Ferdinand Opll

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Ferdinand Opll (born March 30, 1950 in Mödling ) is an Austrian historian and archivist .

Ferdinand Opll studied history, German literature and art history at the University of Vienna from 1969 . Opll received his doctorate from Heinrich Appelt in 1974 with a thesis on the itinerary of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa . He completed his habilitation in Vienna in 1985. From 1989 to 2010 he was director of the Vienna City and State Archives , headed the Institute for Urban History Research of the Ludwig Boltzmann Society from 2002 to 2009 and is a lecturer in medieval history and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Vienna. He is also a member of numerous scientific commissions (including the Institute for Comparative Urban History in Münster / Westphalia; Commission internationale pour l'histoire des villes , Austrian working group for urban history research). In 1996 he became an "associate university professor". By decree of July 13, 1999, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Spanish Order of Civil Merit. On December 16, 2010 he received the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class . On March 15, 2017, he was awarded the “Theodor-Georg-Ritter-von-Karajan Medal” by the Association for the History of the City of Vienna for achievements in the field of Viennese urban history research.

Opll's research focuses on the history of the high Middle Ages , in particular the time of Friedrich Barbarossa, comparative city history, archivistics and the history of Austria, especially the history of the city of Vienna. Opll's Barbarossa biography was published in its fourth edition in 2009 (first in 1990; 1994 in Italian, 2001 in Czech; 2010 in Russian).

Fonts (selection)

  • Liesing. Atzgersdorf, Erlaa, Inzersdorf, Kalksburg, Liesing, Mauer, Rodaun, Siebenhirten. A story of the 23rd district of Vienna and its eight old towns in words and pictures. Ed. Winkler-Hermaden, Schleinbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-9503739-3-6 .
  • with Martin Stürzlinger: Viennese views and plans from the beginnings to 1609. With a new find from Gorizia / Görz from the middle of the 16th century (= Wiener Geschichtsblätter. Supplement 4/2013, ZDB -ID 43529-6 ). Association for the History of the City of Vienna, Vienna 2013.
  • Round painting of Vienna and its surroundings. Colored lithograph by Joh (ann) B (aptist) Gregosch (correct: János Greguss) from 1855. Edition Winkler-Hermaden, Schleinbach 2011, ISBN 978-3-9503077-9-5 .
  • Coercion and arbitrariness. Life under urban rule in Lombardy in the early Staufer period. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-78499-9 .
  • with Martin Roland: Vienna and Wiener Neustadt in the 15th century. Unknown city views from around 1460 in the New York manuscript of Concordantiae caritatis des Ulrich von Lilienfeld (= research and contributions to the history of Vienna. Vol. 45 = publications of the Vienna City and State Archives. Series C: Special publications. Vol. 2). Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7065-4341-9 .
  • as editor with Peter Csendes : Vienna. History of a city. 3 volumes. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2001–2006;
  • as editor with Peter Csendes: The City of Vienna (= Austrian City Book. Vol. 7). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2737-5 .
  • Life in medieval Vienna. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1998, ISBN 3-205-98913-9 .
  • News from medieval Vienna. Contemporaries report. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1995, ISBN 3-205-98372-6 .
  • Friedrich Barbarossa. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1990, ISBN 3-534-04131-3 .
  • Old borders in the Vienna area (= comments on the Historical Atlas of Vienna. Vol. 4). Jugend und Volk, Vienna et al. 1986, ISBN 3-224-16014-4 .
  • City and empire in the 12th century. (1125–1190) (= research on the history of the emperors and popes in the Middle Ages. Vol. 6). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1986, ISBN 3-205-08717-8 .
  • The keep of the city of Vienna. Studies on the competence area of ​​the magistrate before and after the Turkish siege of 1683 (= research and contributions to the history of the city of Vienna. Vol. 15). F. Deuticke, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-7005-4546-0 .
  • Vienna in the picture of historical maps. The development of the city until the middle of the 19th century. Böhlau, Wien et al. 1983, ISBN 3-205-07180-8 (2nd, supplemented edition, ibid. 2004, ISBN 3-205-77240-7 ).
  • Liesing. History of the 23rd district of Vienna and its old places. Jugend und Volk, Vienna et al. 1982, ISBN 3-7141-6217-8 .
  • The Itinerar of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossas (1152–1190) (= research on the history of the emperors and popes in the Middle Ages. Vol. 1). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1978, ISBN 3-205-08715-1 .

literature

  • Opll, Ferdinand. In: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar. Bio-bibliographical directory of contemporary German-speaking scientists. Volume 3: M - Sd. 22nd edition. Saur, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23629-7 , p. 3022.
  • Opll, Ferdinand. In: Fritz Fellner , Doris A. Corradini: Austrian History in the 20th Century. A biographical-bibliographical lexicon (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 99). Böhlau, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-205-77476-0 , p. 303f.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ City Hall correspondence of December 20, 2010, Vienna: Archive Director Ferdinand Opll received a high federal award (accessed on December 20, 2010)
personal data
SURNAME Opll, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Mödling