Manfried Welan

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Manfried Welan, 2012
Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger (left) and BOKU Rector Manfried Welan (right) at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, December 6, 1978
Manfried Welan as rector of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna,
January 20, 1991

Manfried Welan (born June 13, 1937 in Vienna ) is an Austrian political and legal scholar , writer and former politician.

Life

After completing high school in Vienna Rainer studied MANFRIED WELAN law at the University of Vienna , where in 1961 he became Dr. jur. received his doctorate. He began his professional career in 1961 as a legally qualified administrative clerk at the Technical University of Vienna , after which he worked at the Austrian Constitutional Court from 1962 to 1967 . From 1967 to 1969 he worked in the scientific department of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce as a constitutional and administrative lawyer, as well as a political scientist and teacher for political education. He is one of the founders of Austrian political science and was editor of the Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft for a long time .

In 1969 Welan became President of the Austrian Society for Agricultural and Environmental Law. In the same year he was appointed associate professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and head of the Institute for Law at BOKU, and in 1973 he was appointed full professor. 1974 to 1976 he was prorector of BOKU, from 1977 to 1981 rector and then again until 1984 prorector. From 1979 to 1981 Welan was also President of the Austrian Rectors' Conference and a member of the Presidium of the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research .

From 1983 to 1986 he was a local councilor and member of the state parliament in Vienna, and from 1983 to 1987 he was president of the Academy for Environment and Energy in Lower Austria. From 1986 to 1988 Manfried Welan was a city councilor and a member of the Vienna provincial government. From 1988 to 1991 he was the third President of the State Parliament of Vienna. Together with personalities such as Jörg Mauthe and Alfred Worm , Manfried Welan was one of Erhard Busek's “colorful birds” in the 1980s , which gave the Vienna ÖVP a new, cheerful, young and dynamic appearance. Important campaign topics of the “colorful birds” were environmental protection, urban renewal and the expansion of direct democracy.

1986 to 1991 Welan was Vice President of the Austrian Society for Nature Conservation and Environmental Protection and Vice President of the Austrian Society for Ecology. In 1990 he was elected rector of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna for the third time, which is why he resigned from his political functions. From 1994 to 2001 he was Vice Rector. Until his retirement in 2005, he continued to work as a full professor. From 1995 to 2000 he was also visiting professor for politics at the European Academy of Journalists at the Danube University Krems .

From 1993 to 2003, Welan was Vice President of the Austrian UNESCO Commission and was on the board of the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Schlaining . Since 2003 he has been president of the Unesco working group in Vienna. He also works on a voluntary basis in the Margaretha Lupac Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy , the Democracy Center Vienna, the Vienna Institute for Conflict Research and the Austrian Nature Conservation Union.

Manfried Welan is a member of the Catholic student union K.Ö.HV Franco-Bavaria Vienna in the Austrian Cartell Association (ÖCV) and has been a member of the Austrian People's Party since 1961 . He is one of the pioneers of legal politics and political legal theory in Austria. Welan published around 30 books, around 300 articles in specialist books and journals as well as numerous small contributions in various media.

Manfried Welan's main academic areas of work included the subjects of democracy, parliamentarism, head of state and government, as well as constitutional jurisdiction, from fundamental rights and freedoms, above all property and equality. Welan also devoted himself to the past and present of universities and communities. He always vigorously advocated the promotion of science in Vienna and propagated - in connection with the metaphor of the “golden Viennese heart” - the “golden Viennese brain”. Welan was one of the founders of Austrian environmental law , especially agri-environmental law. In addition, he published on the history of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna and promoted research into its history.

Since 1981 Manfried Welan has published the “Studies on Politics and Administration” together with Christian Brünner and Wolfgang Mantl at Böhlau Verlag. He is the editor and co-editor of several journals, including the Journal for Legal Policy.

Awards and honors (selection)

  • In 1981 Manfried Welan received the Ring of Honor from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences.
  • In 1993 the West Hungarian University of Pannon Tudomany Egyetem awarded him an honorary doctorate.
  • In 2003 Welan was awarded the City of Vienna Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences .
  • In 2005 the large lecture hall in the Guttenberghaus of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna was renamed to Manfried Welan Hall.

