Karl Harnoncourt

Karl Harnoncourt (born 12 August 1934) is an Austrian physician and academic teacher.

Karl Harnoncourt
Born (1934-08-12) 12 August 1934
Graz, Styria, Austria
Other namesKarl de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt (nobility historically)
EducationUniversity of Graz
Occupations
  • Physician
  • Academic teacher
Organizations
  • Joanneum
  • Steiermärkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft
  • Hospizverein Steiermark
ParentLadislaja Harnoncourt
Family
Awards
  • Ehrenzeichen of Steiermark

Life

Harnoncourt was born into nobility in Graz, the son of Eberhard Harnoncourt (1896–1970)[1] and Ladislaja Johanna Franziska née Gräfin von Meran, Freiin von Brandhoven. He studied medicine at the University of Graz and was promoted to Ph.D. in 1958.[2] He specialised as an internist at the Landeskrankenhaus (LKH) in Graz, and was habilitated in 1973. He headed a department of the LKH from 1977 to 1999. From 1989, he was president of the institute for preventive medicine of the Joanneum, and from 1989 to 1991 president of the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Pneumologie. He served from 1993 as president of the Landessanitätsrats Steiermark, and from 1995 as director of the Steiermärkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft (KAGes).[2]

He was influential in the manufacturing of instruments for arterial blood gas test which were made in the 1960s by AVL based on his research. He introduced ultrasonic examinations as the basis for spirometry,[3] and initiated the building of a university clinic for psychosomatic and psychotherapy in Bad Aussee.[4]

From 2003 to 2012, Harnoncourt was Obmann of the Hospizverein Steiermark.[5][6]

Family

Harnoncourt is married; the couple has two sons and three daughters. He is a brother of the conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the theologian Philipp Harnoncourt and the business ececutive Franz Harnoncourt.[1] His daughter was married to American gallery owner Richard L. Feigen.

Awards
  • 2013: Ehrenzeichen des Landes Steiermark

References
  1. ""Ich kann nicht trauern, weil ich so dankbar bin" / Domherr Philipp Harnoncourt wurde am 6. Juni in Grundlsee beigesetzt". katholische-kirche-steiermark.at (in German). Diocese of Graz-Seckau and Theological Faculty of the University of Graz. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. Kummer, F. (2007). "Karl Harnoncourt. Ehrenmitglied der ÖGP" (PDF). Airmail (in German). Österreichische Gesellschaft für Pneumologie (1): 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. G. E. Müller, G. Brandstätter, P. Kratochvil, Karl Harnoncourt: Die Sonographie eines ausgedehnten juxtapapillären Duodenaldivertikels. (englisch: Ultrasonic Morphology of a Large-Sized Juxtapapillary Duodenal Diverticulum. In: Ultraschall in der Medizin, Thieme, Stuttgart/New York 1984, doi:10.1055/s-2007-1012115, 5(6): 312–314.
  4. Psychosomatik: Bad Aussee wird Universitätsstadt. (in German) ORF 17 August 2006, retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. "In großer Dankbarkeit für beispielhaft gelebtes Ehrenamt! Neun Jahre prägte Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karl Harnoncourt als Obmann die Geschicke des Hospizvereins Steiermark". hospiz-stmk.at (in German). 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. Saurugger, Sonja (6 August 2012). "Steirer des Tages: Neuer Obmann für 750 ehrenamtliche Begleiter". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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