Georg Grüll

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Georg Laurenz Grüll (born July 21, 1900 in Rechberg , † September 18, 1975 in Linz-Urfahr ) was an Austrian historian and archivist . In particular, he made an outstanding contribution to the history of Upper Austria . However, his activities during the Nazi era and anti-Semitic statements after the war are to be classified as problematic.

Life

Georg Grüll came from a family of teachers, was born in Rechberg in Upper Austria and grew up in St. Florian . After attending elementary school, he studied there for a year in the collegiate high school before he was a student at the academic high school in Linz from 1912 to 1915 . During the First World War , interrupted by military service in the Dolomites , between 1916 and 1920 he attended teacher training institutions in Linz and Krems.

Between 1920 and 1924 he was a teacher in Rechberg and in Allerheiligen im Mühlkreis , Katsdorf , Münzbach and St. Nikola an der Donau . In 1924 Grüll was appointed director of the elementary school in Lohnsitz near Gaflenz, which he managed until 1937. During this time he prepared the family files as the basis for the as yet unpublished local family book Gaflenz. In 1939, he was as full Gau for clan customer operates. During the time of the Second World War , interrupted again by military service, he was senior teacher at the Diesterweg School in Linz . During this time he was also active in the working group for family research , whose archive he handed over to the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives after the war , where it is still located today. During the Nazi era, Grüll worked as the head of the "main office for ancestors" at the Gauleitung Oberdonau of the NSDAP and was responsible for creating a "foreign and mixed race files (Jews, Gypsies, Negroes, Mongols)". In 1945 he was dismissed from school as part of the denazification process . Between 1945 and 1946 Grüll was taken prisoner of war by the English.

Georg Grüll was already researching the history of Upper Austria when he was still in high school. During his time as a young teacher, he intensified this hobby and wrote his first publications. In 1923 he published his work on Mitterberg Castle in the municipality of Pergkirchen near Perg as a newspaper article.

In 1946 Georg Grüll was hired by the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives, whose employee he remained until his retirement in 1965. There Grüll developed into a sought-after historian and author of more than 120 scientific papers. His main works include the three-part series on castles and palaces in Upper Austria, the exploration of the reasons for the peasant uprisings in the peasant wars (in "Bauer, Herr und Landesfürst") and the development history of agriculture in Upper Austria (in "Bauernhaus und Meierhof").

In addition, Grüll was still involved in community and church archives in his free time, such as those of Gaflenz and Weyer or that of the Lambach Monastery , which is still laid out today according to its 1946 order.

Georg Grüll dealt with a wide variety of topics. However, he focused on researching castles and palaces as well as on rural economic history. Here he also created his most important works, which often broke new ground and are of lasting value.

After his death, Georg Grüll left 97 boxes with alphabetically ordered correspondence, material collections on individual publications, card catalogs on genealogy, onenology and archive holdings as well as newspaper clippings to the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives.

Georg Grüll was married to Katharina, a farmer's daughter from Pergkirchen, and had five children.

Works

Georg Grüll wrote more than 120 historical publications. Particularly noteworthy are:

  • Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria 1 - Mühlviertel and Linz. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1962, 200 pages (Austria's castles, palaces, fortified churches in the Birken series).
  • Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria 2 - Innviertel and Alpine foothills. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1963, 208 pages (Austria's castles, palaces, fortified churches in the Birken series).
  • Herbert Erich Baumert, Georg Grüll: Castles and palaces in Upper Austria 3 - Salzkammergut and Alpenland. Birken-Verlag, Vienna 1964, 128 pages (Austria's castles, palaces, fortified churches in the birch row).
  • Georg Grüll: Bauer, Herr und Landesfürst - Social revolutionary efforts of the Upper Austrian farmers from 1650 to 1848 In: Research on the history of Upper Austria. Volume 8. Linz 1963, 668 pages.
  • Georg Grüll: The farmer in the country above the Enns at the end of the 16th century - taxes and benefits in the light of complaints and contracts 1597–1598. In: Research on the history of Upper Austria. Volume 11, Böhlau publishing house, Vienna / Cologne / Graz 1969, 296 pages.
  • Georg Grüll: Farmhouse and Meierhof - On the history of agriculture in Upper Austria. In: Research on the history of Upper Austria. Volume 13, Linz 1975, 359 pages.
  • Georg Grüll: The Linz mayor's book (= special publications on the history of the city of Linz. 1953). Published by the City of Linz, City Archives , 2nd expanded edition, Linz 1959, 181 pages and 38 plates.
  • Georg Grüll: The Freihäuser in Linz. Gutenberg Verlag, Linz 1955, 463 pages.
  • Georg Grüll: The city judges, mayors and city clerks of Freistadt (Freistadt history sheets, volume 1). Published by: Stadtgemeinde Freistadt, 1950, 66 pages.
  • Georg Grüll: Weinberg - The history of a Mühlviertel economic rule. Graz – Cologne 1955, Hermann Böhlau Verlag, 203 pages.

