Georg Veith

Georg Veith (born March 9, 1875 in Černovice ; † September 3, 1925 near Zile ) was an Austrian officer, ancient historian and herpetologist .

Life

Georg Veith was an Austro-Hungarian artillery officer, but from an early age he also had an interest in historical and scientific topics. As a young officer, he was already exploring historical Roman battlefields in the Balkans from his garrison town of Bilek and at the same time exploring the reptile fauna there.

Veith's first historical publication appeared in 1900. Other publications followed, often in collaboration with Johannes Kromayer , the editor of a series of books on ancient battlefields. In battlefield research, Veith combined his military skills as a staff officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army with the natural scientist's powers of observation. In 1921 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Münster for his historical research . Several essays on the events of the First World War, the manuscript on the fall of the Austro-Hungarian army, which has only been published in excerpts to this day, and music reviews in Viennese magazines show further facets of his activity. At the age of 50, Colonel a. D. slain by two shepherds on the ancient battlefield of Zela. Georg Veith was buried in the Turkish cemetery there.

Veith's estate came to the Austrian war archive in 1926 . In 1950, a Georg Veith memorial exhibition was held at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, as a result of which the estate was inventoried.

Fonts (selection)

History of the Campaigns of C. Julius Caesar . Seidel, Vienna 1906.
with Johannes Kromayer: Ancient battlefields. Building blocks for an ancient war story . 5 volumes in 6 parts, Berlin 1903–1931 Heidelberg historical holdings - digital
Caesar . Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1912. 2nd edition 1922.
The campaigns of C. Iulius Caesar Octavianus in Illyria in the years 35-33 BC. Chr. Holder, Vienna 1914th
The Dyrrhachium Campaign between Caesar and Pompey. With special consideration of the historical geography of the Albanian theater of war . Seidel, Vienna 1922.
with Johannes Kromayer: Battle atlas on ancient war history. 120 cards on 34 boards; with accompanying text . 5 deliveries in 6 parts, Leipzig 1922–1926 Heidelberg historical stocks - digital
with Johannes Kromayer: Army and warfare of the Greeks and Romans. Beck, Munich 1928 ( Handbook of Classical Studies , Department 4, Part 3, Volume 2). Reprint 1963.

Writings on the First World War:
- The career and fate of the Austro-Hungarian army in the world war . 1922 ( proof in the ÖBV catalog )
- The attack on Durazzo . 1922 ( proof in the ÖBV catalog )
- The Isonzo Defense . 1932 ( proof in the ÖBV catalog )

literature

The reptiles of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Herpetozoa. Reports of the Austrian Society for Herpetology . Vienna 1991. Part I in Volume 3, Part II in Volume 4 (the foreword by Gernot Sattler contains a portrait of Veith on page 101).
Helga Happ, Paul Mildner: Georg Veith - herpetologist, antiquarian and soldier . In: Rudolfinum. Yearbook of the Provincial Museum Carinthia 2003, pp. 435–443 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).

Web links

Literature by and about Georg Veith in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Kurt Gostentschnigg: science at the interface between politics and the military. The Austro-Hungarian Albanology 1867–1918 . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-658-18911-2 , p. 54 .

personal data
SURNAME	Veith, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian officer, ancient historian and herpetologist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 9, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Černovice
DATE OF DEATH	September 3, 1925
Place of death	at Zile

[1] Kurt Gostentschnigg: science at the interface between politics and the military. The Austro-Hungarian Albanology 1867–1918 . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-658-18911-2 , p. 54 .