Background
His father Heinrich Maier was a railway official in Austria. His mother Katharina was the daughter of a policemen. His sister was born in 1910 near Gmünd.
His father Heinrich Maier was a railway official in Austria. His mother Katharina was the daughter of a policemen. His sister was born in 1910 near Gmünd.
Volksschule
Gymnasium in Sankt Pölten 1918-1923
Gymnasium in Leoben 1923-1926
University of Vienna 1926-1928
Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum 1928-1930
University of Vienna.
He received strong financial support from his relative Gabriele Maier. Heinrich Maier was chaplain of a Scout group of the Österreichisches Pfadfinderkorps Street.Georg, the Catholic Austrian Scout association between 1926 and 1938 in Austria, in Vienna. He was also a chaplain of the altar boys and the Präses of the Marianischen Kinderkongregation, a youth group of the Christian life community.
His last words were "Live Christus,the king! Live Austria!" (Es lebe Christus, der König! Es lebe Österreich!) 1945 Memorial Grave (Ehrengrab) in Vienna (Friedhof in Neustift am Walde) 1949 A street in Vienna is named DDr. Heinrich Maier Straße (DDrHeinrich Maier Street) 1988 Commemorative plaque in front of the church Saint Leopold in Vienna 1995 Heinrich Maier Oratorium composed by Gerald Spitzner.
He was a Roman Catholic priest, pedagogue, philosopher and a member of the Austrian resistance. During his time as an active student he became a member of the K.Ö.St.V. Nibelungia im ÖCV.