Gustav Gündisch

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Gustav Gündisch (born September 15, 1907 in Heltau , Transylvania , † September 19, 1996 in Gundelsheim (Württemberg) ) was a Transylvanian historian and archivist .

Life

Training and activity until 1945

Gündisch was the son of the wool weaver Michael Gündisch (1875–1932). After attending the primary school in Heltau from 1914, he switched to the Hermannstädter Gymnasium in 1919 , where he graduated from high school in 1926 . He initially aspired to the teaching profession and after graduating from high school he went to the University of Bucharest for a year , where he began to study history and geography. This was followed by two semesters at the University of Berlin , where he also studied theology , before coming to the University of Vienna in the winter semester of 1928/1929 . However, he had to interrupt his studies for health reasons and then began training as an archivist. From 1929 he was an extraordinary member of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research . The practical training took place in the house, court and state archives . On December 17, 1931, he had completed his training.

On November 3, 1932, Gündisch received his PhD from the University of Vienna with the dissertation, History of the Nagybánya Mint in the Habsburg Period (1530–1828) supervised by August von Loehr . phil. PhD . He then did his military service and in 1934 became curator-adjunct at the Brukenthal Museum . He was commissioned with the continuation of the document book on the history of the Germans in Transylvania . From 1937 to 1944 he was the last director of the Archives of the City of Sibiu and the Saxon Nation. From 1943 he was called up for military service in the Romanian army.

Worked in Romania from 1945 and retired

From 1945 he worked as a librarian , episcopal secretary and cultural advisor at the Evangelical Church AB in Romania . In 1950 he was sentenced to 14 months of forced labor on the Danube-Black Sea Canal because of statements critical of the system . From February 1952 he was also a conservator in the technical committee of the state consistory for cultic art and from 1954 head of the restoration of Transylvanian-Saxon monuments. In 1971 he also took on a teaching position in paleography at the historical-philological faculty of the University of Sibiu . He retired on December 31, 1977.

Gündisch moved to Germany after the death of his wife in 1982. There he settled in Gundelsheim, where the home of the Transylvanian Saxons is located at Horneck Castle . He was also scientifically active in Germany. After his death in 1996 he was transferred to Heltau, where he was buried next to his wife.

Honors

The Gustav-Gündisch-Lyzeum Heltau is also named after him.

Works (selection)

Gündisch wrote a large number of essays, but also contributions to encyclopedias such as the New German Biography or the Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 .

  • (Ed.): Document book on the history of the Germans in Transylvania , Volumes 4–7, 1937–1991.
  • The Transylvanian company of the Fuggers 1528–1531 , Imprimeria Naţională, Bucureşti 1941.
  • Becoming a German people in Transylvania: (1141–1849) , Kraft and Dortleff, Hermannstadt 1944.
  • Studies on the history of art in Transylvania , Böhlau, Vienna 1976, ISBN 978-3-412-01476-6 .
  • From the history and culture of the Transylvanian Saxons , Böhlau, Vienna 1987, ISBN 978-3-412-01487-2 .

literature

  • Joseph Trausch : Writer's Lexicon of the Transylvanian Germans. Bio-bibliographical handbook for science, poetry and journalism. Volume 6: Hermann A. Hienz: D – G (= writings on regional studies of Transylvania. Volume 7, 6). Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-412-09697-0 , pp. 301-321.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Nagybánya mint in the Habsburg era (1530-1828) , Numismatic Society Vienna, Vienna 1932 (= special print from Numismatic Journal. Vol. 65 (1932)), pp. 67–98.
  2. ^ Gustav Gündisch - important contribution to the preservation of the cultural heritage . Article in Siebenbürgische Zeitung from October 1, 2007.
personal data
SURNAME Gündisch, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Transylvanian historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Heltau , Transylvania
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1996
Place of death Gundelsheim (Württemberg)