List of the bearers of the medal of honor of the Province of Upper Austria

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This list shows the bearers of the Upper Austrian medal of honor . The short comment after the name should make the reason or function of the person on or before the award date clear.

The entries are sorted alphabetically within the year, if known, according to the year of award or publication, but the year information is blurred due to the different sources, as the time from the application to the award to the announcement can be several months.

This list is by no means complete.

Great gold medal of the state of Upper Austria

Great decoration of the state of Upper Austria

Gold Medal of Honor of the Province of Upper Austria

Silver medal of the state of Upper Austria

Gold Medal of Merit of the Province of Upper Austria

  • Wolfgang Sperner , journalist and book author (1990)
  • Felix Czeike , historian and popular educator (1993)
  • Otto Wutzel , art historian and civil servant (1993)
  • Günther Fleischmann, District Director (1996)
  • Oskar Czerwenka , singer (1999)
  • Johann Schauer , pastor in the market town of Mauerkirchen (1999)
  • Hermann Scheinecker , pastor in the parishes of St. Gotthard in Mühlkreis and Herzogsdorf (2003)
  • Gustav Chlestil , President of the World Federation of Austrians Abroad (2004)
  • Erika Strasser , President of the Austrian Athletics Association (2004)
  • Karl Grufeneder , former elementary school director, mayor, conductor, tourism and brass music functionary (2005)
  • Eckhard Oberklammer , politician and manager of Sparda-Bank Linz (2005)
  • Günther Leitner , cultural manager (2006)
  • Josef Stumpner , Chairman of the Central Works Council of the Austrian Guard Service GmbH. & Co. KG (2007)
  • Bruno A. Wall , President of the Arbeiter Samariterbund Upper Austria (2008)
  • Ferdinand Fuhrmann , General Director of Nettingsdorfer Papierfabrik Management AG (2009)
  • Rudolf Jachs , pastor in the market town of Wolfern (2009)
  • Heinz Mittermayr , managing partner of Almi GmbH & Co KG (2009)
  • Peter Roos , Manager (2009)
  • Robert Struger , Head of Regional Management Upper Austria at ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG (2009)
  • Fritz Racher , political scientist and economist
  • Christoph Sieber , windsurfer
  • Hubert Taferner , architect
  • Leopold Wandl , writer and dialect poet
  • Norbert Graf Salburg-Falkenstein , farmer and forest manager, Procurator of the Grand Priory of Austria, Commander of the Malteser Hospitaldienst Austria (2010)
  • Gerhard Ritschel, President of the Association "Friends of Linz Music Theater" (2010)
  • Gerda Ritschel, secretary of the association "Friends of Linz Music Theater" (2010)
  • Franz Breiner , politician (2013)
  • Werner Gschwandtner , Chief Justice Officer, Chairman of the GÖD Justice Union of Upper Austria, staff representative and journalist (2013)
  • Josef Hammer, specialist, former head of the radio-oncology department at the hospital of the Barmherzigen Schwestern Linz Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (2013)
  • Georgine Rumpler-Heindl, HABAU (2013)
  • Erich Halatschek jun., HABAU (2013)
  • Anton Karner, HABAU (2014)
  • Franz Röhrenbacher, City Councilor of the City of Linz a. D., Director of the PVA LSO a. D., (2013)
  • Josef Scheuchenegger, Chamber of Labor Councilor, member of the AK board, state and federal chairman of the GPA metal, machine and vehicle construction (2014)
  • Rainer Mennicken, director of the Linz State Theater from 2006 to 2016 (2016)
  • Johanna Priglinger , Elisabeth Reich , politician (2016)
  • Peter Wacha, Dir. And GF of Lebenshilfe Upper Austria (2013)
  • Thomas Punkenhofer , politician (2019)

