Leopold Wurzinger

Leopold Wurzinger  (* 1921 in St. Gotthard im Mühlkreis ; † December 14, 2011 in Linz ) was an Austrian judge and President of the  Supreme Court .

Life

Leopold Wurzinger was born in 1921 on a small farm (house name Weinzierl) in Obereschelberg in the municipality of St. Gotthard in the Mühlkreis . At the age of seven he moved to his aunt in Puchenau , where he attended school. With financial help from Puchenau's headmaster Lugmayr, Wurzinger attended high school in St. Florian , where he graduated with distinction in 1940. After the Second World War , which he survived unharmed, he studied law at the University of Graz . Wurzinger began his judicial career at the Linz Labor Court . Between 1983 and 1986 he was President of the Supreme Court in Vienna . After retiring, he was President of the Supreme Patent and Trademark Senate for five years . In 2011, Wurzinger died in Linz at the age of 90.

Awards

• Large gold medal on ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria
• Large Cross of Merit with star and shoulder ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Great decoration of the state of Upper Austria
• Ring of Honor of the City of Linz
• Honorary citizen of the community of St. Gotthard in the Mühlkreis

Individual evidence

1. ^ Upper Austrian news: Leopold Wurzinger: From the smallest of circumstances to the top of Austria's jurisdiction . ( nachrichten.at [accessed on October 23, 2016]).
2. ↑ List of presidents of the Supreme Court | The Supreme Court | www.ogh.gv.at. (No longer available online.) In: www.ogh.gv.at. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016 ; accessed on October 23, 2016 . 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.  
3. ^ Wiener Zeitung Online: OGH-President a. D. Wurzinger 80 - Wiener Zeitung Online . In: Austria Politics - News - Wiener Zeitung Online . ( wienerzeitung.at [accessed on October 23, 2016]).