Ottokar Janetschek
Ottokar Janetschek (born April 30, 1884 in Heiligenkreuz , Lower Austria; † September 27, 1963 in Vienna-Mariahilf ) was a railway inspector and writer.
Live and act
Ottokar Janetschek came from Heiligenkreuz. His father was a master blacksmith in a house not far from the monastery that still stands today and is known as the Alte Schmiede (house number 22). He attended school as a choirboy in Heiligenkreuz Abbey , where he graduated from high school . In the course of his musical training he also learned the violin and organ . He completed his law studies at the University of Vienna while working for the Federal Railroad . In the inter-war period, he advanced from a railway official to a federal railway central inspector.
His writing goes back to a meeting with Peter Rosegger in 1906 in Semmering . In the mid-1920s he began working for newspapers alongside his railroad job. As a writer, he published 18 biographical and historical novels. The most famous novel that is still published today is Der Raxkönig : He portrays Georg Hubmer heroically as a lumberjack and alluvial master. Hubner, who only became known as Raxkönig after the success of the Janetschek novel, was responsible for the establishment of a Protestant school and chapel and in this context a particularly socially minded employer for hundreds of working-class families.
Janetschek married the officer's widow Irene Borst and settled in Perchtoldsdorf in 1938 . He died in Vienna and was buried in Perchtoldsdorf.
Works
- Mozart, an artist's life (1924)
- The Titan (Beethoven; 1927)
- Schubert's Life Novel (1928)
- The Duke of Reichstadt (1929)
- The Napoleon builder (1930; Semmering Railway)
- Sobieski. Crusade to Vienna (1934)
- The Rax King (1941)
- Emperor Franz Josef (1949)
- The King and His Master (1952)
- The prima donna (1955)
Awards
Appreciation
After some of his novels were written in his last place of residence in Perchtoldsdorf (Dr. C. Pirquet-Straße 44), a street was named after him in 1978.
literature
- Walter Kleindel: The great book of the Austrians . 4500 person representations in words and pictures, names, dates, facts. With the collaboration of Hans Veigl . Vienna: Kremayr & Scheriau 1987
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christine Mitterwenger / Gregor Gatsch Riedl: Perchtoldsdorfer Straßenlexikon , 2004, ISBN 3 901 316 20 5 , p. 74
Web links
- Ottokar Janetschek in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Friedrich Oswald: Ottokar Janetschek and "Der Raxkönig" in the Perchtoldsdorfer Rundschau from 04-05 / 2013 online
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SURNAME | Janetschek, Ottokar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian railway inspector and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1884 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heiligenkreuz (Lower Austria) |
DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1963 |
Place of death | Vienna |