Alfred von Arneth

Alfred von Arneth

Alfred von Arneth

Grave of Alfred von Arneth in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Alfred Ritter von Arneth (born July 10, 1819 in Vienna ; † July 30, 1897 there ) was an Austrian historian and politician.

biography

Arneth was the son of the archaeologist Joseph von Arneth and the actress Antonie Adamberger . After completing his studies, he worked for the State Chancellery from 1841 and later for the kk House, Court and State Archives . In 1848/1849 he was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly , from 1861 to 1870 of the Lower Austrian state parliament , from 1869 he was a member of the manor house in the Austrian Imperial Council , where he belonged to the moderately liberal constitutional party . In 1865 he was appointed as a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , where he had been a member of the historical commission since 1864 ; from 1896 until his death he was President of the Commission. Arneth became a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences in 1870 and an external member of the Accademia dei Lincei in 1876 . From 1868 he was director of the house, court and state archives and in 1879 became president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

The Imperial and Royal Army Museum (today the Army History Museum ) in Vienna found a special sponsor in Arneth. Under the chairmanship of Crown Prince Rudolf and Archduke Wilhelm , he was a member of the committee founded in 1885, which was responsible for the formation and design of the museum, which was opened on May 25, 1891 by Emperor Franz Joseph.

Alfred von Arneth married Nina von Schäfer, daughter of a doctor, on May 30, 1844. After the death of a child, she had to spend the remaining years of her life in a sad state of mind († 1867). The only daughter, Auguste (born March  6, 1845 in Vienna; † August 28, 1912 there ), was married to Otto Freiherrn von Eiselsberg (born September 3, 1834 in Linz ; † November 6, 1896 in Ternberg ) since 1867  .

Alfred Ritter von Arneth succumbed to a stroke on July 30, 1897 in what would later become a mourning house, Parkring 16 , Vienna-Innere Stadt . - His honorary grave, occupied on August 2, 1897, is located in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 14 A, number 49).

Posthumous appreciations:

• On October 28, 1900 , the Ritter-von-Arneth library of the Vienna People's Education Association , of which Arneth had been chairman, was opened in Vienna- Fünfhaus , Goldschlagstrasse 28 .

Fonts

As an author

• The life of the Imperial Field Marshal Count Guido Starhemberg (1657–1737). A contribution to Austrian history . Gerold, Vienna 1853. - Full text online .
• Main report from Count Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorff to Emperor Leopold I after completing his mission in France . Sn, Vienna 1854. - Full text online .
• Personal correspondence from King Charles III. of Spain (later Emperor Charles VI) with the Supreme Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Count Johann Wenzel Wratislaw . Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1856. - Full text online .
• Prince Eugene of Savoy. According to the handwritten sources in the imperial archives . Three volumes. Typographic-literary-artistic establishment, Vienna 1858. - Full text online: Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3 .
• History of Maria Theresa . 10 volumes. W. Braumüller, Vienna 1863–1879. - Full text online: Volume 1 (1740–1741) , Volume 2 (1742–1744) , Volume 3 (1745–1748) , Volume 4 (1748–1756) , Volume 5 (1756–1758) , Volume 6 (1759–1763 ) , Volume 7 (1763-1780) , Volume 8 , Volume 9 , Volume 10 .
• Beaumarchais and Sonnenfels . W. Braumüller, Vienna 1868. - Full text online .
• The Vienna University under Maria Theresa . Hölder, Vienna 1879.
• Heinrich Freiherr von Haymerle: A look back at his life . Janke, Berlin 1882. - Full text online .
• Count Philipp Cobenzl and his memoirs (= Archive for Austrian History. Vol. 67). Carl Gerolds Sohn, Vienna 1885. - Full text online .
• Out of my life . 2 volumes. Vienna 1891/92. - Full text online: Volume 1 , Volume 2
• Anton Ritter von Schmerling. Episodes from his life 1835, 1848–1849 . F. Tempsky, Vienna 1895. - Full text online .
• Johann Freiherr von Wessenberg. A 19th century Austrian statesman . 2 volumes. W. Braumüller, Vienna 1898. - Full text online: Volume 1 , Volume 2 .

As editor

• The relations of the ambassadors of Venice over Austria in the eighteenth century, after the originals published by - . Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1863. - Full text online .
• Joseph II and Catherine of Russia: Their correspondence . W. Braumüller, Vienna 1869. - Full text online .
• Maria Theresia and Marie Antoinette: Their correspondence during the years 1770–1780 . W. Braumüller, Vienna 1865. - (second increased edition, W. Braumüller, Vienna 1866) full text online .
• Marie Antoinette, Joseph II. And Leopold II .: Their correspondence . KF Köhler, Leipzig 1866. - Full text online .
• Maria Theresa and Joseph II: their correspondence including letters from Joseph to his brother Leopold . 3 volumes. Gerold, Vienna 1867/68. - Full text online: Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3 .
• Joseph II and Leopold of Tuscany: Their correspondence from 1781 to 1790 . 2 volumes. W. Braumüller, Vienna 1872. - Full text online: Volume 1 , Volume 2 .
• Letters from Empress Maria Theresa to her children and friends . 4 volumes. W. Braumüller, Vienna 1881. - Full text online: Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3 , Volume 4 .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Arneth, Alfred Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, p. 357 ( digitized version ).
• Hanns Schlitter:  Arneth, Alfred von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 45-51.
• Alexander Novotny:  Arneth, Alfred Ritter von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 364 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Arneth Alfred from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 29.
• Biographical data of Alfred von Arneth . In: Niederösterreichische Landtagdirektion (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch des NÖ Landtag: 1861–1921. Lower Austria Landtag Directorate, St. Pölten, print: ISBN 3-85006-166-3 (as of January 1, 2005). Online version: PDF, 843 kB

Web links

Commons : Alfred von Arneth  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Alfred Ritter von Arneth  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Alfred von Arneth in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Alfred von Arneth  in the German Digital Library
• Alfred von Arneth's estate in the house, court and state archives

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 27.
2. ^ Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Ed.): 100 Years of the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum. Known and unknown about its history . Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna 1991, p. 8 f.
3. ↑ ^{a b} † Alfred v. Arneth. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 11831/1897, July 31, 1897, p. 5, top center. (Online at ANNO ). .
4. ^ Archives of the Austrian Academy of Sciences: Auguste-von-Eiselsberg-Legat. Archival aid . Vienna (2007). - Full text online (PDF; 68 kB) .
5. ^ The funeral of Alfred v. Arneth. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 11834/1897, August 3, 1897, p. 5, center left. (Online at ANNO ). .
6. ↑ Hedwig Abraham: Dr. Alfred Ritter von Arneth . In: viennatouristguide.at , accessed on July 17, 2012.