Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Ernst Kirchweger - Gedenktafel
Sonnwendgasse 24, Favoriten (1100), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Granit
- Plaque made
- 1989
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Sonnwendgasse 24
- Location
- Ernst-Kirchweger-Hof
- District
- Favoriten (1100)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.18031, 16.37935
- Object number
- 95744
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Autriche septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1752 · Autriche septentrionale. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1813 · Sect. 161. Theil von Oestreich = Partie d'Autriche (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1837 · I, II, III, IV Sections. Umgebung von Wien. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1837 · (I Section). Nach Angabe und auf Kosten des Verfassers der Darstellung des Erzherzogthums… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1877 · Wein. (Nieder-Osterreich) (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
The City of Vienna's dataset on Austria's open data portal ↗
The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
Ernst Kirchweger / vom 12.1.1898-2.4.1965 / Er kämpfte für österreichische Freiheit / und Unabhängigkeit / er gab sein Leben für / seine antifaschistische Überzeugung
Biografische Angaben
Ernst Kirchweger, Kommunist und Widerstandskämpfer, war das erste politische Todesopfer der zweiten Republik. Er wurde am 31.3.1965 bei einer Demonstration gegen den rechtsradikalen u. antisemitischen Hochschulprofessor Taras Borodajkewycz von einem neonazistischen Studenten niedergeschlagen und starb an den Folgen der Verletzung.
English translation
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Inscription
Ernst Kirchweger / from 12.1.1898-2.4.1965 / He fought for Austrian freedom / and independence / he gave his life for / his antifascist conviction
Biographical notes
Ernst Kirchweger, communist and resistance fighter, was the first political fatality of the Second Republic. On 31.3.1965 he was knocked down by a neo-Nazi student during a demonstration against the far-right and antisemitic university professor Taras Borodajkewycz, and died of the consequences of his injuries.
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Other plaques in the City's record within about three miles of this one, by straight line.