Meinrad Pichler

Meinrad Pichler 2018 at a lecture in Feldkirch

Meinrad Pichler (born November 18, 1947 in Hörbranz ) is a Vorarlberg middle school teacher and historian . In addition to numerous publications on regional history, he also wrote the third volume of a comprehensive new Vorarlberg regional history (1861–2015).

Life

Pichler studied German and history at the University of Vienna and began teaching after completing his teaching degree at the Bundesrealgymnasium and Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium Dornbirn-Schoren . From 1994 until his retirement in 2010 he was director of the Federal High School Gallusstrasse in Bregenz, was a member of the “School in Motion” project at the Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts and head of advanced training for directors in the area of the state school board for Vorarlberg from 1995 to 1998. Teaching assignments at various universities. The first critical appraisal of the National Socialist rule in Vorarlberg , its prehistory and its aftermath began with the anthology "Supplements to the newer Vorarlberger Landesgeschichte" published by Pichler in 1983 . Accordingly, in 1982 he was one of the co-founders of the contemporary history association " Johann-August-Malin-Gesellschaft ". From 1974 to 1977 Pichler was the honorary managing director of the “Vorarlberg Culture Producers Group”, which carried out the “Bregenz Randspiele”. In 1979 he was elected the founding chairman of the “Vorarlberger LehrerInitiative” (VLI), the first non-party teacher representation in Austria . In 2014, Pichler was awarded the “Science Prize of the State of Vorarlberg” for his numerous works on the recent history of Vorarlberg. Since 2008 he has been writing regularly for the daily newspaper “ Vorarlberger Nachrichten ” on historical and current political issues.

Fonts (selection)

People in motion. Paths of life and time courses. Bregenz 2017
The state of Vorarlberg from 1861 to 2015 . History of Vorarlberg Vol. 3. Innsbruck 2015
From the Montafon to the Mississippi. America emigrants from the Montafon. Schruns 2013
National Socialism in Vorarlberg. Victim - perpetrator - opponent. Innsbruck 2012
Cross aisles. Vorarlberg history in résumés. Hohenems 2007
Austria again! Liberation and Reconstruction - Vorarlberg 1945. Bregenz 1995 (together with Werner Bundschuh and Harald Walser )
Hunger, repression and longing. From the “Festival Week” to the “Festival” , In: Andrea Meuli (ed.), The Bregenz Festival. Salzburg 1995, pp. 159-170.
Emigrants. From Vorarlberg to the USA 1800-1938. Bregenz 1993
Unsuccessful advertising. Vorarlberg attempts to join Switzerland and Swabia (1918-1920). Bregenz 1989 (together with Werner Dreier)
At work. Pictures from the Vorarlberg working world from 1880 to 1938. Bregenz 1989
The watch on the Rhine. Everyday life in Vorarlberg during the Nazi era. Bregenz 1988 (together with Harald Walser )
From gentlemen and people. Persecution and resistance in Vorarlberg 1933-1945. Bregenz 1985 (together with H. Brändle, G. Egger-Kiermayr and H. Walser )
Supplements to the more recent Vorarlberg regional history (ed.). Bregenz 1983

literature

Dir. HR Mag. Meinrad Pichler. In: Annual report of the Federal High School Bregenz Gallusstraße 2009/10, pp. 7–15
Kurt Greussing: The maverick blows where it wants. On Meinrad Pichler and his history. In: cross aisles . Hohenems 2007, pp. 6-11
Alois Niederstätter: Laudation for Meinrad Pichler on the presentation of the Science Prize of the State of Vorarlberg 2014. In: Montfort Vol. 1/2015, pp. 7–12 (with bibliography)

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Pichler, Meinrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hörbranz