Adam Wolf
Adam Wolf (born July 12, 1822 in Eger , † October 25, 1883 in Graz ) was an important Austrian historian of the Theresian and Josephine times.
Live and act
Georg Adam Wolf was born on July 12, 1822 in Eger in Bohemia as the son of the citizen and red tanner master Joseph Wolf and Magdalena, née. Götz was born.
In his hometown he attended high school and then went to study in Prague , where he finished his philosophical and legal studies at the university in 1845 . He received his doctorate in 1846 from the University of Vienna (Dr. phil.) And has taught there since 1850 as a lecturer in Austrian history. Since 1852 he taught as a professor of general and Austrian history at the Pesther Hochschule (Ofen-Pest) and as a professor of general history from 1865 to 1883 at the University of Graz. He was educator for the daughters of Archduke Albrecht . He is the author of numerous publications. For the historical series published by the German historian Wilhelm Oncken general history in individual representations , he contributed the volume Austria under Maria Theresia , Josef II. And Leopold II. 1740-1792 , which appeared posthumously (1884) and with the completion of which he his student Hans von Zwiedineck had commissioned. For the series “ Austrian History for the People ” he contributed the volume Kaiser Franz from the foundation of the Austrian imperial dignity until the outbreak of the Russo-French War 1804-1811 .
Wolf has the following to report about the statesman Prince Metternich :
“He was the creator of the 1809 war . His wife spoke and rushed for it in Vienna. Metternich himself came to Vienna and took part in the cabinet deliberations in which the war of 1809 was decided. On January 1st, apparently harmless and happy, he returned to Paris and listened to Napoleon's angry words with the greatest patience and cold-bloodedness. "
Publications (selection)
- The abolition of the monasteries in Inner Austria 1782–1790. Vienna 1871.
- Austria under Maria Theresia, Josef II. And Leopold II. Grote, Berlin 1884 digitized .
- Lucas Geizkofler and his autobiography. Braumüller, Vienna 1873.
- Emperor Franz from the foundation of the Austrian emperor until the outbreak of the Russo-French War 1804–1811. (= Austrian history for the people , Volume XVI). Commission publishers by Prandel and Ewald, Vienna 1866.
- Princess Eleonore Liechtenstein, 1745–1812. After letters and memoirs of her time. Vienna 1875.
literature
- Franz von Krones : Wolf, Adam . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 726-728.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Wolf, Adam (1822-1883) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 57th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1889, p. 257 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Adam Wolf in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ ADB .
- ^ A. Wolf: Princess Eleonore Liechtenstein, 1745–1812. After letters and memoirs of her time. Vienna 1875, p. 318 .
1. General history of the Middle Ages and historical auxiliary sciences: Julius Franz Borgias Schneller (1806–1823) | Leopold Hassler (1825–1851) | Johann Baptist von Weiß (1854–1890) | Arnold Busson (1891-1892) | Johann Loserth (1893–1917) | Wilhelm Erben (1917–1933) | Walther Kienast (1939–1945) | Heinrich Appelt (1959–1963) | Friedrich Hausmann (1964–1988) | Reinhard Härtel (1988–2011) | Romedio Schmitz-Esser (since 2017)
2. Austrian History and Central Europe: Franz Krones von Marchland (1865–1902) | Karl Uhlirz (1903–1914) | Raimund Friedrich Kaindl (1915–1930) | Anton Mell (1931–1935) | Hugo Hantsch (1935–1939) | Hans Pirchegger (1939–1945) | Hugo Hantsch (1945–1946) | Hermann Wiesflecker (1961–1984) | Moritz Csáky (1984-2004) | Walter Höflechner (2004–2012) | vacant (since 2012)
3. History of the Early Modern Age: Adam Wolf (1867–1883) | Hans von Zwiedineck-Südhorst (1899–1906) | Heinrich von Srbik (1917–1922) | Kurt Kaser (1924–1931) | Ferdinand Bilger (1939–1945) | Karl Eder (1946–1961) | Alexander Novotny (1963-1976) | Grete Walter-Klingenstein (1976–1998) | Alfred Ableitinger (1998-2004) | Gabriele Haug-Moritz (since 2004)
4. Economic and social history: Othmar Pickl (1969–1995) | Renate Pieper (since 1998)
5. Southeast European history and anthropology: Ferdinand Hauptmann (1969–1986) | Horst Haselsteiner (1986-1993) | Karl Kaser (since 1996)
6. General contemporary history: Helmut Konrad (1984–2016) | Barbara Stelzl-Marx (since 2019) | Christiane Berth (since 2020)
7. History of Science: Simone De Angelis (since 2011)
8. Subject didactics of history, social studies and political education: Alois Ecker (2017–2020) | Christian Heuer (since 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolf, Adam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cheb |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1883 |
| Place of death | Graz |