Gerhard Tötschinger (26 June 1946 – 10 August 2016) was an Austrian actor, director, and writer.
Tötschinger grew up in
Vienna and studied theater and art history after gymnasium. He began his theatrical career in the 1960s, appearing in plays in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. In the 1970s, the actor first appeared as a director. He organized the "Fest in Hellbrunn" in
Salzburg, the Festival "Arteuropa" in
Todi and the Sommerspiele Perchtoldsdorf. Tötschinger wrote numerous books on the history of Austria, the Habsburgs and
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...
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[.] He ran for the Landtag in 2010 on the
ÖVP ticket. In 2012 he received the
Buchpreis der Wiener Wirtschaft.
[''Gerhard Tötschinger: Auszeichnungen''.](_blank)
Wien Geschichte Wiki, accessed 10 August 2016. In 2015 he received the
Goldenes Verdienstzeichen des Landes Wien.
He suffered a serious fall in 2009 and had his left foot amputated. He died of a
pulmonary embolism on 10 August 2016.
He was vacationing in
St. Gilgen with his partner, Christiane Hörbiger, whom he planned to soon marry.
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1946 births
2016 deaths
Austrian male film actors
Male actors from Vienna
20th-century Austrian male actors
Deaths from pulmonary embolism
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