Franz Xaver von Wegele
Franz Xaver von Wegele (born October 29, 1823 in Landsberg am Lech , † October 17, 1897 in Würzburg ) was a German historian and co-editor of the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB).
Wegele studied at the universities of Munich and Heidelberg . In politically troubled times , he was able to do his habilitation in 1849 and then got a teaching position for history at the University of Jena .
Two years later Wegele was appointed "Professor of History" there. In 1857 he accepted a position at the University of Würzburg . The following year he was accepted as a member of the Historical Commission in Munich . There he was instrumental in the publication of the ADB for many years. Since 1860 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
Fonts (selection)
- as an author
- Karl August von Weimar. Weimar 1850.
- Dante Alighieri's life and works. 3. Edition. Jena 1879.
- Monumenta Eheracensia. Nordlingen 1863.
- The Reformation of the University of Würzburg. Speech at the annual celebration of the Julius Maximilians University Foundation on January 2, 1863. Thein, Würzburg 1863.
- On the literature and criticism of the Franconian necrologies. Nordlingen 1864.
- Friedrich the Freidige , Margrave of Meissen. Nordlingen 1870.
- Goethe as a historian. Wuerzburg 1876.
- Count Otto von Henneberg . Wuerzburg 1875.
- History of the University of Würzburg. Stahel, Würzburg 1882 (2 vols.)
- History of German historiography since the appearance of humanism. Munich 1885.
- as editor
- Reinhardsbrunner Annalen (Thuringian historical sources)
- Nicolaus de Siegen : Chronicon ecclesiasticum Nicolai de Siegen OSB Jena 1854–1855 (2 vols.).
literature
- Richard Count Du Moulin Eckart : Wegele, Franz Xaver . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 443-448.
- Jürgen Petersohn : Franz Xaver Wegele and the founding of the Würzburg Historical Seminar (1857) . In: Peter Baumgart: Four Hundred Years of the University of Würzburg . Verlag Degener, Neustadt / Aisch 1982, ISBN 3-7686-9062-8 , pp. 483-537.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Xaver von Wegele in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wegele, Franz Xaver von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wegele, Franz Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and co-editor of the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landsberg am Lech |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1897 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |