Max Dasch (publisher, 1903)
Max Dasch senior (born September 13, 1903 in Mondsee ; † September 22, 1977 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian journalist and co-editor of the " Salzburger Nachrichten ".
biography
The son of the foreman Max Dasch and his wife Katharina, b. Baumann, attended schools in Salzburg and in 1917 joined the Zaunrith printing house as an apprentice . After graduating from the graphic teaching and research institute in Vienna with honors , he turned down an offer to stay as a teacher at this institute.
In 1937 he took over the management of the Salzburg Press Association and its operations. In 1938 he married Katharina Schwaninger. During the National Socialist rule he was transferred to a criminal offense and gained a reputation for justice and philanthropy as the head of Polish printing works in Warsaw .
On 23 October 1945 he received together with Gustav Canaval by the American military government , the 1 Permit no. For publishing a daily newspaper (Salzburger Nachrichten). After Canaval's death, Dasch took over sole management of the company in 1959. He and the co-founder's widow, Antonie Canaval, were the editors. After Mrs. Canaval's death in 1975, he took over the entire company shares on March 1st, 20% in his name and 40% each for his children Max Dasch junior. (* June 15, 1946) and Gertrude Kaindl-Hönig, who thus became limited partners of the company.
The highlights of his work were the expansion of the "Salzburger Pressvereindruckerei" into a modern, large-scale printing plant and the completion of the new publishing house of Salzburger Nachrichten in Bergstrasse, which was opened on November 28, 1975 by the then Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger . Max Dasch also held leading positions in the Association of Newspaper Publishers, the Austria Press Agency and the Chamber of Commerce. For his achievements in connection with the development of the Salzburger Nachrichten he received, among other things, the Ring of the City of Salzburg , the Golden Cross of Merit of the City of Salzburg and the Golden Needle of the graphic company .
Dasch died in 1977 of cancer and was buried at the Salzburg municipal cemetery. The Salzburger Nachrichten became the sole property of his two children. The management was taken over by his son Max jun. , later President of the Association of Austrian Newspaper Publishers (VÖZ).
Literature and Sources
- Friederike Zaisberger , Reinhard R. Heinisch : Life beyond death ... Celebrities in the Salzburg municipal cemetery. Announcements from the Society for Regional Studies in Salzburg . 23. Supplementary volume. Self-published by the company. Salzburg 2006
- Nekrolog in the Salzburger Nachrichten, 33rd year, No. 221 of September 23, 1977
Web links
- Entry on Max Dasch in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- History of the "Salzburger Nachrichten"
Individual evidence
- ^ "Salzburger Nachrichten": Dasch's son moves up to the management board (August 26, 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dasch, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dasch, Max senior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist and co-editor of the "Salzburger Nachrichten" |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mondsee |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1977 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |