Otto Glöckel

Otto Glöckel memorial plaque, Vienna.

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

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Name	Gloeckel, Otto
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Date of birth	February 8, 1874
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Date of death	July 23, 1935
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