Karl Heinz Ritschel

Karl Heinz Ritschel (born January 20, 1930 in Oberaltstadt , Czechoslovakia ; † January 5, 2019 in Koppl , Salzburg ) was an Austrian journalist and publicist .

Youth and education

Karl Heinz Ritschel had to flee to Vienna with his family in 1946 . He studied journalism and art history and received his doctorate in 1959. phil.

Act

From 1954 Ritschel was editor of the Bild-Telegraf , in 1955 he worked for the Kleine Zeitung . From 1956 to 1958 he was the last editor-in-chief of the Bild-Telegraf . From 1959 he was business editor of the Salzburger Nachrichten , from 1964 deputy editor-in-chief and from 1965 to 1995 editor-in-chief.

From 1950 he was a member of the Catholic student association KÖStV Austria Vienna in the ÖCV . He died in early January 2019, two weeks before his 89th birthday.

Publications (selection)

Diplomacy around South Tyrol. Political Background of a European Failure. Seewald, Stuttgart 1966.
Venice. Queen of the Adriatic (= a city told. Large series. 2, ZDB -ID 2294296-8 ). Zsolnay, Vienna et al. 1969.
Salzburg. Grace and power (= a city tells. Big series. 4). Zsolnay, Vienna et al. 1970.
China - a snapshot. Edition Reinartz, Salzburg 1974.
Julius Raab . The State Treaty Chancellor. Edition Reinartz, Salzburg 1975.
Bruno Buchwieser . "Mission and goal ...". Edition Reinartz, Salzburg 1977.
Styrian ways. Documentation of our time, Zurich 1978.
Austria is free. The Road to the State Treaty 1945–1955. Tusch, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-85063-033-1 .
A plea for the conservative. Four speeches. Zsolnay, Vienna et al. 1981, ISBN 3-552-03309-2 .
From Salzburg and Salzburgers. Winter, Salzburg 1984, ISBN 3-85380-045-9 .
Salzburg miniatures. 4 volumes. Müller, Salzburg et al. 1998-2007.
Written in time. Thoughts apart from the day. Otto Müller, Salzburg et al. 1999, ISBN 3-7013-0996-5 .
Miniatures on world history. Otto Müller, Salzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7013-1135-4 .
"Documentation of our time" series

Awards

1967 Theodor Körner Prize
1967 Karl Renner Prize
1978 Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
1980 Ring of the City of Salzburg
1984 Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Salzburg
1990 Golden coat of arms medal of the city of Salzburg
2010 Recognition award for the life's work of the City of Salzburg's Culture Fund
Ring of the State of Salzburg
Great badge of honor for services to the Republic of Austria

Web links

Literature by and about Karl Heinz Ritschel in the catalog of the German National Library
Robert Weichinger: Karl-Heinz Ritschel. (mpeg audio, 4.4 MB, 4:51 minutes) In: Ö1 series “Chroniclers, Reporters, Enlighteners”. May 4, 2002 .; accessed on January 8, 2019

Individual evidence

↑ Long-time SN editor-in-chief has died. In: DiePresse.com . January 7, 2019, accessed January 7, 2019 . Long-time SN editor-in-chief has died. In: sn.at. January 5, 2019, accessed August 27, 2020 .
↑ Manfred Perterer : The SN mourn Karl Heinz Ritschel. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . January 7, 2019, accessed January 7, 2019 .
^ Complete directory of the ÖCV 2004, IV - 472.

personal data
SURNAME	Ritschel, Karl Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian journalist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 20, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Upper Old Town , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH	5th January 2019
Place of death	Koppl , Salzburg

[1] Long-time SN editor-in-chief has died. In: DiePresse.com . January 7, 2019, accessed January 7, 2019 . Long-time SN editor-in-chief has died. In: sn.at. January 5, 2019, accessed August 27, 2020 .

[2] Manfred Perterer : The SN mourn Karl Heinz Ritschel. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . January 7, 2019, accessed January 7, 2019 .

[3] Complete directory of the ÖCV 2004, IV - 472.