Works (selection)

  • with Anton Pelinka : Democracy and Constitution in Austria. Europaverlag, Vienna / Frankfurt / Zurich 1971.
  • with Heinrich Neisser : The Federal Chancellor in the Austrian constitution. Publishing house Gebrüder Holinek, Vienna 1971.
  • with Ruth-Elvira Groiss: Property and agricultural property restrictions. Österreichischer Agrarverlag, Vienna 1973.
  • with Raoul Kneucker : On the development of the principle of equality in Austria. In: Austrian Journal for Political Science, Vienna 1975, pp. 5–22.
  • with Kurt Wedl (ed.): The dispute over Hainburg in administrative and court files. Self-published by the Academy for Environment and Energy, Laxenburg 1988, ISBN 3-85422-044-X .
  • The federal president. No emperor in the republic. (Studies on Politics and Administration, Volume 40). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Graz 1992, ISBN 3-205-05529-2 .
  • The mayor of the federal capital Vienna. Orac Verlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-7007-0301-5 .
  • with Ada Pellert: The formed anarchy. The challenge of the university organization . WUV-Univ.-Verl., Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-851-14229-2 .
  • The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. From the foundation into the future. 1872 to 1997. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1997, ISBN 3-205-98610-5 .
  • The Austrian head of state. 3. Edition. Publishing house for history and politics, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7028-0356-4 .
  • Democracy in Austrian or the frozen republic. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7076-0011-4 .
  • with Anton Pelinka: Democracy and Constitution in Austria. WUV-Universitäts-Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85114-543-7 .
  • with Alfred J. Noll : God in the Constitution? On the “spiritual and religious heritage” as part of the constitution. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7076-0160-9 .
  • Law in Austria: an overview. 5th edition. WUV-Universitäts-Verlag, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85114-844-4 .
  • with Alfred J. Noll: Languages ​​of Law & Law of Language. Impressions on law, politics, poetry and language. Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7076-0200-1 .
  • with Alfred J. Noll: Die Abnahme: Some cursory comments on the Austrian Declaration of Independence 1945. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7076-0334-7 .
  • Constitution - aphorisms and associations. Jan Sramek Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-902638-66-3 .
  • with Tamara Ehs, Stefan Gschiegl and Karl Ucakar (eds.): Politics and Law. Areas of tension in society . Facultas Wuv Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-7089-0841-0 .
  • with Peter Wiltsche: The green jewel. The Türkenschanzpark and its monuments . Platform Johannes Martinek Verlag, Perchtoldsdorf 2016, ISBN 978-3-9503682-8-4 .
  • with Gertraud Diendorfer (Ed.): Democracy and Sustainability. Connecting lines, potentials and reform approaches . Studien Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna / Bozen 2016, ISBN 978-3-7065-5577-7 .
  • The teaching of law at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences . At the same time a contribution to agricultural law in Austria. In: Roland Norer and Gottfried Holzer (eds.): Perspektiven des Agrarrechts. Festgabe for Manfried Welan. NWV - Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna / Graz 2017 (= Agricultural Law. Yearbook 2017), ISBN 978-3-7083-1163-0 , pp. 105–130.
  • Plea for a declaration on Austria . In: Journal für Rechtssppolitik 27 (2019), pp. 303–305.
  • with Peter Wiltsche: Hans Karl Zeßner-Spitzenberg. A biography. Platform Johannes Martinek Verlag, Perchtoldsdorf 2020, ISBN 978-3-9504500-7-1 .

Autobiographical works

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Csendes, Ferdinand Opll: History of a city. 3. From 1790 to the present. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-205-99268-7 , pp. 626–628.
  2. ↑ Gardens instead of highways Article on Demokratiezentrum.org
  3. ^ Johann Werfring: Goldenes Wiener-Hirn. In: Wiener Zeitung. June 13, 2002, p. 12.
  4. ↑ Between 1993 and 1997 the historian Paulus Ebner carried out the research project “History of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences” at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna under the direction of Manfried Welan. See Paulus Ebner: History of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences from its beginnings to 1934 . Discussion paper No. 49-R-95, Institute for Economics, Politics and Law at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, November 1995, p. 1f.
  5. ↑ Studies on politics and administration
  6. ^ Journal for Legal Policy ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2013 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.verlagoesterreich.at
  7. ↑ Honorary ring holder of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna on boku.ac.at
  8. ↑ Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dr. Dr.hc Manfried Welan at forschung.boku.ac.at
  9. ^ Prices of the City of Vienna 2003 Apa report from January 13, 2004
  10. ↑ Manfried Welan: A servant of the Second Republic . Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-85437-311-7 , p. 228.

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SURNAME Welan, Manfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian legal scholar and politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna