Rudolf Hornegg

Rudolf Hornegg (born March 10, 1898 in Vienna - Hietzing ; † January 3, 1984 there ; from 1919 real name Carl Schönfeldt, born as Carl Reichsgraf von Schönfeldt, also known as Carl Graf Schönfeldt-Hornegg ) was an Austrian radio announcer and television presenter .

Life

Carl "Rudolf Hornegg" Schönfeldt was the son of Rudolf Reichsgraf von Schönfeldt (1864–1950), an Austro-Hungarian civil servant in the Ministry of Welfare and others. His grandmother was the actress Luise Neumann , his great-grandmother the actress Amalie Haizinger . He grew up in Styria and worked as a writer for radio and television before starting his career.

In the interwar period Hornegg worked for the German film company Ufa . After the end of the Second World War he worked for Sender Rot-Weiß-Rot , the radio station for the American occupiers in Austria, and was then a broadcaster for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF).

Hornegg is considered to be the first quiz master at ORF, who moderated the Austrian version of the program Quiz 21 from 1958 to 1974 . In it he asked the questions from the easy “one” to the “11” question. He used to mix up the playing cards with the questions with the words "Now let's do a proper mixed dose!" In February 1963 he commented on the Vienna Opera Ball , which , according to the contemporary Spiegel article, was broadcast live on Eurovision , back then of course in black and white. His wife Christl "Countess" Schönfeldt was the first organizer of the opera ball at the time. Together with her, Schönfeldt-Hornegg invented the successful TV show Walk into the Past. After the end of his role as a presenter, he worked for the quiz series Risk as a juror and designer of quiz questions.

He owned Hornegg Castle in Styria until 1939 . His grave is at the Grinzinger Friedhof (Gr. 29 / Row 3 / No. 4) in Vienna.

literature

The bottom thousand celebrate above. Peter Bruges at the Vienna Opera Ball . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1963, pp. 55 ff . ( online ).
Sedlacek on Wednesday: With the “penalty question” on black ice. In: Wiener Zeitung , February 1, 2006. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
E. Wohlgemuth: Schönfeldt (Schönfeld). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 79.

Individual evidence

↑ The Lords of Horneck (at the bottom) in: Chronik der Marktgemeinde Preding . Retrieved August 22, 2017.
↑ See Nobility Repeal Act of April 3, 1919.
↑ ^a ^b ^c See Sedlacek on Wednesday in Wiener Zeitung, February 1, 2006.
↑ In some sources also written as Karl, cf. Der Spiegel, issue 9/1963; as well as The Lords of Horneck in: Chronicle of the market town of Preding . Retrieved August 22, 2017.
↑ Entry about Rudolf Hornegg on Burgen-Austria
↑ See also the entry on Hornegg Castle in the Austria Forum

personal data
SURNAME	Hornegg, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schönfeldt, Carl (real name from 1919); Schönfeldt, Carl Reichsgraf von (birth name); Schönfeldt-Hornegg, Carl Graf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian broadcaster and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 10, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna - Hietzing
DATE OF DEATH	3rd January 1984
Place of death	Vienna - Hietzing

[1] The Lords of Horneck (at the bottom) in: Chronik der Marktgemeinde Preding . Retrieved August 22, 2017.

[2] See Nobility Repeal Act of April 3, 1919.

[SaM-3] See Sedlacek on Wednesday in Wiener Zeitung, February 1, 2006.

[4] In some sources also written as Karl, cf. Der Spiegel, issue 9/1963; as well as The Lords of Horneck in: Chronicle of the market town of Preding . Retrieved August 22, 2017.

[5] Entry about Rudolf Hornegg on Burgen-Austria

[6] See also the entry on Hornegg Castle in the Austria Forum