Fritz Fellner

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Friedrich Karl Paul "Fritz" Fellner (born December 25, 1922 in Vienna ; † August 23, 2012 there ) was an Austrian historian .

Fritz Fellner began studying history, German and English in October 1940. Because of the war he had to interrupt his studies. During the war he was a private and flak helper. Fellner became an American prisoner of war and was released in the summer of 1946. He received his doctorate in 1948 at the University of Vienna with a thesis on Franz Schuselka supervised by Leo Santifaller and Hugo Hantsch . From 1948 to 1950 he attended the 45th year of training at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research . In 1950 he was an employee of the Commission for Modern History of Austria and responsible for the edition of Josef Redlich's diaries . A year later he received a scholarship at the Austrian Cultural Institute in Rome. There he worked on the nunciature reports of Josephinism . In 1954 Fellner became a research assistant at Hantsch at the University of Vienna. From 1955 to 1964 he was a university assistant at the history department. He completed his habilitation in 1960 through the Triple Alliance .

From 1964 to 1993 he taught as a full professor for general modern history at the University of Salzburg . Fellner was visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin (1960/61), Western Illinois University (1963), Stanford University (1978), University of Minnesota (1984). From 1990 to 2007 he was chairman of the commission for the modern history of Austria. Fellner was buried in the Döblinger Friedhof in Vienna.

Fellner's research areas included the prehistory of the First World War , the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, and the history of the science of history . Numerous studies by Fellner are in the anthology Historiography and National Identity. Problems and achievements of Austrian history summarized. Fritz Fellner was the father of magazine editors Wolfgang Fellner and Helmuth Fellner .

Fonts (selection)

  • Franz Schuselka. A picture of life. Vienna 1948 (Vienna, University, dissertation, November 19, 1948)
  • as editor: fateful years of Austria. 1908-1919. Josef Redlich's political diary (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 39–40, ISSN  1012-5744 ). 2 volumes. Böhlau, Graz et al. 1953–1954;
    • Volume 1: 1908-1914
    • Volume 2: 1915-1919
  • The Triple Alliance. European diplomacy before the First World War (= Austria archive. ) Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, Vienna 1960 (Vienna, University, habilitation paper, February 17, 1960: The Triple Alliance. A study of the alliance policy of the major European powers 1882–1914. )
  • From the Triple Alliance to the League of Nations. Studies on the history of international relations 1882–1919. Edited by Heidrun Maschl and Brigitte Mazohl-Wallnig. Publishing house for history and politics ao, Vienna ao 1994, ISBN 3-7028-0333-5
  • "... a truly patriotic work". The Commission for Modern History of Austria 1897–2000 (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 91). With the collaboration of Franz Adlgasser and Doris Corradini. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2001, ISBN 3-205-99376-4
  • Historiography and National Identity. Problems and Achievements of Austrian History. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2002, ISBN 3-205-77053-6 (pp. 385–392 catalog raisonné F. Fellner)
  • With 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 et al. 2006, ISBN 3-205-77476-0
  • as editor with Doris A. Corradini: Fateful Years of Austria. The memories and diaries of Josef Redlich 1869–1936 (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 105, 1-3). 3 volumes. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78617-7 ;
    • Volume 1: Memories and Diaries 1869–1914
    • Volume 2: Josef Redlich's diaries 1915–1936
    • Volume 3: Biographical data and registers

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  1. ^ Grave of Friedrich Karl Paul Fellner , Vienna, Döblinger Friedhof, Group 9, Row 1, No. 3.
personal data
SURNAME Fellner, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fellner, Friedrich Karl Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2012
Place of death Vienna