Georg Spitzlberger

Georg Spitzlberger (born February 2, 1931 in Landshut ) is a German historian and archaeologist. He is mainly concerned with the Bavarian history of all epochs.

Life

Georg Spitzlberger studied history and archeology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and then worked as a secondary school teacher. From 1965 to 1970 he worked as a research assistant at the Department of Ancient History at the University of Munich. On 13 January 1969 he was there with the dissertation The Roman brick temple in the northern part of the province Raetia Dr. phil. PhD . From 1971 he was director of the city ​​and district museum and city archivist in Landshut . At the same time, he continued to teach at the University of Munich and at the Landshut University of Applied Sciences . In 1971 he was also appointed honorary professor at the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences , where he also held teaching positions.

Spitzlberger's research extends to Roman provincial history, Bavarian history since prehistory and early history, epigraphy , palaeobotany as well as Latin and Romance languages . He published numerous writings on history on Bavarian soil, especially on Roman provincial finds. In 2008 he was awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon .

Fonts (selection)

• From the prehistory and early days of southern Bavaria. Isar-Post, Landshut 1967.
• The Roman brick stamps in the northern part of the Raetia province. Dissertation, University of Munich 1969.
• The Romans in Lower Bavaria. From the history of Lower Bavaria from 15 BC. until 500 AD. School department of the government of Niederbayern, Landshut 1970 (special print from Hans Bleibrunner (ed.): Contributions to local history of Niederbayern. Volume 2, Landshut 1970, pp. 35-93).
• Landshut (= Great Art Guide. Volume 79). Schnell and Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-7954-0813-X .
• Churches of the parish of Achdorf, the city of Landshut, the diocese of Munich and Freising (= Small Art Guide No. 1280). Schnell and Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1981.
• Landshut in history and art. 1st edition. Hornung, Riemerling 1987, ISBN 3-88804-018-3 (2nd edition 1989; 3rd edition 1991).
• The Jews in medieval Landshut. Jewish life in old Bavaria. Hornung, Riemerling / Ottobrunn 1988, ISBN 3-88804-024-8 .
• Old Landshut place, corridor and street names. Wohlgemuth architectural office, Landshut 1994.
• Military-historical chronicle of the garrison town of Landshut. City of Landshut, Landshut 1994.
• Ursuline Convent Church of St. Joseph, Landshut (= Little Art Guide No. 2119). Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 1994.
• The war memorials in the city and district of Landshut. Kneidl and Pfaffinger, Landshut 2000, ISBN 3-924728-64-X .
• Achdorf, parish church of St. Margaret. Hoffmann, Landshut 2005, ISBN 3-936690-02-2 .

literature

• Jakob Seibert : "From seminar to seminar". In: Derselbe (Ed.): 100 Years of Old History at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (1901–2001) (= Ludovico Maximilianea. Research and sources. Volume 19). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-428-10875-2 , pp. 23–39, here p. 29 with note 17 (there incorrectly written “Spitzelberger”).
• Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar , Edition 2003, Volume 3, p. 3278.

Web links

• Literature by Georg Spitzlberger in the catalog of the German National Library