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The BG / BRG Freistadt school community received shocking news over the weekend: Principal Franz Rührnößl is dead The 61-year-old from St. Leonhard bei Freistadt died on Saturday during a bicycle tour.
The farmer’s son graduated from Freistadt primary school in 1978 and returned to “his” school as a teacher of German and English after completing his degree in 1989 with a doctorate “sub auspiciis praesidentis”, which he has also attended for the past nine years. a lot of commitment. Furthermore, Rührnößl was also the spokesperson for the AHS directors in Upper Austria. Under Rührnößl’s leadership, the number of students increased steadily. As a principal, the native son of the former mayor of St. Leonhard was considered correct, polite, performance-oriented but also sensitive. A highlight of his school career was the school’s 150th anniversary ceremony in 2017. When it came time to completely reorganize school operations this spring in the face of the corona pandemic, Rührnößl literally worked day and night to achieve one after closing. to allow a successful restart. “We have had a lot of new experiences in recent weeks,” Rührnößl said in an OÖN interview in early May. As a teacher, you always have to be open to new ideas without throwing tried and tested too quickly. Rührnößl and his teaching staff have always managed to maintain this balance.
In his home parish of St. Leonhard, Rührnößl volunteered for the parish. His great passion was the sport of fistball: he was not only coach of the women’s team in his hometown, which made it to the Bundesliga, but also president of the Upper Austrian fistball association. He also loved spending his free time on his racing bike. Rührnößl was not supposed to be coming home from one of these trips on Saturday.
On Sunday evening, the parents’ association and the BG / BRG Freistadt student council set up a memorial place in front of the old primary school entrance on Zemannstrasse and invited people to lay candles and Franz Rührnößl souvenirs here.
