Georg Wacha
Georg Wacha (born January 4, 1928 in Vienna , † September 30, 2009 in Linz ) was an Austrian historian . He worked as a museum director in Linz for many years.
Live and act
Wacha spent childhood and youth in Vienna. He obtained his doctorate after studying history and art history in 1949 at the University of Vienna Dr. phil. From 1950 to 1954 he studied there Jura and completed from 1951 to 1953 the three-year course at the Austrian Institute of Historical Research , and put the state examination from.
Stays abroad took him to the University of Perugia in 1952 and to the German Institute for Folklore and Foreign Studies in Münster (Westphalia) in 1954 .
On September 1, 1954, he entered the service of the Linz magistrate and was pragmatized there in 1960 . From 1963 to 1965 and from 1966 to 1989 he was initially director of the Linz City Museum and, thanks to the development work he carried out, head of the Linz City Museum Nordico from 1973 . In between he was director of the South African Museum in Cape Town in 1965/66 .
From 1994 to 2000 he was president of the Upper Austrian Museum Association .
He published a. a. in the yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association , in the art yearbook of the city of Linz as well as in the catalogs of the city museum and participated in publications of the Austrian Academy of Sciences a . a. m. His scientific work focused on the cultural development of the city of Linz, for example through his participation in the Linzer Regesten , through publications in the field of urban history and monument preservation as well as the topography and house history of the state capital Linz.
honors and awards
- Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (1983)
- Cross of Honor First Class for Science and Art (1990)
- Great Decoration of Honor of the City of Linz for Services to Culture (2000)
- Culture Medal of the Province of Upper Austria (2001)
literature
- Willibald Katzinger : 1000 titles. Bibliography Georg Wacha. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 149b, Linz 2004, pp. 199-279, PDF on ZOBODAT .
- Willibald Katzinger: Senate Councilor Dr. Georg Wacha (4.1.1928 to 30.9.2009). Obituary. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 156, Linz 2009, pp. 209-211 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Former Nordico director Dr. Georg Wacha passed away , in: Press release of the Linz City Administration of September 30, 2009, requested on November 7, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wacha, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian historian and museum director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 2009 |
| Place of death | Linz |