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Theodor Körner, Edler von Siegringen ( German pronunciation: [ˈteːoˌdoːɐ̯ ˈkœʁnɐ] ⓘ; 23 April 1873 – 4 January 1957) was an Austrian military officer and statesman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria. He served as President of Austria from 1951 to 1957 and as Mayor of Vienna from 1945 to 1951.
Theodor Körner (born April 24, 1873, Komárno, Hung.—died Jan. 4, 1957, Vienna) was an Austrian military officer during World War I and later a statesman who served as president of the second Austrian republic (1951–57).
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Theodor Körner (born Sept. 23, 1791, Dresden, Saxony—died Aug. 26, 1813, Gadebusch, Mecklenburg) was a German patriotic poet of the war of liberation against Napoleon in 1813 whose death in Lützow’s volunteer corps made him a popular hero.
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Theodor Körner, von 1900 bis 1919 Edler von Siegringen, war ein österreichischer General und Politiker. Er war Bürgermeister von Wien und von 1951 bis 1957 der erste vom Bundesvolk direkt gewählte österreichische Bundespräsident.
The poet Theodor Körner (1791–1813) emerged from a process of nationalist mythmaking as a hero of the Napoleonic Wars, which were celebrated as the “Wars of Liberation.” He was depicted as a “poet and thinker” who battled for the nation and died for it.
mayor politician president. Theodor Körner, Edler von Siegringen served as the fifth President of Austria, between 1951 and 1957.
When he retired in 1924 he joined the Social Democratic Party and in 1925 became its delegate from Vienna to the Federal Council. He was President of this Council when it was dissolved by Dollfuss in February 1934 and spent the remainder of that year in prison.
