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Heimito von Doderer
Summary
Franz Carl Heimito, Ritter von Doderer, known as Heimito von Doderer (haɪ̯ˈmiːto fɔn ˈdoːdəʁɐ; 5 September 1896 - 23 December 1966) was an Austrian writer.
Heimito von Doderer was born in Weidlingau, which has been part of the 14th District of Vienna since 1938, in a forester's lodge where his family stayed while his father, the architect and engineer de (1854, Klosterbruck (), Znaim 1932, Vienna) worked on the regulation of the Wien River. The lodge was not preserved, today a memorial marks the site. Wilhelm Carl Doderer also worked on the construction of the Tauern Railway, the Kiel Canal and the Wiener Stadtbahn public transport network. His brother Richard (18761955) and his father de (1825, Heilbronn 1900, Vienna; ennobled in 1877) too were noted architects and industrialists. Carl Wilhelm's wife Maria von de (18351914) by her mother was related to the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau.
Doderer's mother, Wilhelm Carl's wife Louise Wilhelmine "Willy" von Hügel (18621946) also was the daughter of the established German building contractor de (18281899), who had worked with her later husband on several railway projects. Her sister Charlotte had married de (1859, Vienna 1936, Vienna), son of Heinrich von Ferstel, architect of the Vienna Votive Church. Max von Ferstel had designed the plans for the Doderer family home in the Vienna Landstraße district.
Until World War I, the Doderer family ranked among the wealthiest industrial dynasties of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Heimito was the youngest of six children. His unusual first name was a German phonetic spelling of the Spanish name Jaimito, a diminutive of Jaime (James). As Louise Wilhelmine was Protestant, her children likewise were baptised evangelical, although they grew up in a mainly Catholic environment.
Heimito von Doderer spent most of his life in Vienna, where he attended the gymnasium school with moderate success. He spent his summers in his family's retreat in Reichenau an der Rax.
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