Hugo Ellenberger

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Hugo Ellenberger (born February 5, 1903 in Vienna ; † March 18, 1977 there ) was a popular educator, writer and professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna . He designed radio programs and was the most popular Viennese public educator of his time, including at the Vienna Urania .

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Memorial plaque on Hugo Ellenberger's house in Vienna- Oberdöbling

Hugo Ellenberger studied German literature and history, geography and psychology (the latter with Karl and Charlotte Bühler ) at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate. phil. First he taught at high school, then he was involved in popular education for more than 40 years.

During the National Socialist era , Ellenberger was a member of the NSDAP and taught at the Napola National Political Education Institute in Vienna , an elite school for the training of the next generation of National Socialist leaders. Furthermore, he taught at numerous adult education centers, including the adult education center Alsergrund, whose course instructors, speakers and staff were only staunch supporters of the Hitler regime at the time. Nevertheless, Ellenberger was not considered a reliable party member at the time of National Socialism.

In 1945 Ellenberger was appointed professor. From 1959 he had lectureships in cultural history at the University of Applied Arts and the University of Music and Performing Arts. Ellenberger became widely known as a lecturer at Vienna Adult Education Centers , above all at the Vienna West Adult Education Center, which he was instrumental in founding in May 1946.

Even in the interwar period, he had organized Vienna tours and joint museum visits in private and was also (until 1935) as co-editor of the national conservative-oriented, in Adolf Luser published Publisher magazine Vivid seal - Austrian monthly magazines for German literature emerged (co-editors were Hans Bruneder and Adalbert Schmidt ). Ellenberger's first Sunday tour as part of the "Vacation in Vienna" campaign he initiated was aimed at Heiligenstadt and its Beethoven memorials in autumn 1946. Visits to museums, galleries, churches, parks, cemeteries, but also to modern businesses followed.

Hugo Ellenberger died at the age of 75 and was buried on March 24, 1977 at the Grinzing cemetery . Hugo Ellenberger's estate is with the Austrian Adult Education Center .

Publications

  • Vienna. Introduction by Hugo Ellenberger, captions in German, English and French, Panorama books, Neptun Verlag, Kreuzlingen 1956.
  • The Burgtheater . The facades and staircases as a mirror of European theater history. 1957; The Burgtheater. A guide around and through the house. Austria series Volume 41 / 41a, 7th expanded edition with increased picture supplements, Bergland Verlag, Vienna 1970.
  • Ten walks through Vienna's city center. Bergland Verlag, Vienna 1960.
  • Vienna music memorials. Walks and contemplations. Österreichischer Bundesverlag , Vienna 1960.
  • View of Vienna. Text by Hugo Ellenberger, 48 color pictures by Johannes Zachs, Verlag für Jugend und Volk, Vienna 1966; English edition: A look at Vienna.
  • Fifteen walks through Vienna's city center. 4th edition, also in the illustrated section, Bergland Verlag, Vienna 1969.
  • with Egon Millonig: Vienna. Panorama books, Pawlak, Herrsching 1976.
  • Sixteen walks through Vienna's city center. Completely revised and supplemented by Wolfgang Johannes Bandion , Bergland Verlag, Vienna 1984.

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DBE - German Biographical Encyclopedia (2006a). Second, revised and expanded edition. Volume 3 Einstein - Görner. Ed. Rudolf Vierhaus . Munich: Saur. P. 33.
  2. ↑ Swoboda, Erika (2012). From orphanage to adult education center. The development of the house at Galileigasse 8 in Vienna. Diploma thesis to obtain the Mag. Phil. University of Vienna. P. 40 & P. ​​34. http://othes.univie.ac.at/18321/1/2012-01-18_9906974.pdf
  3. ^ Vienna History Wiki . "Hugo Ellenberger". As of December 17, 2014. Hugo Ellenberger in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  4. ↑ Swoboda, Erika (2012). From orphanage to adult education center. The development of the house at Galileigasse 8 in Vienna. Diploma thesis to obtain the Mag. Phil. University of Vienna. P. 36. http://othes.univie.ac.at/18321/1/2012-01-18_9906974.pdf
  5. ^ Rebhann, Fritz Maria (1969). Final in Vienna. A Gaustadt in the ash rain . (The lonely conscience 4). Vienna: Herald. P. 45.
  6. ↑ DBE - German Biographical Encyclopedia (2006a). Second, revised and expanded edition. Volume 3 Einstein - Görner. Ed. Rudolf Vierhaus. Munich: Saur. P. 33.
personal data
SURNAME Ellenberger, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian university professor, popular educator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1977
Place of death Vienna