Christian Ortner (historian)

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Christian Ortner

Mario Christian Ortner (own name M. Christian Ortner ; born February 2, 1969 in Bad Aussee ) is an Austrian historian . Since 2005 he has been the director of the Army History Museum in Vienna .

Life

Career

Christian Ortner attended elementary school and grammar school in Linz and passed the Matura in 1987 . He did military service as a one-year volunteer with the 44th Landwehr Trunk Regiment in Kirchdorf an der Krems .

From 1988 to 1994 he studied history with a focus on military , contemporary , Eastern European and Austrian history at the University of Vienna . In 2005 he did his doctorate there with Lothar Höbelt with a dissertation on the Austro-Hungarian artillery in the years from 1867 to 1918.

In 1995 he joined the Army History Museum, and at the beginning of 2004 he became head of the museum department and was thus responsible for all collections. Since September 1, 2005 he has been director of the museum.

During his post as director, Ortner managed to more than triple the number of visitors to the Museum of Military History, for which he was awarded the Civil Servant of the Year 2012 , the award of the Federal Ministry of Defense and Sport for civil servants.

In his function as museum director, Ortner is also president of the Austrian Society for Ordenskunde (ÖGO), board member of the Austrian Museum Association (ÖMB), the Austrian Society for Heereskunde , the International Committee of Museums and Collections of Arms and Military History ( ICOM AM); Deputy Chairman of the Military History Advisory Board of the Science Commission at the Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport , 1st Vice President of the Austrian National Committee Blue Shield and member of the Austrian Commission for Military History (CAHM).

Ortner is a brigadier of the higher military technical service (dhmfD) in the Austrian Armed Forces .

Criticism of the museum work

Under his leadership, the Army History Museum came under fire in September 2019. According to the Federal Minister for National Defense Klaudia Tanner , whose house is the museum's superior department, a commission set up by the ministry saw the corresponding allegations in its report as unfounded.

At the beginning of 2020, after questioning expert witnesses, a multi-person commission for further appointments determined Christian Ortner's probation and his suitability to continue running the museum.

Awards

Fonts

  • “With SMS Zenta in China. Death didn't want me this time either ... ". From the diary of an Austro-Hungarian sailor during the Boxer Rebellion , Mittler & Sohn publishing house , Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-7046-1586-2 .
  • The emperor's rock in the First World War. Uniforms and equipment of the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1914 to 1918 , Verlag Militaria , Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-9501642-1-9 .
  • With a bare saber. Austro-Hungarian edged weapons from the period 1848 to 1918 , Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-9501642-2-7 .
  • Stormtroopers. Austro-Hungarian storm formations and hunting commandos in the First World War. Combat procedures, organization, uniforms and equipment , Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-9501642-7-8 .
  • The kk Landwehr mountain troops. History, uniforms and equipment of the Austrian mountain troops from 1906 to 1908 , Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-902526-02-5 .
  • The Austro-Hungarian artillery from 1867 to 1918. Technology, organization and combat methods , Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-12-0 .
  • The Austro-Hungarian Army in the First World War. Uniforms and equipment , Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2013, 2 volumes, ISBN 978-3-902526-63-2 .
  • The Austro-Hungarian Army and its last war , Verlag Carl Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-900812-93-5 .
  • Uniform album of the k. (u.) k. Army , Verlag Edition Winkler-Hermaden, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-9503611-3-1 .
  • The car from Sarajevo. The most historic oldtimer in the world , Verlag Edition Winkler-Hermaden, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-9503611-4-8 .
  • The history of the Austrian army from Maria Theresa to the present in essays and pictorial representations , Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-902526-71-7 .
  • with Hans-Hubertus Mack (Ed.): The Central Powers and the First World War. Symposium June 16-18, 2014. Acta . Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-902526-77-9 .
  • Austria's medals and decorations. Part I: The imperial-royal orders until 1918 , Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-902526-81-6 .
  • The 30.5 cm mortar. Austria-Hungary's famous siege gun , Verlag Edition Winkler-Hermaden, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-9504274-7-9
  • The 7.5 cm mountain cannon. The most modern mountain gun of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I , Edition Winkler-Hermaden, Schleinbach 2019, ISBN 978-3-9504720-0-4

In addition, Ortner is the author of numerous smaller works, essays and articles in historical and military history journals and oversees television and radio productions.

Web links

Commons : Christian Ortner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ortner, Mario Christian: The Austro-Hungarian artillery in the years from 1867 to 1918: organization, technical development and combat methods. Vienna, Univ. Diss. 2005. Accessed July 4, 2014 .
  2. ↑ HGM press release v. January 15, 2007, quoted on the BMLVS homepage .
  3. ^ "Civil Servant of the Year" 2012 honoring the services of the director of the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Vienna / Military History Institute for the Austrian Armed Forces , APA / OTS broadcast on November 22, 2012 on ots.at, accessed on June 23, 2014
  4. ↑ 2013: 15 percent more visitors to the Army History Museum compared to the previous year on bmlvs.gv.at, accessed on June 23, 2014
  5. ↑ ÖGO website, accessed on November 14, 2011
  6. ↑ Ministry checks "brown spots" in the HGM. In: ORF. September 6, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019 .
  7. ^ Fabian Schmid: Wehrmacht merchandise in the Army History Museum. In: The Standard. September 5, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b Klaudia Tanner: 999 / AB XXVII. GP - Query response , Federal Ministry for National Defense of the Republic of Austria, April 20, 2020.
  9. ^ Ninth award of the Werner Hahlweg Prize for Military History and Defense Sciences ( Memento from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on deutsche-heereskunde.de, accessed on September 5, 2013
  10. ↑ Darabos awards "Soldier of the Year" and "Military Sports Award" at bmlv.gv.at, accessed on September 5, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Ortner, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ortner, Mario Christian (full name); Ortner, M. Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian military historian
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd February 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Aussee