Ernst Moriz Kronfeld

Ernst (F.) Moriz Kronfeld , also Mauriz , (born June 3, 1865 in Lemberg , † March 16, 1942 in Vienna ) was a Galician , Austro-Hungarian botanist and journalist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Kronf. ".

Life

Ernst Moriz Kronfeld was the brother of the two physicians Adolf Kronfeld (1861–1938) and Robert (1874–1946, dentist); the sons of the latter were the glider pilot Robert Kronfeld (1904-1948) and the dentist and university professor Rudolf Kronfeld (1901-1940).

He studied natural science at the University of Vienna from 1882 to 1887 (1886 Dr. phil.). He then worked as a freelance writer and later as a culture editor for Viennese newspapers (including Fremdblatt, Die Zeit, Tagblatt), for which he wrote reports on theater and cultural events; he also wrote popular science papers. He was a shop steward at the “ Kosmos ” society for nature lovers in Vienna .

As a board member of the Vienna journalists and writers' association “Concordia”, Kronfeld promoted the horticultural society, of which he was a corresponding member since 1909, and the higher gardening school in Vienna as a lecturer on the history of gardens and garden art.

Of his botanical work, the treatises “ On the biological conditions of the aconite blossom ” and the biography of Anton Kerner von Marilaun received special recognition.

Among other things, Kronfeld owned a large collection of "books, pictures, documents and plans relating to the history of the Schönbrunn Gardens". It is believed that this collection was confiscated from him in the course of his persecution as a Jew by the National Socialists.

Kronfeld was since 1896 with Rosalie Kronfeld, nee Lanzer, born on February 17, 1874 in Vienna, married. With her he had a son Curt (* 1897). The couple lived on March 13, 1938 in Vienna 2nd, Heinestrasse 33/17, which was renamed by the National Socialists in Schönererstrasse. His wife was deported to Theresienstadt on August 13, 1942 and murdered in Treblinka.

Works

• 1892 Past and present of saffron cultivation in Lower Austria. In: Leaves of the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria , New Series, 26, 1892, pp. 69–75.
• 1898 Magic plants and amulets. A contribution to cultural history and folk medicine. Verlag von Moritz Perles Vienna [1] (online text)
• 1906 The Christmas tree. Botany and History of Christmas Greens. Oldenburg
• 1908 picture atlas on plant geography. With descriptive text. Bibliogr. Inst. Leipzig and Vienna
• 1908 Anton Kerner von Marilaun Life and work of a German natural scientist. With a preface v. R. v. Wettstein . Chr. H. Tauchnitz Leipzig
• 1911 Legend plants and plant legends Theod. Thomas Verlag Leipzig [2] (online text)
• 1913 The story of the carnation . Vienna
• 1915 The war in superstition and popular belief. Munich
• Ed .: War and Soldier in the Spruchweisheit. Sentences from the centuries from Heraklit to Hindenburg. Hugo Schmidt Munich
• 1923 Schönbrunn park and garden

literature

• Kronfeld Ernst F. Moriz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 295.

Web links

Holdings in the catalogs of the Austrian National Library Vienna
http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AL00038249

Wikisource: Ernst Moritz Kronfeld  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Ernst Moriz Kronfeld in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author entry and list of the described plant names for Ernst Moriz Kronfeld at the IPNI
• Sixth report by the incumbent City Council for Culture and Science on the transfer of ownership of art and cultural objects from the collections of the museums of the City of Vienna and the Vienna City and State Library in accordance with the municipal council resolution of April 29, 1999
• Ernst Moriz Kronfeld in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library