Rudolf Kellermayr

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rudolf Kellermayr (2012)
Rudolf Kellermayr (2010)

Rudolf Ernst Kellermayr (born January 25, 1921 in Graz ; † September 27, 2014 there ) was an Austrian pedagogue, cultural critic and long-time director of the Academic Gymnasium in Graz .

Origin and education

Rudolf Kellermayr's father came from Linz , his mother from Gresten , St. Pölten district .

He attended the primary school of the school brothers in the Hans-Sachs-Gasse in Graz. From 1931 to 1939 he graduated from the Academic Gymnasium in Graz and put the matriculation examination from March 1939th

From April 1939 to September 1939 he performed his duty at the Reich Labor Service in Reittal near Liezen . From September 1939 to April 1941 he studied German and art history at the University of Vienna . Between April 1941 and 1945 he did military service with the 17th Air Force Field Division (mainly in France ) and was in American captivity in France from March 20 to September 25, 1945 . After his return he studied German and Romance languages from October 1, 1945 to June 30, 1947 at the University of Graz and graduated with the academic degree Mag. Phil. from. During this time, Rudolf Kellermayr was cultural advisor for the Austrian Students' Union and co-founder of the Graz University Studio , in which he also worked as an actor. Under his leadership, works by Jean-Paul Sartre and Franz Kafka were performed for the first time .

Act as a teacher and director

Rudolf Kellermayr worked from October 7, 1947 to October 1, 1968 as an educator, AHS professor and deputy director at the Federal Educational Institute in Graz-Liebenau . On October 1, 1968, he was appointed director of the Graz Academic Gymnasium and held this position until January 1, 1987.

Right at the beginning he faced new tasks: the large number of students required new solutions with regard to the necessary and non-existent classrooms; the Graz Minorites provided free rooms in their monastery for "displaced classes". Various innovations with regard to more modern teaching methods in all subjects also turned out to be a great challenge, which, however, were solved by flexibility and the will of everyone to modernize the school offers.

For the following years the later director of the grammar school Josef Wilhelm , who at that time was still active as a religion professor at the school, is quoted:

“These years were characterized on the one hand by lack of space and the associated hiking classes and relocations in rooms of the Evangelical Heilandskirche on Kaiser-Josef-Platz, in the Vinzentinum in Neubaugasse and in an adapted large apartment at Burgring 10. For administration and the“ wandering professors “This situation was a particular challenge. For this reason, under Hofrat Kellermayr and with the assistance of the parents' association, the renovation, for which Josef Wilhelm was later responsible for implementation, was planned and prepared. From an educational and didactic point of view, this era was an eventful time. In 1972 the “free school book” was introduced in Austria. The 1974 School Education Act, which was modified by a large number of amendments, has changed the area of ​​"internal operations" in our schools significantly. This was quickly and energetically received at the Graz Academic Gymnasium: the language laboratory and audiovisual media such as B. Overhead and film projectors, television and video were used for clear lessons, the living foreign languages, especially French, were given a heavy weight, and the (three-week) school exchange events were launched. Classes in the classical languages ​​Latin and Greek have been reorganized didactically, pointing the way for the Austrian school system. Several textbook authors and lecturers at the university have worked at the school (Latin, Greek, English, music, German, general didactics). Group lessons instead of exclusively frontal lessons, bringing in experts from outside was recommended; some group dynamic approaches were important experiments, but remained an episode. The intensive contact with the “ Forum Stadtpark ” ( Alfred Kolleritsch , Hartmut Urban ), which was then home to the Austrian avant-garde , is also explained by the numerous graduates who have achieved prestige in the various fields of the arts. In addition, it has been possible that numerous young, talented and committed professors have been employed at the school, who have supported the intentions of the management through a "modern" and contemporary pedagogy. "

- Director Josef Wilhelm : written description from June 30, 2013

On January 1, 1987, Rudolf Kellermayr retired as director of the Academic Gymnasium Graz, followed by Josef Wilhelm in this position.

further activities

From October 1, 1968, Kellermayr was a board member of the Catholic press association for Styria. Between 1968 and 1972 he acted as vice-president of the Styrian Catholic Action , from 1982 to 1988 he was its president. Furthermore, from May 1, 1987, he was chairman of the editorial board of the Kleine Zeitung for 20 years , after which he continued to be a member.

Rudolf Kellermayr wrote acting reviews for the Kleine Zeitung for almost 60 years and was a cultural critic for Die Furche .

Rudolf Kellermayr died in September 2014 at the age of 94 in Graz. He is buried at the St. Peter city cemetery in Graz .

Recognitions

Publications

  • Pierre Béhar: Central Europe in focus. Analyzes and perspectives of a continental geopolitics. Translation from French by Brigitte and Rudolf Kellermayr, Styria Verlag , Graz 1994, ISBN 3-222-12246-6 .

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Kellermayr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Special collection of the University of Innsbruck: Theater reviews by Rudolf Kellermayr: 1946–2000
  2. ↑ This and all other biographical information: Written information from Rudolf Kellermayr dated December 11, 2013, is available to the author.
  3. ↑ a b Hofrat Mag. Phil. Kellermayr Rudolf ( Memento from February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), page at www.graz.at, accessed on September 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ On August 6, 1949, the members of the Graz university studio performed Goethe's “Urgötz” on the Schloßberg stage. Austria Forum.
  5. ↑ cf. Ferdinand Tremel: 400 years of the Academic Gymnasium in Graz. In: 400 Years of the Academic Gymnasium in Graz 1573–1973. Festschrift. Verlag des Akademischen Gymnasium in Graz, Graz 1973, p. 85.
  6. ^ Written information from the former director of the Academic Gymnasium Graz, Dr. Josef Wilhelm, June 30, 2013, is available to the author.
  7. ↑ Kurt Wimmer: Rudolf Kellermayr is 90. Kleine Zeitung , January 24, 2011, accessed on May 25, 2020 . .
  8. ^ Johann A. Bauer: Rudolf Kellermayr: Steirer mit Herz Sunday paper, January 30, 2011.
  9. ^ Rudolf Kellermayr: Navigator in unmapped terrain , obituary by Thomas Götz ( memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Kleine Zeitung , September 27, 2014.
  10. ↑ A frank keeper is dead: Rudolf Kellermayr  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Die Presse , Feuilleton , September 30, 2014, p. 17, accessed on October 2, 2014.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.akademisches-graz.at  
  11. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  12. ↑ Hofrat Mag.phil. Kellermayr Rudolf ( Memento from February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), www.graz.at, accessed on February 2, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Kellermayr, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kellermayr, Rudolf Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theater critic and educator
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2014
Place of death Graz