Günther Probszt

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Günther Probszt , until 1918 Günther Freiherr Probszt von Ohstorff (born October 30, 1887 in Graz , † July 23, 1973 in Vienna ) was a German numismatist and private scholar.

Life

He was born as the son of the later Imperial-Royal General of the Infantry and Privy Councilor Emil Freiherr Probszt von Ohstorff . After visiting the university, he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. and worked as a private scholar and professor in Graz. His research area was numismatics in Graz and Austria, about which he published several times, including in particular Carinthiaca. From 1960 he was editor of the Numismatic Literature of Eastern Europe and the Balkans , which was published in Graz by the Academic Printing and Publishing Company. In addition, Günther Probszt researched and published on the history, economic, family and art history of Austria.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Graz Mint from 1573 to 1782. In: Numismatic magazine. Vol. 54, 1921, ISSN  0250-7838 , pp. 19-53.
  • The coin operation in Inner Austria from 1564 to 1620. In: Numismatic magazine. Vol. 55, 1922, pp. 17-88.
  • Friedrich von Amerling. The old master of Viennese portrait painting. Amalthea, Zurich et al. 1927.
  • Source studies of the coin and monetary history of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz 1954, (2 supplements: ibid 1960, 1963).
  • St. Daniel in Carinthia. In: The cut . Journal for the art and culture of mining. Vol. 9, H. 6, 1957, 15-19.
  • The battle near Lambach 1805. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Vol. 18, H. 1/2, 1964, pp. 54–56, ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
  • The Linz annual fairs as reflected in the Reichs-Münch legislation. In: Historical yearbook of the city of Linz. 1965, ISSN  0440-9736 , pp. 43-48, ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
  • The Lower Hungarian mountain towns. Their development and economic importance up to the transition to the House of Habsburg (1546) (= book series of the Southeast German Historical Commission. 15, ISSN  0562-5270 ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1966.
  • Henckel von Donnersmarck, Lazarus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969,ISBN 3-428-00189-3, p. 517 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • The porcia. Rise and work of a princely house (= From research and art. 14, ISSN  0067-0642 ). History Association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1971.
  • Austrian coin and money history. From the beginning until 1918. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1973, ISBN 3-205-08061-0 .

literature

  • Balduin Saria : Günther Frh. V. Probszt-Ohstorff on completion of the 80th year of life. In: Southeast German Archive. Vol. 10, 1967, ISSN  0081-9085 , pp. 235-236.
  • Ferdinand Tremel: Günther Probszt-Ohstorff. In: Günther Probszt: The Windisch-Croatian military border and its predecessors. Ceremony for Günther Probszt-Ohstorff (= magazine of the Historisches Verein für Steiermark. Special volume. 15, ISSN  1013-395X ). Self-published by the Historisches Verein für Steiermark, Graz 1967, pp. 7–16, ( digital version (PDF; 3.88 MB) ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jörg Kellner : book review. Günther Probszt, Austrian coin and monetary history from the beginnings to 1918. Vienna - Cologne - Graz 1973, 684 pp., 422 ills., Various map sketches. In: Yearbook for Numismatics and Monetary History. Vol. 24, 1974, ISSN  0075-2711 , pp. 219-223, ( digital copy (PDF; 31.31 MB) ).
personal data
SURNAME Probszt, Günther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Probszt, Günther Freiherr Probszt von Ohstorff (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH 23rd July 1973
Place of death Vienna