Gottfried Mraz

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Gottfried Matthäus Mraz (born August 31, 1935 in Linz , † December 24, 2010 in Vienna ) was an Austrian historian and archivist .

Life

Mraz attended the Academic Gymnasium in Linz from 1946 to 1954 . He entered the Jesuit order in the fall of 1954 . From 1956 to 1959 he studied at the Ordenshochschule in Munich Pullach. From 1959 to 1962 he worked as an educator at the Kollegium Kalksburg in Vienna. Since the autumn of 1962 he has been studying Catholic theology at the University of Innsbruck , where he received a doctorate in the history of science in 1968. theol. received his doctorate. In 1965 he was ordained a Catholic priest. Since autumn 1967 he has been studying history at the University of Vienna , and since 1969 he has attended the course at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research . In 1971 he resigned from the Jesuit order and was laicized. From 1972 to 1976 he worked for the historical commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . He was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD and passed the state examination at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research in 1976. From 1976 Mraz worked at the Austrian State Archives , Department of Finance and Court Chamber Archives , of which he was director from 1986 until his retirement in 1998, and from 1991 to 1998 he was head of the house, court and state archives. In 1998 he received the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria .

Mraz was President of the Austrian Society of the Golden Cross . He was buried at the Hütteldorfer Friedhof in Vienna.

Publications (selection)

  • The role of clockwork in imperial worship of the Turks in the 16th century. In: The world as a clock. German clocks and automata 1550–1650. Edited by Klaus Maurice and Otto Mayr. Exhibition catalogs Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich 1980, pp. 39–54.

literature

  • Christian Sapper: Gottfried Mraz. In: Scrinium 65, 2011, pp. 171-174 PDF .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB).

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personal data
SURNAME Mraz, Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mraz, Gottfried Matthäus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 2010
Place of death Vienna