Georg Heilingsetzer

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Georg Heilingsetzer (born August 14, 1945 in Mondsee ) is an Austrian historian and archivist .

Life

Growing up as the son of two high school teacher in Vienna , studied Georg Heilingsetzer at the city's University of Law , History and Art History ( PhD 1970), where he is also a member of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research was (state exam 1971). He then worked as a scientific official at the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives in Linz , since 1989 as deputy director (retired at the end of 2004). From 1985 Georg Heilingsetzer held teaching positions at the Institute for History at the University of Vienna and has been honorary professor for Austrian history there since 2001. He belonged and belongs to numerous scientific associations and advisory boards, including the Society for Regional Studies and Monument Preservation Upper Austria (formerly Upper Austrian Museum Association , President 1991-1994) and the Anton Bruckner Institute Linz . In 1979 he received the Theodor Körner Prize and in 2006 the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class .

His main research interests are in the early modern period , but also include topics from the Middle Ages to the 20th century . This applies above all to Austrian history and the Upper Austrian state and regional history. The focus often were also noble and Corporatism , the Enlightenment of the 18th century and the political and cultural relations between Austria and France and especially England.

Georg Heilingsetzer has been married to Rafaela (née Maier) since 1973 and has a daughter and a son.

Fonts (selection)

  • Georg Heilingsetzer: The Upper Austrian Peasants' War 1626. Vienna 1976, 2nd edition 1985, 3rd edition Linz 2001.
  • Georg Heilingsetzer: Eferding. Commentary on the city's history. In: Austrian City Atlas. V / 2, Vienna 1997.
  • Georg Heilingsetzer: Mondsee. The history of the monastery, St. Ottilien. Without location 1998.

Posts:

  • Georg Heilingsetzer: Between brotherly quarrels and uprisings in Bohemia. In: Schloss Weinberg in the country above the Enns. Linz 1991, pp. 73-119.
  • Georg Heilingsetzer: Albrecht Altdorfer's Sebastian Altar. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 136a, Linz 1991, pp. 189-195 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Georg Heilingsetzer: Aspects of foreign and domestic policy during the acquisition of the Innviertel by Austria (1779). In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 127a, Linz 1982, pp. 129-163 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Georg Heilingsetzer: Prinz Eugen and the leadership of the Austrian great power 1683-1740. In: Erich Zöllner, Karl Gutkas (Ed.): Austria and the Ottomans - Prince Eugen and his time. Vienna 1988, pp. 120-137.
  • Georg Heilingsetzer: Voltaire and the Habsburg Monarchy. Personal contacts and discussions with his work. In: Communications from the Society for Regional Studies in Salzburg. Volume 141, 2001, pp. 255–264 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Georg Heilingsetzer: Happy Albion. Political and cultural relations and contacts between Great Britain and Austria around 1800. In: Archiv für Kulturgeschichte. 86, 2004, pp. 369-412.

Editorships

  • Georg Heilingsetzer, Reinhard R. Heinisch (Ed.): Historical documentation on the incorporation of the Innviertel in 1779. Linz 1979.
  • Kurt Holter (author), Georg Heilingsetzer, Winfried Stelzer (ed.): Book art - manuscripts - libraries. Contributions to Central European book culture from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance. 2 volumes, Linz 1996.
  • Friedrich Edelmayer, Martina Fuchs, Georg Heilingsetzer, Peter Rauscher (eds.): Plus ultra. The world of modern times. Münster 2008.

literature

  • Fritz Fellner , Doris A. Corradini: Austrian History in the 20th Century. Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2006, p. 175.
  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar. Volume 2, Munich 2011, Col. 1528.
  • Society for Regional Studies and Monument Preservation Upper Austria (Ed.): Festschrift for Georg Heilingsetzer on his 70th birthday (= yearbook of the Society for Regional Studies and Monument Preservation. Volume 160). Linz 2015 (with bibliography, pp. 21–36).

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personal data
SURNAME Heilingsetzer, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Mondsee