Florian Berndl (* 10. May 1856 in Grosshaselbach, "† 20 November 1934 in Vienna was a Austrian Naturheilkundler.

Berndl was born in the forest quarter as a son of a cutter and a midwife. From its nut/mother it acquired also those knowledge, which should make it later famous. First it erlente like its father the cutter handicraft. After its military service, which he spent as a medic, he became a Krankenpfleger in the Viennese general hospital. Subsequently, he worked as Masseur and Pedikeur.

With migrations the an island in the old person Danube was noticeable to it, which he could lease 1900 around annually 15 guldens. It pulled with its wife and his sons there into a hut and began to carry out its conceptions from a natural way of life to. Air and sun bath shortly thereafter point of attraction for many Viennese became, under it also as prominent as Hermann Bahr. Its opinions however often brought Berndl into conflicts with the school medicine. One attacked also by conservative journalist, who was common bathing of women and men a thorn in the eye. The lease was cancelled 1905, since Berndl for the cafeteria in the bath did not possess a concession.

Berndl creates then north of the the colony new Brazil. It returned however also to its old effect place and became first upper bath attendant in the later also custodian over the child recovery place established there. Despite prohibition it continued with its nature welfare procedures, which led 1913 to his dismissal and Delogierung.

Afterwards it wanted to make the Bisamberg a health resort for poorer social classes, had thereby however only little success. Nevertheless he spent its last 27 Lebensjahre here.

Literature

• Barbara Den: Florian Berndl - alternative life at the Danube, in Hubert CH. Ehalt - Manfred Chobot - Gero Fischer: Viennese the Danube book, (1987 [year of the first edition]) ISBN 3-7046-0085-7

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