Theodor Grill

Theodor Grill (born October 15, 1902 in Bad Ischl ; † August 6, 1986 in Linz ) was a social democratic politician and mayor of Linz from 1968 to 1969.

Grill was born the son of a postal worker in the spa town of Bad Ischl. Since his youth he was a member of the Austrian Children's Friends and in other social democratic organizations. After the civil war in 1934 , in which Grill was active for the Social Democratic Protection Association, he emigrated to Switzerland with his wife Gertrude, who was also politically active. While Gertrude Grill was employed in the Zurich office for the Second International, Theodor Grill returned to Austria. There he was illegally active in politics for the Revolutionary Socialists, but was arrested after a short time together with the later Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky and other Revolutionary Socialists. In the subsequent trial he was sentenced to a total of one and a half years in prison for high treason. After his release from prison and a long waiting period for an exit permit, he and his wife emigrated to the USA via Belgium, France and Portugal in 1936 .

After the war, Grill returned to Austria from emigration in 1947 and resumed his service with the Linz magistrate . Until 1955 he worked as the secretary of Mayor Ernst Koref, after which he worked as a financial advisor. Also from 1955 he was a member of the Linz municipal council and deputy mayor.

On March 17, 1968, the Linz municipal council unanimously elected him mayor. He resigned in the same year because after the death of Vice Mayor Stefan Fechter a new regulation of the social democratic city senate faction was necessary.

Theodor Grill died on August 6, 1986 in Linz.

Web links

Hermann Wichers: Theodor Grill. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Reinhard Kannonier : Reconsideration of a "local political natural talent", an interview with the eighty-year-old former mayor of Linz Theodor Grill; in: Linz aktiv, Kulturelle Vierteljahresschrift der Stadt Linz No. 84, Linz 1982, pp. 4, 6.
↑ Reinhard Kannonier: Reconsideration of a "local political natural talent", an interview with the eighty-year-old former mayor of Linz Theodor Grill; in: Linz aktiv, Kulturelle Vierteljahresschrift der Stadt Linz No. 84, Linz 1982, pp. 6-7.

predecessor	Office	successor
Edmund Aigner	Mayor of Linz 1968–1969	Franz Hillinger

personal data
SURNAME	Grill, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 15, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bad Ischl
DATE OF DEATH	August 6, 1986
Place of death	Linz

[1] Reinhard Kannonier : Reconsideration of a "local political natural talent", an interview with the eighty-year-old former mayor of Linz Theodor Grill; in: Linz aktiv, Kulturelle Vierteljahresschrift der Stadt Linz No. 84, Linz 1982, pp. 4, 6.

[2] Reinhard Kannonier: Reconsideration of a "local political natural talent", an interview with the eighty-year-old former mayor of Linz Theodor Grill; in: Linz aktiv, Kulturelle Vierteljahresschrift der Stadt Linz No. 84, Linz 1982, pp. 6-7.