Theodor Georg Rakus

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Theodor Georg Rakus , actually Rakns (born September 30, 1869 in Stefanau , Moravia , † December 10, 1929 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian student leader, doctor and envoy .

Life

Rakus graduated from the Theresian Academy and then studied medicine in Vienna , during which he joined the Association of German University Students Philadelphia in the Waidhofen Association . In his memorable speech in the Sophiensaal in December 1897, he coined the term Los von Rom , which Georg Ritter von Schönerer took over from him.

He later served as a colonel physician on the Italian front during World War I. After the war, he settled in Salzburg as a dentist and also held the office of royal Swedish vice-consul. There he changed his name to Rakns . During the First World War, through his contacts, he brought about fruitful help from Scandinavia for starving Austrian children. He also maintained relationships with Svante Arrhenius , the Swedish physicist and Nobel Prize winner, who was one of his closest friends.

Rakns made great contributions to making cremation possible in Austria and was therefore buried in an honorary grave at the Salzburg municipal cemetery. Since he had only two female descendants with his wife Emma (née Fünkh) (Ingeborg * 1902, later married Haagen, and Frigga * 1905, later married Biebl), the name Rakns is considered extinct.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Wladika: Hitler's generation of fathers: the origins of National Socialism in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-205-77337-3 , p. 244.
  2. ↑ Trauner, Zimmermann: 100 Years of the Evangelical Union in Austria, 2003.
  3. ↑ Harald Gnilsen: Ecclesia militans Salisburgensis: Kulturkampf in Salzburg 1848-1914. Vienna 1972, p. 277.
  4. ↑ Carl Sallmann (Ed.): Excerpta Medica, Volume 26, 1917, p. 23.
  5. ↑ Cf. Eduard Pichl: Georg Ritter von Schönerer. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1940.
personal data
SURNAME Rakus, Theodor Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rakns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian student leader, doctor and envoy
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Stefanau , Moravia
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1929
Place of death Salzburg