Hanns Leo Mikoletzky

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Hanns Leo Mikoletzky (born November 9, 1907 in Esseg , † March 9, 1978 in Vienna ) was an Austrian historian and archivist .

Life

Hanns Leo Mikoletzky was the son of the Major of the General Staff Rudolf Mikoletzky (1879–1941). In 1911 the family moved from the garrison town of Esseg to Vienna, where Hanns Leo attended the Piarist high school and then studied history, German, art history and Catholic theology at the university . In 1933 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. In 1934 he began to work at the library of the Technical University of Vienna and completed a course at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research , which he passed in 1937 with the state examination.

During the time of National Socialism he had to retire from the library service as a “ first degree hybrid ” and work in an armaments factory until 1945.

In 1936 he married Karoline Haase Edle von Wranau (1906–1982), a great-great-granddaughter of Gottlieb Haase , in Prague . In 1943/44 his mother Stephanie (née Schwarz, 1882–1954) was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp .

In 1947 he joined the Austrian State Archives , where he worked in the House, Court and State Archives department. In the same year he qualified as a professor for the history of the Middle Ages and source studies with the thesis "Emperor Heinrich II. And the Church". He published numerous scientific papers, held a visiting professorship at the University of Frankfurt am Main from 1954–1956 and received the title associate professor in 1963. Professor.

After Mikoletzky had already taken over the management of the Finance and Court Chamber Archives in 1950, he was General Director of the Austrian State Archives from 1968 to 1972. In 1972 he retired. His two sons Nikolaus and Lorenz Mikoletzky are also historians.

Mikoletzky played a leading role in setting up the Austrian Historians' Days and in founding the Association of Austrian Historians and History Associations. In addition, he was also active in popular education.

Works (selection)

  • Emperor Franz I Stephan and the origin of the Habsburg-Lorraine family fortune. Publishing house for history and politics, Vienna 1961.
  • Austria, the great 18th century: From Leopold I to Leopold II. Österreicher Bundesverlag for Education, Science and Art, Vienna / Munich 1967.
  • Austria, the decisive 19th century. Austria Edition, Vienna 1972.

Awards

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supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e Leopold Auer:  Mikoletzky, Hanns Leo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 494 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ a b c Felix Czeike (Ed.): Mikoletzky, Hanns Leo. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 , p. 264 ( digitized version , entry in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna).
  3. ^ A b Hans Safrian : Beginnings of Austrian contemporary history writing: with or without sources? In: Bertrand Perz , Ina Markova (Eds.): 50 Years Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna 1966–2016. new academic press, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-7003-1946-7 , p. 202.
personal data
SURNAME Mikoletzky, Hanns Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Esseg
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1978
Place of death Vienna