Ernst Burgstaller

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Ernst Burgstaller (born May 29, 1906 in Ried im Innkreis ; † January 22, 2000 ) was an Austrian folklorist .

Burgstaller graduated from the humanistic grammar school in Ried im Innkreis in 1925, then studied at the University of Vienna. Attending lectures by Oswald Menghin and Arthur Haberlandt, among others . Doctorate in March 1930. Habilitation at Heidelberg University in 1944.

Burgstaller had been a member of the National Socialist Teachers' Association (NSLB) since 1938 and joined the NSDAP on June 15, 1940, to which he was a member until 1945. Even later, he did not completely renounce the “folkish” and “esoteric” teachings of the Nazi era. A certain Germanophilia and a closeness to the “blood and soil mythology” cannot be denied to him.

In 1964, Burgstaller also acquired the Austrian venia legendi at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz . From 1964 he taught at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz and later from 1968 at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz . Burgstaller was among other things co-founder of the Austrian Folklore Atlas and editor of the "Atlas of Upper Austria".

From 1966 to 1971 he was head of the Institute for Regional Studies of Upper Austria. In 1939 he founded the “Upper Austrian Pastry Museum” in Ried im Innkreis, which has been housed in the Wels Castle Museum since 1984 , and in 1979 the “Austrian Rock Art Museum ” in Spital am Pyhrn .

Burgstaller's widespread interests primarily concerned folklore in its entirety, but also prehistory and, above all, the rock art. His services have been recognized by numerous awards (including the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class, awarded in 1976) and by commemorative publications on his 70th, 75th, 85th and 90th birthday.

literature

  • In memoriam Ernst Burgstaller. A life dedicated to science. Bio and bibliography. As a celebration on his 90th birthday. German Bread Museum, Ulm / Linz 2001, 123 pages (edited by Josefa Burgstaller).
  • Roger M. Allmansberger: Ernst Burgstaller. Pioneer and workaholic. The person behind the doyen of Upper Austrian folklore. In: Communications from the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives. Volume 23, Linz 2013, pp. 5–38 ( PDF; 21.5 MB , digi.landesbibliothek.at).

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  1. ↑ Allmansberger "Ernst Burgstaller", p. 10, 32–36.
personal data
SURNAME Burgstaller, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Ried im Innkreis
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 2000