His successors as managing director were Helmut Zolles as the first managing director from 1974 to 1987 and Frank Kübler as the second managing director from 1974 to 1999 .

As a pensioner was Langer-Hansel Chairman of that time under the motto Pro Austria Nostra occurred Association Europa Nostra Austria , which together with the relevant associations in most European countries as part of the cultural heritage in Europe called.

Langer-Hansel lived in Vienna , in the 13th district , and was buried in the Mauer cemetery in the neighboring 23rd district in the family grave that existed for the duration of the cemetery.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lehmann's Wiener Adreßbuch , year 1909, Volume 1, Recorded Companies, p. 403 (= p. 505 of the digital reproduction)
2. ↑ Harald Langer-Hansel , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 36/1965 of August 30, 1965, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
3. ↑ Erhard Marschner:  Langer, Adolf Richard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 589 f. ( Digitized version ).
4. ^ Alois Brusatti: 100 Years of Austrian Tourism. Historical development 1884–1984 , Federal Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry, Vienna 1984
5. ↑ Gerhard Skoff: Joint departure into an unknown time , May 11, 2010, website of the TAI magazine - Tourismuswirtschaft Austria International ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Website of the Danube Tourist Commission
7. ^ Website of the Europa Nostra Austria association