Horst Friedrich Mayer

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Horst Friedrich Mayer "HFM" (born November 28, 1936 in Vienna ; † May 23, 2003 ibid) was an Austrian historian, journalist and television presenter for Austrian radio . He was known as "Mr. Zeit im Bild “known.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1954, Mayer first studied law (Jus) at the University of Vienna at the Albertgasse secondary school in Vienna's 8th district ( Josefstadt ) . After passing the state examination in law and history , he studied modern and ancient history . In 1962, he was with a dissertation on "The Imperial and Royal Navy from 1912 to 1914 under the command of Admiral Anton Haus " to Dr. phil. PhD.

From 1962 he worked as a journalist: first for the Austria edition of the German program magazine Hörzu , in the same year he switched to the weekly newspaper Die Furche . In 1967 he was its deputy editor-in-chief. Then he was editor-in-chief of the Salzburger Volkszeitung . In 1970 he became a specialist editor and reporter in the current service department of the ORF radio . In 1972 he switched to television. There he became the chief editor or head of department for foreign policy in 1974, deputy editor-in-chief in 1980 and finally editor-in-chief of the current service at ORF television in 1986 and at the same time chief presenter. (Zib2, Zib1)

For more than two decades, Mayer (from 1995 with Danielle Spera ) moderated the main daily news program Zeit im Bild 1 at 7.30 p.m. His last time in the picture he presented on New Year's Eve 1997. He also presented several issues of Club2 and was chief commentator of the Vienna Opera Ball on ORF. After that he was active for several years as a presenter of the ORF broadcasts Body and Soul and Home . In 2001 he retired.

From 2000 he was the journalistic director of the Catholic Media Academy (KMA) in Vienna. He also published several non-fiction books on naval history and the history of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy as well as media education .

Mayer was married and the father of three children a. a. the actor Max Mayer (* 1974); he lived in Brunn am Gebirge and Grundlsee .

His grave is in the Brunn am Gebirge cemetery , Lower Austria.

Awards

Publications

marine

Together with Dieter Winkler , he wrote several books on the navy and merchant shipping in Austria.

  • When the Adriatic was Austrian. Austria-Hungary's naval power. (Vienna :) Edition S, (Austrian State Printing Office 1986)
  • The fleet shark. Cheerful anecdotes from the old Austrian Seafaring life. (Vienna :) Edition S. (Austrian State Printing Office 1986)
  • Austria was in all ports. The Austrian Hungarians. Merchant marine. - (Vienna :) Edition S. (Verlag of the Austrian State Printing Office 1987)
  • On the waves of the Danube through Austria-Hungary. Regensburg, Passau, Vienna, Budapest, Black Sea. - (Vienna :) Edition S, (published by the Austrian State Printing Office 1989)
  • Flipp, the flotilla dog. New anecdotes from old Austria. (Vienna :) Edition S, (published by the Austrian State Printing Office 1989)
  • When Austria discovered the world. Expeditions u. Missions d. Navy. - (Vienna): Edition S, (publ. D. Österr. Staatsdruckerei 1991)
  • In the footsteps of the Habsburgs by train and ship . Vienna 1995, Verlag Austria. ISBN 3-7046-0450-X
  • When the ships learned to dive. - (Vienna): Edition S, (Verlag d. Österr. Staatsdruckerei 1997) ISBN 3-7046-1091-7
  • Red-white-red world travel. Expeditions of the Imperial and Royal Navy. Vienna 1998, Holzhausen. ISBN 3-900518-90-4

Other non-fiction books

  • as editor: Die Entenmacher - when the media fall into the trap. Vienna 1998, Deuticke. ISBN 3-216-30376-4 .
  • with Gerhard Vogl and Gustav Peichl : Sisi cult and Kreisky myth - an Austrian century in anecdotes. Vienna 1998, Kremayr & Scheriau ISBN 3-218-00650-3 .
  • Lexicon of popular errors in Austria - over 250 capital misunderstandings, prejudices and errors of thought. Vienna 2001, Deuticke. ISBN 3-216-30579-1 .
  • Winged words from Austria - over 1000 popular quotes and their exact origin. Vienna 2001, Deuticke. ISBN 3-216-30613-5 .
  • The new lexicon of Austria's popular errors - further misunderstandings, prejudices and errors of thought. Vienna 2002, Deuticke. ISBN 3-216-30652-6 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog list Austrian National Library
  2. ↑ Mayer at Catholic Media Academy . In: Neues Volksblatt , No. 128, June 3, 2000, p. 3.
personal data
SURNAME Mayer, Horst Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES HFM
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian, journalist and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 2003
Place of death Vienna