Anton Dörrer
Anton Dörrer (born June 13, 1886 in Innsbruck ; † March 27, 1968 ibid) was an Austrian historian and folklorist , librarian and archivist .
Life
After attending grammar school in Feldkirch , he studied German in Innsbruck and Florence , which he completed with a doctorate in 1916 . Since 1907 he belonged to the student union AV Austria Innsbruck . From 1919 to 1939 he worked as a librarian in the Innsbruck University Library . At the same time he became involved with Eduard Reut-Nicolussi in the Tyrolean constitutional chancellery , which campaigned for the political rights of South Tyrol . In 1946 he completed his habilitation in folklore under Hermann Wopfner and was appointed lecturer in folklore in 1951 . He later became head of the Tyrolean State Archives .
Awards
- In 1959 Dörrer was awarded the Tyrolean Decoration of Honor .
- In 1960 he received an honorary doctorate from the Law Faculty of the University of Innsbruck.
Fonts
(Selection)
- Medieval mystery games in Tyrol , Innsbruck 1930
- Schemenlauf in Tyrol and related alpine mask and carnival customs . Innsbruck, 2nd edition 1938 ( digitized version )
- Bolzano Citizens Games , Leipzig 1941
- Tyrolean carnival as part of the Alpine winter and early spring customs . Vienna 1949 ( digitized version )
- Tyrolean games. Orders and spoken texts of the Bolzano Corpus Christi games and related figural processions from the end of the Middle Ages to the decline of enlightened absolutism . Innsbruck 1957 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Literature by and about Anton Dörrer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biographical data of Anton Dörrers
- Dörrer's writings online
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SURNAME | Dörrer, Anton |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian folklorist and historian, librarian and archivist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1886 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1968 |
Place of death | innsbruck |