Silver Medal of Merit of the Province of Upper Austria

  • Kurt Goldberg , District Chairman of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft in Upper Austria (1984)
  • Peter Potye , contemporary witness (1988)
  • Friederike Stolz , ceramist and sculptor (1988)
  • Manuel Garcia-Barrado , volunteer in the Spanish civil war and survivor of Mauthausen concentration camp (2006)
  • Martha Gammer , pedagogue, author, translator, local history researcher, working group for homeland, monument and history preservation, "KZ Gusen Memorial Committee", Sankt Georgen an der Gusen (2008)
  • Silvia Glogner , actress (2008)
  • Hans Burgstaller , owner of a driving school and driving school instructor in Altheim (2009)
  • Hubert Esterbauer , multifunctional (2009)
  • Ingeburg Gattinger , partner of GASPO Sportartikel- und Gartenmöbel GmbH (2009)
  • Franz Grubauer , Commander of the Border Police Inspection Leopoldschlag (2009)
  • Otto Jachs , Commander of the Freistadt Police Station (2009)
  • Franz Kapl , Head of the Traffic Department at the Freistadt District Police Command (2009)
  • Joachim Klaus , Head of the Study Center for the Visually Impaired at the University of Karlsruhe (2009)
  • Wilhelm Mühlberger , Vice Mayor and Manager (2009)
  • Hubert Papinski , Managing Director of Karosserie-Papinski GesmbH & Co KG (2009)
  • Gregor Fuchs , Vice Mayor of Braunau am Inn 1982 to 1991 (2010)
  • Andreas Maislinger , founder and head of the Braunauer Zeitgeschichte-Tage (2010)
  • Werner Vierlinger, publisher and editor-in-chief of the monthly newspaper "Schau mal rüber" (2012)
  • Otfried Knoll , Head of Department at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (2018)

Medal of Merit of the Province of Upper Austria

  • Franz Auzinger, pastor of Perg (1994)
  • Rudolf Haunschmied , Working Group for Heritage, Monument and History, "Gusen Memorial Committee", Sankt Georgen an der Gusen (2008)
  • Franz Walzer, Working Group for Heritage, Monument and History Maintenance "KZ Gusen Memorial Committee", Sankt Georgen an der Gusen (2008)
  • Sieglinde Witzany-Durda, Working Group for Homeland, Monument and History Care, "Gusen Memorial Committee", Sankt Georgen an der Gusen (2008)
  • Ingeborg Aubell-Depolo, Bad Ischl (2009)
  • Hubert Maximilian Schirl, chairman of the Schwarzes Kreuz Timelkam (2009)
  • Harald Drescher, Chairman of the St. Elisabeth Association - Austrian Association for Home Care of the Sick and Elderly (2009)
  • Alfred Janko, apprentice trainer at Doubrava GmbH & Co KG (2009)
  • Walter Rehm, sponsor of the building of the Friedenslichtkapelle as well as the care and maintenance of a war memorial (2009)
  • Klaus Pruenster , composer and guitarist
  • Josef Irsiegler, chairman of the Perg shooting club, medal of merit for sports officials
  • Maria Mair, initiator of the Freundeskreis Holzleithen (deals with the events in February 1934 in the Upper Austrian coal district) and contemporary witness (2011)
  • Paula Lanthaler, Chairwoman of the Association for the Promotion of the Eggelsberg Social Service Group (2011)
  • Franz Grabmann, entrepreneur, Baumgartenberg
  • Hubert Schauer, Schiedlberg (2018)

See also

literature

  • Walter A. Schwarz, Have the honor ... 50 years of honor for services to the Republic of Austria 1952–2002, exhibition catalog Vienna 2002
  • Peter Diem, Die Symbols Österreichs, Vienna, Verlag Krenmayr & Scheriau, 1995, pp. 224–226.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Governor Dr. Josef Pühringer presented decorations . State correspondence No. 243 of December 20, 2016, accessed on June 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Great Decoration of Honor from the Province of Upper Austria for VfGH President a. D. Gerhart Holzinger and the Tyrolean LH a. D. Herwig van Staa. In: regionews.at. November 18, 2018, accessed December 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Governor Mag. Thomas Stelzer presented state awards to distinguished personalities. In: Province of Upper Austria . September 9, 2019, accessed September 11, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Biography of Werner Wigelbeyer on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .
  5. ^ Province of Upper Austria - Golden Decoration of Honor of the Province of Upper Austria to Rector retired Univ.Prof. Dr. Josef Smolle . State correspondence No. 74 of April 18, 2016, accessed on August 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ Tourism director celebrated the 1960s. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, March 10, 2018, accessed on May 14, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Awarded the Gold Medal of Honor of the Province of Upper Austria to General Mag. Othmar Commenda . Article dated May 22, 2018, accessed May 22, 2018.
  8. ↑ LH Stelzer awarded Hans Pum the Golden Decoration of Honor of the State of Upper Austria. In: Province of Upper Austria . November 14, 2019, accessed November 15, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Scheuch celebrates its 50th company anniversary, in: Website of www.oekonews.at
  10. ↑ Governor Pühringer awarded Erika Strasser with the Gold Medal of Merit of the Province of Upper Austria . Article dated May 7, 2004, accessed May 12, 2019.
  11. ↑ Sudetenpost . 30th year, Vienna-Linz, volume 5 of March 8, 1984, page 5