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Elise Richter – the first female extraordinary professor

100 years ago, on August 29, 1921, Elise Richter was the first woman in Austria to receive the title of extraordinary university professor (tit. ao. Prof.). In 1897 Richter was one of the first women to enroll in Romance studies, linguistics, classical philology and German studies at the University…

Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der Universität Wien

100 years Badge of Honor of the University of Vienna

The Badge of Honor of the University of Vienna was established during the First Republic as an award for personalities who gave the university “excellent material support”. The reason for the foundation of this form of honor was the emergency situation of the university after the First World War and…

500th birthday of Petrus Canisius

The famous theologian Petrus Canisius was born in Nijmegen on May 8, 1521. Canisius was one of the most influential protagonists of the Counter Reformation in the German-speaking world. Canisius also became known as the author of three catechisms, including the “Summa doctrinae christianae” (1555)…

Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808–1871), Pathologie, um 1860

150th anniversary of Johann Oppolzerʼs death

On April 16, 1871, the famous pathologist Johann von Oppolzer died in Vienna. From 1841 Oppolzer was professor at the medical clinic in Prague, 1848 in Leipzig, and 1850 in Vienna, where he took over the management of the newly founded II Medical University Clinic in the General Hospital. He was…

600 years Geserah in Vienna

On March 12, 1421, more than two hundred Jews were executed at the stake in Erdberg (today the 3rd district of Vienna). The mass execution was the sad climax of the Geserah in Vienna in 1420/21. As early as May 1420, all Jews in Vienna and Lower Austria had been arrested on the orders of Duke…

Carl Menger (1840–1921), Politische Ökonomie, Volkswirtschaftslehre

100th anniversary of Carl Mengerʼs death

On February 26, 1921, Carl Menger, the founder of the Austrian School of Economics, died in Vienna. Menger studied at the universities of Vienna, Prague and Krakow and received his doctorate in law in 1867. Based on his considerations on price formation, he came to theoretical insights, which he…

50th anniversary of Fritz Feiglʼs death

On January 26, 1971, the chemist Friedrich Feigl died in Rio de Janeiro. Feigl completed his habilitation in analytical and inorganic chemistry at the University of Vienna in 1926 and was appointed associate professor in 1936. He was considered one of the pioneers of chemical microanalysis and the…

Wilhelm Lamormaini (1570–1648), Jesuitenpater

450th birthday of Wilhelm Lamormaini

The influential Jesuit priest Wilhelm Lamormaini was born on December 29, 1570 in La Moire Mannie near Dochamps. After joining the Jesuit order, he studied theology in Vienna, then taught in Hungary, Prague and Graz. He returned to Vienna in 1622, where he became rector of the Vienna Jesuit College…

100th anniversary of Carl Toldtʼs death

The anatomist Carl Toldt died in Vienna on November 13, 1920. Toldt studied at the Josephinum in Vienna and habilitated for anatomy and histology. In 1884 he became full professor of descriptive and topographical anatomy at the University of Vienna. He directed the institute's new building, opened…

Hans Kelsen (1881–1973), Rechtswissenschaften, Staats- und Völkerrecht, Rechtstheorie, um 1930

100 years constitution of the Republic of Austria

On October 1, 1920, the Federal Constitutional Law of the Republic of Austria was passed. The name of the most important constitutional lawyer from the time of the First Republic is closely connected with this event: Hans Kelsen. As a consultant in 1919/20 he was an important contributor to the…

Sitzstreik Wiener Studierender vor dem Unterrichtsministerium gegen die Erhöhung der Studiengebühren

75 years of Austrian Student Union

On September 3, 1945, the Austrian Student Union (Österreichische Hochschülerschaft, ÖH) was founded as a state student organisation with compulsory membership.

Adolf Merkl (1890–1970), Österreichisches Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsrecht, Allgemeine Staatslehre

50th anniversary of Adolf Merklʼs death

On August 22, 1970, the constitutional legal scholar Adolf Julius Merkl died at the age of 80 in Vienna. Merkl studied law at the University of Vienna and was a participant in Hans Kelsenʼs seminar. With his considerations in particular on the gradual construction of the legal system, Merkl became…