Otto Glöckel Explained

Otto Glöckel (8 February 1874 in Pottendorf, Lower Austria  - 23 July 1935 in Vienna) social-democratic politician and school-reformer during the First Austrian Republic. First Minister of Education during the First Austrian Republic from April 1919 to October 1920.^[1]

After training as a teacher, Glöckel started work as a teacher in Schmelz, Vienna. In 1894 he joined the Austrian Social Democratic Party.^[1]

Otto Glöckel's Achievements:

• Women were granted the right to enter university.
• Religious education was no longer compulsory ("Glöckel Erlass", 10th of April 1919)
• Schools started to be organized in a democratic way (introduction of form and school representatives (??))
• The first comprehensive schools were established in Austria

Glöckel developed a collaborative relationship with the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glöckel Otto. Weblexikon der Weiner Sozialedemokratie. SPÖ. 16 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160328003859/http://www.dasrotewien.at/gloeckel-otto.html. 28 March 2016. dead.
2. Book: Stadler, Friedrich. Nemeth. Elisabeth. Pichler. Wolfram. 3 . Wagner. David. Heinrich. Richard. Written Language and Picture Language after Otto Neurath—Popularising or Humanising Knowledge?. Image and Imaging in Philosophy, Science and the Arts. 2011. ontos Verlag. Frankfurt. 8.