Franz Babinger

Franz Babinger (born January 15, 1891 in Weiden idOPf. , † June 23, 1967 in Durrës , Albania ) was a German historian and orientalist who made a special contribution to the field of Ottoman studies .

Life

After completing his studies, he received his doctorate in 1914 at the University of Munich and, after participating in the First World War in the Ottoman army, his habilitation at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin in 1921 . Here he was then appointed professor . After the takeover by the Nazis in 1933, he was forced to give up his place, but he found through the help of Nicolae Iorga a job in Bucharest . From 1948 to 1958 he taught at the University of Munich. Even after his retirement he continued his work and published other works. He drowned in an accident in Albania in 1967 .

He was particularly successful in indexing sources on Ottoman history from Italian archives. He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei , the Göttingen Academy of Sciences , the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society .

He was married to Margot geb. Nail.

Publications (selection)

The historians of the Ottomans and their works . Leipzig 1927 ( DNB 810872153 ).
Dalmatia and the Adriatic. Handbook for travelers by Karl Baedeker . Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1929 - section on Albania, pp. 227–250
Mehmed the Conqueror and his time. World striker at a turning point. Munich 1953 Digitization of the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt (ULB)
Essays and treatises on the history of Southeast Europe and the Levant. 2 volumes, Munich 1962/66
Reliquary hackers at the Ottoman court in the XV. Century. At the same time a contribution to the history of the Ottoman gold coinage under Mehmed II, the conqueror. ( Bavarian Academy of Sciences , Philosophical-Historical Class, meeting reports, born 1956, Issue 2) online

literature

Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag AG (Hrsg.): Reich manual of the German society . Volume 1. Berlin 1931, ISBN 3-598-30664-4
Hans-Joachim Kißling : Babinger, Franz . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 1. Munich 1974, p. 117
Utz Maas : Persecution and emigration of German-speaking linguists 1933-1945 . Osnabrück 1996, pp. 48–50 ( updated Internet version )

Awards

1963: Bavarian Order of Merit

Web links

Literature by and about Franz Babinger in the catalog of the German National Library
Publications by Franz Babinger in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
The extensive estate is in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [1]

Individual evidence

↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 29.

personal data
SURNAME	Babinger, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German historian and orientalist, especially Ottoman studies
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Willows in the Upper Palatinate
DATE OF DEATH	June 23, 1967
Place of death	Durrës , Albania

[1] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 29.