The plaque has a relief depiction of Otto Glöckel and reads:
"DEM SCHULREFORMER
Otto Glöckel
GEB. 8.2.1874 - 23.7.1933 GEST.
ABGEORDENETER
1907 - 1934
UNTERSTAATSSEKRETAER
FUER UNTERRICHT
1919-1920
PRAESIDENT DES
STADSCHULRATES
1920-1934
VON SEINEN FREUNDEN GEWIDMET
ERICH PIELER"
which Google translates (with obvious flaws) as:
"THE EDUCATION REFORMER
Otto Gloeckel
GEB. 2.8.1874 - 23.7.1933 GEST.
ABGEORDENETER
1907 - 1934
UNTERSTAATSSEKRETAER
FOR TEACHING
1919-1920
THE PRESIDENT
STADSCHULRATES
1920-1934
FROM HIS FRIENDS DEDICATED
ERICH PIELER "
This website (
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"This plaque had been created in 1954 on occasion of Glöckel's 80th birthday, by sculptors Erich Pieler (relief) and Viktor Hammer (design). It is mounted below the window of Glöckel's office since 1958, but was removed for restauration works on the building in 2005 and only re-mounted after publich protest."
Wikipedia's article (
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"Otto Glöckel (born February 8, 1874, Pottendorf, Lower Austria – July 23, 1935, 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.
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"