Austrian Leo Society

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The Austrian Leo Society was an Austrian association that was named after Pope Leo XIII. was named. The aim of the association, founded in 1892, was to promote science and art on a Catholic basis.

The association was divided into 13 sections such as theology , philosophy , history , natural sciences and others. It was founded by Joseph Alexander von Helfert . Other pioneers of the association were FM Schindler , Heinrich Swoboda and Josef Maria Pernter .

Helfert was also the first chairman. The association had up to 2,000 members, including Max von Ferstel and Camillo Sitte .

The association existed until 1938.

Works

Font published by the association around 1900

The association brought out numerous publications. From 1893 to 1899 the association also published a yearbook with a total of seven volumes. Other printing works were:

  • Austrian literature journal . Date of publication: 1.1892 - 7.1898. Publishing house of the Leo Society, Vienna.
  • General literature sheet . Date of publication: 8.1899 - 29.1920 / July 21. Fromme, Vienna.
  • Sources and research on the history, literature and language of Austria and its crown lands . Date of publication: 1.1897, 2.1896, 3.1895 - 12.1914. Herold, Vienna.
  • Illustrated history of German literature, published by Anselm Salzer , quarterly, from 1901
  • Anselm Salzer, Eduard von Tunk: Illustrated history of German literature - in six volumes . Naumann & Göbel, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-625-10421-0 .
  • Sources and research on Austrian church history . Styria, Graz from 1903.
  • The culture. Yearbook for Science, Literature and Art. (Addition to the collective title at the beginning: magazine for science, literature and art. - 10.1909 - 15.1914: quarterly journal for science, literature and art. Quarterly journal for literature, science and art) . Leo Society, Vienna.
  • Johann P. Kirsch, Vincenz Luksch: Illustrated history of the Catholic Church . Publishing house of the Leo Society, Vienna 1905.

literature

  • Fraiss, Johannes, The "Austrian Leo Society": context of the history of ideas, founding and early development up to 1900, Univ. Salzburg: Dipl.-Arb. 2015.
  • Leo society

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian Leo Society. In: arch INFORM ; Retrieved January 9, 2010.
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