Franz Krones of Marchland
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Franz Krones , from 1879 Krones Knight of Marchland (born November 19, 1835 in Hungarian Ostrava , † October 17, 1902 in Graz ) was an Austrian historian .
Life
After completing high school, Franz Krones moved to Vienna, studied history there and attended the first course at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research, which was newly founded in 1854 . At the age of 22 he took a position as a supplement (assistant teacher) at the Kaschau Law Academy - mainly for financial reasons - and soon became a professor. There he also acquired his in-depth knowledge of Hungarian history and learned the Magyar language .
In November 1861, Krones became professor at the “k. and k. Gymnasium in Graz ” . In this time the writing was his first major scientific work on the history life of German-Austrian group of countries from the 10th to the 16th century, Krones was at this work Karl-Franzens University Graz habilitation . In 1864 he was ao. Professor, the following year o. Professor of Austrian History. Krones was the first to hold a chair for Austrian history at this university, which he held until his death in 1902. During these years he was twice dean (1868/69 and 1872/73) and a period long rector (1876/77) of the university. It was also Krones who was commissioned to create a commemorative publication for the University of Graz to mark its 300th anniversary in 1885.
From 1874 Krones was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Franz Krones was ennobled in 1879 and has since called himself Franz von Krones, Knight of Marchland. From 1892 he was a member of the Historical State Commission for Styria .
He is buried in the St. Leonhard Cemetery in Graz .
Research priorities
Krones developed a remarkable publication activity in the course of his scientific career. Very early on, Krones dealt with the history of the non-German speaking countries of the Habsburg Empire , especially the history of the crown lands of Bohemia and Hungary . His language skills, especially Hungarian, which he was able to deepen in his first years as a scientist at the University of Košice, came in handy. Numerous publications are based on intensive study of sources in different languages, not least his overview works on Austrian history.
In terms of numbers, the strongest focus in Krones' work is the history of Styria ; in numerous essays he devoted himself to a wide variety of regional topics. However, Krones achieved fame above all for its overview works on Austrian history . In the years 1876–1879 the Grieben publishing house in Berlin published his handbook of the history of Austria in five volumes, which had a new edition by the Hofmann publishing house (Berlin) as early as 1880/81 and made the name Krones widely known. In 1879 he offered a concise Austrian story that was addressed to the young. In 1882 he published the outline of Austrian history in a volume that was more widely received than the handbook and found a wider audience. A few years before his death, Krones published a two-volume Austrian story .
Krones had good contacts with the Austrian imperial family. This made intensive research into the Archduke Johann Archive in Graz possible; numerous essays and monographs owe their origin to this fact.
In addition to its own publications, Krones was also the initiator and co-founder of the Historical Atlas of the Austrian Alpine Countries .
In addition to the variety of focal points, the publication activity also shows a considerable time span which the author covered and which reached from the high Middle Ages to the present day of the author.
Publications
- Outlines of the historical life of the German-Austrian group of countries in its state foundations from the 10th to the 16th centuries . Innsbruck 1863
- Handbook of the history of Austria (5 volumes). Berlin 1876–1879
- Outline of Austrian history with special consideration for source and literary studies . Vienna 1882
- The Free von Saneck and their chronicle as Count von Cilli . Graz 1883
- History of the Karl Franzens University in Graz. Festival to celebrate its three hundredth anniversary . Graz 1886
- The German settlement of the eastern Alpine countries, especially Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, according to their historical and local circumstances . Stuttgart 1889
- Austrian history (2 volumes). Leipzig 1899-1900
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Krones, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 257 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ferdinand Krones: Krones von Marchland, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 86 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Krones von Marchland in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Franz Krones von Marchland (selection) on the website of the Historical Commission for Styria
1. General history of the Middle Ages and historical auxiliary sciences: Julius Franz Borgias Schneller (1806–1823) | Leopold Hassler (1825–1851) | Johann Baptist von Weiß (1854–1890) | Arnold Busson (1891-1892) | Johann Loserth (1893–1917) | Wilhelm Erben (1917–1933) | Walther Kienast (1939–1945) | Heinrich Appelt (1959–1963) | Friedrich Hausmann (1964–1988) | Reinhard Härtel (1988–2011) | Romedio Schmitz-Esser (since 2017)
2. Austrian History and Central Europe: Franz Krones von Marchland (1865–1902) | Karl Uhlirz (1903–1914) | Raimund Friedrich Kaindl (1915–1930) | Anton Mell (1931–1935) | Hugo Hantsch (1935–1939) | Hans Pirchegger (1939–1945) | Hugo Hantsch (1945–1946) | Hermann Wiesflecker (1961–1984) | Moritz Csáky (1984-2004) | Walter Höflechner (2004–2012) | vacant (since 2012)
3. History of the Early Modern Age: Adam Wolf (1867–1883) | Hans von Zwiedineck-Südhorst (1899–1906) | Heinrich von Srbik (1917–1922) | Kurt Kaser (1924–1931) | Ferdinand Bilger (1939–1945) | Karl Eder (1946–1961) | Alexander Novotny (1963-1976) | Grete Walter-Klingenstein (1976–1998) | Alfred Ableitinger (1998-2004) | Gabriele Haug-Moritz (since 2004)
4. Economic and social history: Othmar Pickl (1969–1995) | Renate Pieper (since 1998)
5. Southeast European history and anthropology: Ferdinand Hauptmann (1969–1986) | Horst Haselsteiner (1986-1993) | Karl Kaser (since 1996)
6. General contemporary history: Helmut Konrad (1984–2016) | Barbara Stelzl-Marx (since 2019) | Christiane Berth (since 2020)
7. History of Science: Simone De Angelis (since 2011)
8. Subject didactics of history, social studies and political education: Alois Ecker (2017–2020) | Christian Heuer (since 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krones of Marchland, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krones Ritter von Marchland, Franz (full name); Marchland, Franz Krones Ritter von; Krones, Franz von; Krones, Franz X .; Krones, Franz Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hungarian Ostrava |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1902 |
| Place of death | Graz |