Other publications by year of publication:

  • Georg Grüll: History of the castle and the rule Windhag near Perg. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 87, Linz 1937, pp. 185-311, PDF (12.9 MB) on ZOBODAT .
  • Georg Grüll: The Linz handicraft guilds in 1655. A contribution to the history of the development of the general craft regulations. In: Yearbook of the City of Linz 1952. Linz 1953, pp. 261–296, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Georg Grüll: Documentary contributions to the history of the Linz newspapers in the 17th century. In: Yearbook of the City of Linz 1953. Linz 1954, pp. 467–474, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Georg Grüll: The aristocratic country residence Rosenegg. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 100, Linz 1955, pp. 191-204., Online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Georg Grüll: The Linz lute and violin makers and their privileges. In: Yearbook of the City of Linz 1954. Linz 1955, pp. 159–178, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Georg Grüll: The Linz Regional Court (1646-1821). In: Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz 1957. Linz 1957, pp. 131–163, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Georg Grüll: The first elephant in Linz. In: Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz 1958. Linz 1958, pp. 386–390, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Georg Grüll: Wels archives in Upper Austria. State Archives. In: Yearbook of the Wels Museum Association 5. 1958/59. 1959, pp. 41–46, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Georg Grüll: Salzoberamtsarchiv Gmunden. Inventory. Published by the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives, Linz 1964, 50 pages, PDF on landesarchiv-ooe.at .
  • Georg Grüll: Contributions to the history of the fires in Upper Austria. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 110, Linz 1965, pp. 267–299, online (PDF) in the OoeGeschichte.at forum.

Honors

literature

  • Leopold Josef Mayböck : Georg Grüll, a famous Upper Austrian. In: Heimat Rechberg. More than just stones. Homeland book of the nature park and SOS Children's Village community Rechberg, Rechberg 2009, p. 246f.
  • Alois Zauner : Georg Grüll (1900–1975). Teacher, archivist and historian. In: Oberösterreichisches Landesarchiv (Hrsg.): Upper Austrian life pictures for the history of Upper Austria. Volume 8, Linz 1994, pp. 121-138.
  • Hans Sturmberger: Georg Grüll, 1900–1975. Obituary. In: Communications from the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives. 12, Linz 1977, pp. 279–283, online (PDF; 1.9 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Franz Wilflingseder : Georg Grüll. July 21, 1900 - September 18, 1975. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 121, Linz 1976, pp. 37–42, online (PDF; 1.6 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  • Wilhelm Rausch: One of the fathers of our Linzer Regesten has died. Obituary for Professor hc Georg Grüll. In: Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz 1975. Linz 1976, pp. 339–342, online (PDF; 793 kB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Raffetseder: On the history of the area and surroundings of the Johannes Kepler University Linz, with special consideration of the Nazi era in the Auhof - Dornach area. Johannes Kepler University Linz, 2016, p. 5 , accessed on September 19, 2019 .
  2. ^ Franz Wilflingseder : Georg Grüll. July 21, 1900 - September 18, 1975. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 121, Linz 1976, pp. 37–42, online (PDF; 1.6 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  3. ↑ Josef Ofner August 18, 1839 in Linz People's Voice : "With the ... people Genealogy first started the Graz Dr. Konrad Brandner . His idea found acceptance in the neighboring districts of Upper and Lower Danube, especially in the Steyr district. In the following years G. Grüll (who started in 1924) in Gaflenz tackled the folk genealogical work. "
  4. ↑ The original manuscript is in the archive in Linz. The German Central Office for Genealogy owns a bound copy, 15 volumes, 15,000 pages, 7500 families, processed period 1620–1920 . Source: Volkmar Weiss and Katja Münchow: Local family books located in Leipzig in the German library and German central office for genealogy. 2nd Edition. Neustadt / Aisch: Degener 1998, p. 302. ISBN 3-7686-2099-9
  5. ^ A b Hermann Raffetseder: NS-Zwangsarbeits-Schicksale - Findings on manifestations of the oppression and on the NS camp system from the work of the Austrian Reconciliation Fund . Wiener Verlag für Sozialforschung, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-944690-28-5 , pp. 549 .
  6. ^ Andreas Kopf: 850 Years of Gaflenz 1140–1990. With the help of the culture committee of the market town of Gaflenz. Published by the market town of Gaflenz, Gaflenz 1990, pp. 21-22.
  7. ↑ Abbey Archives. Benedictine Monastery_Lambach. In: oesta.gv.at. Austrian State Archives, accessed on December 30, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Grüll Georg estate. (PDF; 37 kB) In: landesarchiv-ooe.at. Upper Austrian Provincial Archives, accessed on December 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Grüll, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grüll, Georg Laurenz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and castle researcher
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Rechberg , Upper Austria
DATE OF DEATH 18th September 1975
Place of death Linz-Urfahr