Karl Heitzler

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Karl Heitzler after taking office

Karl Heitzler (born May 7, 1839 in St. Pölten ; † May 2, 1923 there ) was an Austrian politician ( DFP ) and 19th mayor of St. Pölten as well as a lawyer and writer .

Life

Karl Heitzler was born on May 7, 1839 in St. Pölten as the son of a farrier. Due to his rather weak physique, he could not take up his father's profession and instead went to a Kremser grammar school. After Jus -Studies at the University of Vienna , he joined the law firm of Johann Ofner one.

In 1870 he founded his own law firm, his previous employer became mayor and was elected to the local council. There he applied for the establishment of the city ​​museum , the renovation of the city ​​theater and the establishment of some schools.

After the death of Mayor Otto Eybner and Vice Mayor Eugen Freiherr von Aichelburg in 1917, he took over the office of mayor as the longest serving councilor until the new election in 1919.

Heitzler was also an important coin collector, and was active as a painter and writer. He died on May 2, 1923 in his villa on St. Pölten's Park Promenade.

Works as a writer

  • Autobiography (City Archives St. Polten)
  • The St. Pölten City Theater, in: Contributions to local art maintenance, 1910
  • A legacy (story), 1898 (under the pseudonym Karl Benedikt)
  • Dramas (all only in manuscript)
    • K. Josef; The Art, 1893
    • Two women
    • Broken laces
    • Ausernsterzeit (5 sets from the Wars of Liberation)
    • Blucher, 1913
    • The Hereditary Prince, 1914
    • Erich Volkmann, 1916
    • The coup, 1919
  • Folk plays
    • The Brandhoferin
    • The Brukner Sefferl

Honors

  • Heitzlergasse in St. Pölten
  • Honorary citizenship of St. Pölten (1907)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Heitzler, Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 254.
  2. ↑ a b c Manfred Wieninger : Tell St. Pöltner street names . Löwenzahn, Innsbruck 2002, ISBN 3-7066-2208-4 .
  3. ↑ Stadtmuseum St. Pölten on the history of the house ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtmuseum-stpoelten.at
  4. ↑ Thomas Karl (ed.): 500 years of St. Pölten town hall. Magistrate of the state capital St. Pölten, St. Pölten 2003.
predecessor Office successor
Eugen Freiherr von Aichelburg Mayor of St. Pölten
1917–1919 		Hubert Schnofl
personal data
SURNAME Heitzler, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Polten
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1923
Place of death St. Polten