Anselm Salzer

Anselm Karl Borromäus Salzer (born October 8, 1856 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs , † March 17, 1938 in Seitenstetten ) was an Austrian literary historian .

Salzer joined the Seitenstetten Benedictine Abbey in 1875 . After his ordination as a priest, Salzer studied theology, classical philosophy and German studies in Vienna and Innsbruck. He taught for more than 50 years as a professor at the Stiftsgymnasium (1883–1936). From 1918 to 1937 he was also its director. From 1904 he also worked as a monastery librarian. In 1893 Salzer published his first major scientific work with the title Symbols and Epithets of Mary in German literature and Latin hymn poetry of the Middle Ages . His most important work is his Illustrated History of German Literature , which was published quarterly in booklet form by the Verlag der Leo-Gesellschaft and was published in book form in 1912. The multi-volume work, which comprised 2500 pages and was very generously equipped with 528 illustrations in the text and 296 tables and supplements for the conditions at the time, saw several editions. In 1999 it appeared in a revised and updated form as a special edition. Anselm Salzer died in Seitenstetten at the age of 82.

In the Seitenstetten Abbey Library there is a bust of Anselm Salzer by the sculptor Kunibert Zinner (1935).

Works

• Anselm Salzer, Illustrated history of German literature from the oldest times to the present . 2., rework. Edition. Habbel Verlag, Regensburg 1926. 5 volumes. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

Web links

Wikisource: Anselm Salzer  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Anselm Salzer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Anselm Salzer in the database of the state's memory for the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )