Ferdinand Kogler

Ferdinand Kogler (born May 5, 1872 in Hippach ; † August 28, 1944 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian legal historian .

Life

The farmer's son, who came from a poor background, studied law and political science  at the University of Innsbruck after attending grammar school in Innsbruck and was awarded a doctorate in 1898. jur. PhD. Influenced by Josef Hirn and Ernst von Schwind , he turned to legal history and initially worked in the Lieutenancy Archives in Innsbruck. In 1902 he became a private lecturer in Austrian legal history at the University of Innsbruck. During a study visit to Berlin in 1903 , he heard lectures from Karl Zeumer and Heinrich Brunner , whose direction he remained lifelong. In 1904 his license to teach was extended to German law. In 1905 he became associate professor, in 1908 full professor of German law and Austrian legal history at the University of Czernowitz . During the First World War, Kogler worked as a military auditor. In 1919 he was appointed full professor at the University of Innsbruck, and in 1930/31 he was rector. After the annexation of Austria in 1938 he was retired for political reasons.

Kogler's merits include, in particular, research into the legal history of Tyrolean taxation as well as the history of municipal law in Kufstein , Kitzbühel and Rattenberg .

In the Amras district of Innsbruck , Dr.-Ferdinand-Kogler-Strasse was named after him.

Fonts

• The legitimatio per rescriptum of Justianian until the death of Charles IV. Weimar in 1904
• Contributions to the history of town law in Kufstein up to the end of the Middle Ages. Research on the Inner History of Austria, Volume 9, Wagner, Innsbruck 1912
• Law and Constitution of the City of Rattenberg in the Middle Ages: A Contribution to the Old Bavarian City Law History. Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1929
• The position of Tyrol in German legal history up to the 16th century. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1930
• Lectures on the ideal and historical foundations of the Austrian state. Wagner, Innsbruck 1936

literature

• N. Grass:  Kogler, Ferdinand. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1969, p. 57 f. (Direct links on p. 57 , p. 58 ).
• Josefine Justic: Innsbruck street names. Where do they come from and what they mean . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7022-3213-9 , p. 247 .