Alois Niederstätter

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Alois Niederstätter (born January 10, 1955 in Bregenz ) is an Austrian historian and archivist . From 2001 to 2018 he was the state archivist and head of the Vorarlberg state archive .

Life

Alois Niederstätter studied history and German literature at the University of Salzburg , in 1980 he received his doctorate with that of Heinrich Koller supervised work "Emperor Frederick III. and Lindau. Investigations into the network of relationships between imperial city and ruler in the second half of the 15th century "on the Dr. phil. From 1981 Niederstätter worked as an archivist at the Vorarlberg State Archives in Bregenz , and in 2001 he took over the management of Karl Heinz Burmeister as the successor . After his retirement he was followed by Ulrich Nachbaur, his deputy to date, as state archivist.

Niederstätter completed his habilitation in 1991 at the University of Salzburg in the subject " Historical auxiliary sciences and Alemannic national history" ( Habilitation thesis : "The Old Zurich War. Studies on the Austrian-Confederate conflict in the late Middle Ages and the politics of King Friedrich III."). Since 1988 he has been teaching at the Universities of Innsbruck , Salzburg , Vienna and Zurich , and in 2000 he was awarded the title of “Associate University Professor”. Niederstätter has been a member of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research since 1983 . He is a member of numerous commissions, advisory boards and scientific societies. From 2007 to 2015 he was President of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings .

His research and publication focus are: Vorarlberg regional history, history of the Alemannic area in the Middle Ages, Austrian history of the late Middle Ages and historical auxiliary sciences.

Fonts

Independent publications (selection):

  • Vorarlberg Urfehdebriefe up to the end of the 16th century. A collection of sources on the legal and social history of the country . Dornbirn 1985 (Research on the History of Vorarlberg NF 13).
  • Sources on the history of the city of Bregenz 1330–1663. Privileges - confirmations - statutes - mandates - contracts . Vienna 1985 ( Fontes rerum Austriacarum 2.85).
  • Emperor Friedrich III. and Lindau. Investigations into the network of relationships between imperial city and ruler in the second half of the 15th century . Sigmaringen 1986.
  • Ante Portas. Visits to the rulers at Lake Constance 839–1507 . Constance 1993.
  • The old Zurich war. Studies on the Austrian-Federal conflict and the politics of King Friedrich III. in the years 1440 to 1446 . Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1995 ( research on the imperial and papal history of the Middle Ages, supplements to JF Böhmer, Regesta Imperii 14)
  • The mid-1400–1522 century. At the turn of the Middle Ages to the modern age . 2nd edition Vienna 2004 ( Austrian history , edited by Herwig Wolfram ).
  • The rule of Austria. Prince and country in the late Middle Ages 1278–1411 . 2nd edition Vienna 2004 ( Austrian history , edited by Herwig Wolfram ).
  • History of Austria . Stuttgart 2007.
  • Vorarlberg in the Middle Ages . Innsbruck 2014 ( History of Vorarlberg 1).
  • Vorarlberg - and beyond. 41 lectures on past and present . Innsbruck 2015.
  • On the way to the country. Vorarlberg 1523–1861 . Innsbruck 2015 ( History of Vorarlberg 2).

A complete list of publications (as of autumn 2014) in: Vorarlberg - and beyond. 41 lectures on past and present. Innsbruck 2015, pp. 405–449.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Nachbaur becomes the new head of the Vorarlberg State Archives. In: Vorarlberg Online (VOL.at). November 27, 2018, accessed March 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Niederstätter, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Bregenz