Heinrich-Zeder-Weg

Heinrich Zeder was a chaplain and pastoral worker initially in Orth an der Donau, from 1931 in Vienna. He was a member of the Fatherland Front and the Cartellverband, as well as pastoral worker of the Eastmark Storm Units and thus closely connected to the Austrofascist regime. After the takeover of power by the National Socialists in March 1938, he founded the liturgical community of the youth. From 1940 to 1943, he was held in custody by the Gestapo, and afterwards was conscripted into the Wehrmacht. The People's Court sentenced him on 25 February 1944 for "failure to report a high treasonous enterprise" to two years in prison, which he had already served during prolonged U-custody. In 1944, he fell into American captivity and returned to Vienna in 1946. He wrote down his experiences in the book "Judas seeks a brother." From 1945 to 1952, he led the parish of St. Johann; from 1953 to 1972, he was a prison chaplain or chairman of the ARGE of prison chaplains. The naming of the traffic area was carried out on 20 January 2004 by the municipal council committee for culture and science.