Wien Kulturgut: Gedenktafeln · Vienna
Johann Pokorny - Gedenktafel
Wexstraße 14-18, Brigittenau (1200), Vienna
The record
- Type
- Commemorative plaque (Gedenktafel)
- Material
- Metall (Blech)
- Plaque made
- 2008
- Epoch
- Nach 1945
- Address
- Wexstraße 14-18
- Location
- Pokornyhof
- District
- Brigittenau (1200)
- City
- Vienna (Wien)
- Country
- Austria
- Coordinates
- 48.23585, 16.36619
- Object number
- 96580
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(71) Austriae." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (71) Austriae. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1682 · Austria Archiducatus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
The City of Vienna's dataset on Austria's open data portal ↗
The City of Vienna's record
Inschrift
Johann Pokorny, 1.7.1882-11.9.1940 / Johann Pokorny war führender Funktionär des Handels- und / Transportarbeiterverbandes und von 1919 bis 1934 Mitglied des / Wiener Gemeinderats. Als Bezirksobmann des Republikanischen / Schutzbundes der Brigittenau wurde er im Februar 1934 verhaftet / und war 1935 Angeklagter im Wiener Schutzbundprozess. / Am 22. August 1939 wurde er im Zuge der Verhaftungsaktion gegen / Revolutionäre Sozialisten festgenommen: / 1940 starb er an den Folgen der KZ-Haft. /
Die in den Jahren 1925/26 und 1928/29 errichtete Wohnhausanlage / 20., Leipziger Straße 11-15 / Wexstraße 14-18, / wurde 1949 Pokornyhof benannt.
Niemals Vergessen / Bezirksvertretung Brigittenau / Juli 2008
English translation
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Inscription
Johann Pokorny, 1.7.1882-11.9.1940
Johann Pokorny was a leading official of the Handels- und Transportarbeiterverband (Trade and Transport Workers' Union) and a member of the / Vienna municipal council from 1919 to 1934. As district chairman (Bezirksobmann) of the Republikanischen / Schutzbundes of Brigittenau, he was arrested in February 1934, / and in 1935 he was a defendant in the Vienna Schutzbund trial. / On 22 August 1939 he was arrested in the course of the campaign of arrests against / Revolutionary Socialists. / In 1940 he died as a result of his detention in a concentration camp.
The housing complex built in 1925/26 and 1928/29, / 20., Leipziger Straße 11-15 / Wexstraße 14-18, / was named Pokornyhof in 1949.
Never forgotten
District Council Brigittenau
July 2008
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