Otto Stolz (historian)

Otto Stolz (born March 31, 1881 in Innsbruck ; † November 5, 1957 ibid) was an Austrian folklorist and historian .

Life

Otto Stolz was a son of the mathematician Otto Stolz . After attending high school in Innsbruck began at Emil von Ottenthal and Hans von Voltelini (1862-1938) and Oswald Redlich his studies in History at the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna . In 1907 he passed his teaching examination. After studying in Rome, he took a position at the Lieutenancy Archives in Innsbruck, today's Tyrolean Provincial Archives .

In 1912 he qualified as a professor for Austrian history under Hermann Wopfner , and in 1923 was appointed associate professor at the University of Innsbruck . During this time he took over the management of the state government archive and, since 1939, the Reichsgau archive in Innsbruck. In 1940 he joined the NSDAP , between 1943 and 1949 he was entrusted with the representation of the chair for German legal history at the University of Innsbruck. In 1951 the university awarded him an honorary doctorate.

Fonts

• The spread of Germanness in South Tyrol in the light of the documents. 5 volumes. Munich-Berlin 1927–1932. (on-line)
• The Schwaighöfe in Tyrol. A contribution to the settlement and economic history of the high alpine valleys (scientific publications of the German and Austrian Alpine Association 5). Innsbruck: German and Austrian Alpine Club, 1930. (online)
• History of the waters of Tyrol. Schlern writings, Volume 32. Innsbruck: Wagner 1932. (online)
• Political-historical description of the country of South Tyrol. Innsbruck: Wagner 1938–1940.
• Historical description of the Upper and Lower Austrian regions. 1943.
• Legal history of the peasant class and agriculture in Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Bolzano: Ferrari-Auer 1949.
• History of the state of Tyrol. Innsbruck 1955.
• Sources on the history of customs and trade in Tyrol and Vorarlberg from 13-18 Century. 1955.
• The historical content of the account books of the Tyrolean sovereigns from 1288–1350. Innsbruck: Wagner 1957.
• History of the administration of Tyrol: part of the 2nd volume of the history of the state of Tyrol (With catalog raisonné). Prepared for printing by Dietrich Thaler (Research on Legal and Cultural History 13). Innsbruck: Wagner 1998. ISBN 978-3-703003257

literature

• Hans Kramer: The Tyrolean historian Otto Stolz: Problems in his career. In: Festschrift for Karl Schadelbauer on the completion of the 70th year of life (publications of the Innsbruck City Archives NF, Vol. 3). Innsbruck: Stadtmagistrat Innsbruck 1972, pp. 139–148.
• Gerhard Siegl: Otto Stolz (1881–1957): the Tyrolean historian and his achievements for agricultural history. In: Tiroler Bauernkalender 94, 2007, pp. 217–221.
• Gerhard Siegl: Otto Stolz (1881–1957). No price despite hard work? The bent marshal's baton. In: Karel Hruza (ed.): Austrian historians 1900–1945. CVs and careers in Austria, Germany and Czechoslovakia in portraits of the history of science. Vienna: Böhlau 2008. ISBN 978-3-205-77813-4 , pp. 419-460.
• Hannes Obermair : Nation-Building facendo edizioni? Il "Tiroler Urkundenbuch", Richard Heuberger, Franz Huter e Otto Stolz . In: Giuseppe Albertoni et al. (Ed.): La storia va alla guerra. Storici dell'area trentino-tirolese tra polemiche nazionali e primo conflitto mondiale (=  Studi e Ricerche 18 ). Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento 2018, ISBN 978-88-8443-825-6 , p. 285-300 (Italian).

Web links

• Literature by and about Otto Stolz in the catalog of the German National Library