Wilhelm Teuber-Weckersdorf
Wilhelm Teuber-Weckersdorf (23 September 1879 in Prague-3 March 1968) was an Austro-Hungarian officer and a Scouting pioneer in Austria,[1]: 280 popularly known within the Scouting movement as "Willy Teuber" or "Onkel Teuber".[2]
Family
His father Oskar Wilhelm Karl (11 December 1852, Křinice (German: Weckersdorf)-16 December 1901, Vienna) was a journalist for the Wiener Zeitung in Prague.[1]: 280 He was married with Emmy Rigol (10 March 1850-15 Mai 1934, Vienna).[1]: 280 Wilhelm had 3 brothers: Emmerich (born 1877), Oscar (born 1881) and Maurus (born 1883).[1]: 280–281
He was married to Irma Jagitsch and had 2 children: Charlotte and Emmerich.[1]: 280
In 1933 it was allowed to him and his family to use the surnames Weckersdorf, after the birthplace of his father, by the Austrian authorities.[1]: 280
Education and military service
Like his brothers Wilhelm attended the
Scouting
There he used Scouting for Boys as a source for ideas for the free time activities for the boys. Starting in 1909 patrols were formed and the first Scouting activities were carried out in Austria.[1]: 8, 52 [3][4][5][6] In June 2009 a Centenary Commemoration took place, a stamp and special cachet was issued commemorating the first Scouting activities in Austria.[4][5][7][8] On 23 October 2009 a memorial was erected in Strass commemorating the first Scouting activities in Austria.[3][7][9][10]
In 1912 his brother Emmerich founded one of the first Austrian Scout groups in Vienna.[1]: 11–12 Wilhelm kept in touch with the Austrian Scout movement and served as Chief Scout of the Österreichischer Pfadfinderbund from 1937 until Scouting was banned after the Anschluss in 1938.[1]: 278 [11] In 1937 he took part in the 5th World Scout Jamboree in Vogelenzang.[1]: 132 In 1945 he founded a Scout association for the western states of Austria, which in 1946 formed together with the Österreichischer Pfadfinderbund and the Catholic Österreichisches Pfadfinderkorps St.Georg a new unified Boy Scout association "Pfadfinder Österreichs".[1]: 175 [12] He served as Honorary Chief Scout of this association until his death.[1]: 280–281 [8] In June 1947 he became President of the
World War I
During the war he served at the Military Command of Vienna. His last rank was Oberst and in 1918 he retired.[1]: 280
Further life
From 1934 to 1938 he served as a district leader of the
References
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- ^ a b Robert Lenhard (2009-06-09). "Straß feiert sich als Wiege der Pfadfinder". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ Kurt Pribich; Hanns Strouhal (December 2009). "2009-Was geschah vor -zig Jahren...Ein Rückblick in die Geschichte". Museums-Journal (in German). Pfadfindermuseum und Institut für Pfadfindergeschichte: 12.
- ^ a b Wilhelm Otto Neubäck (2009). "Von unserer Tätigkeit". STPS Mitteilungsblatt (in German). 97. Steiermärkische Pfadfinderbriefmarken Sammler: 2.
- ^ a b Philipp Lehar (2009). "Ausserhalb von Wattens-Straß/Steiermark". Pfeifzeichen-Das Magazin von Pfadfindern, für Pfadfinder (in German). 25. Wattens: Pfadfindergruppe Wattens: 36.
- ^ Mayr, Tom (2009). "100 Jahre Pfadfinderidee in Österreich" (in German). Archived from the original on December 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ Willi Baumgartner (December 2009). "100 Jahre Pfadfinderidee in Österreich ausgegangen von Strass in der Steiermark". Der Gildenweg (in German). 4/2009: 9.
- ^ Schückbauer, Franz (1956). Die Pfadfinderbewegung in Österreich-Werden, Wachsen, Wirken (in German). Vienna: Pfadfinder Österreichs. p. 17.
- ^ Schredt, Franz Xaver (1982). Logbuch der Tiroler Pfadfinder (in German). Innsbruck: Verlag Dr. Rudolf Erhard. p. 84.
- ^ "Hunderte Feuer brannten bei Ischl". Unser Ziel-Monatsschrift für Pfadfinderführer (in German). Pfadfinder Österreichs: 12. September 1951.
- ^ Pelinka, Anton. "Charlotte Teuber" (in German). Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ Ewald Merzl; Christian Letz; Elisabeth Klamper (2007). PfadfinderInnen in Österreich 1938 Mitgelaufen?Angepasst?Verfolgt? (in German). Vienna: Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs.
- ^ "Die Festschrift der OG Salzburg- Die Gründung - 1957" (in German). Offiziersgesellschaft Salzburg. Retrieved 2009-09-30.