Adolf Bachmann (historian)
Adolf Bachmann (born January 27, 1849 in Kulsam , Bohemia , † October 31, 1914 in Prague ) was a Bohemian historian and politician .
Life
Bachmann is a son of the teacher in Kulsam and the senior teacher of the couple Valentin and Theresia Bachmann in Plesná . Adolf Bachmann was the first of six children. Adolf was the best man of his sister Maria Bachmann married Johann Christian Lehrmann and godfather of the family Maria Lehrmann geb. Bachmann in Fleißen, an important factory owner in Fleißen, in the heyday of Johann Lehrmann & Sons employed around 1200 people from the region. Adolf Bachmann married Pauline Lüftner (* 1859) from Prague on April 2, 1888, and had two sons, Valentin and Paul Bachmann. Adolf Bachmann studied at the Charles University in Prague , the Georg August University in Göttingen and the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . In 1874 he completed his habilitation at the (not yet divided) Charles University. Appointed to the chair for Austrian history from Karl Ferdinand University in 1885 , he headed the historical seminar. In 1902/03 he was rector of the (German) university. Bachmann is through his empire history of the time of Friedrich III. became known, for which he also edited sources.
At the age of 58 he was elected to the Bohemian Landtag in 1901 . In 1907 he became a member of the Imperial Council of Austria . Since 1911 chairman of the German Progressive Party in Bohemia, he negotiated the Austro-Czech compromise .
literature
- Bachmann Adolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 41.
- Alexander Novotny: Bachmann, Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 497 f. ( Digitized version ).
- H. Bachmann: A. Bachmann, an Austrian historian and politician , 1962
- Roland J. Hoffmann: TG Masaryk and the Czech question . Oldenbourg, Munich 1988. GoogleBooks
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Bachmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Austria Forum (with picture)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rector's speech (HKM)
- ^ RJ Hoffmann, 1988
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bachmann, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian historian, university professor and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kulsam , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1914 |
| Place of death | Prague |