Hans Heiss

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Hans Heiss at the state assembly of the Greens in Bozen , January 2009

Hans Heiss (born November 13, 1952 in Brixen ) is an Italian historian and archivist as well as a South Tyrolean politician ( Greens ).

Life

After graduating from the Franziskanergymnasium Bozen , Hans Heiss studied history and German at the University of Innsbruck . His doctorate took place in 1986 with the dissertation The hospitality industry of the city of Brixen 1770-1815 . From 1985 to 1993 he was director of the Bressanone City Archives; from 1994 to 2003 he worked in the South Tyrolean Provincial Archives in Bozen , from 1996 as deputy director. In 2001 he obtained his habilitation . Heiss held teaching positions at the universities of Bari , Hildesheim , Innsbruck , Milan and Trento . His main research interests are in the areas of contemporary regional history , urban history of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the history of the bourgeoisie and tourism .

Heiss has been a member of the advisory board of the historical specialist journal Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswwissenschaften and co-founder of Geschichte und Region / Storia e regione since 1990 . He worked on various museum projects ( Touriseum , South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and State History at Castle Tyrol ). An extensive commemorative publication published by Folio Verlag was dedicated to him on his 60th birthday .

In addition to his academic work, Heiss is also politically active. After initially working in local politics in Bressanone, from 2003 he was a representative of the Greens in the South Tyrolean Parliament and, at the same time, in the Regional Council of Trentino-South Tyrol . After 15 years as a member of parliament, Heiss retired from active politics in 2018.

Fonts

  • as editor with Hermann Gummerer: Brixen 1867–1882. The notes of master dyer Franz Schwaighofer (= transfer cultural history. Vol. 1). Folio-Verlag, Bozen et al. 1994, ISBN 3-85256-001-2 .
  • with Thomas Götz: At the edge of the revolution. Tyrol 1848/49. Folio-Verlag, Vienna et al. 1998, ISBN 3-85256-081-0 .
  • Grandhotel Toblach. Pioneer of tourism in the Alps. = Grand Hotel Dobbiaco. All'avanguardia del turismo nelle Alpi. Folio-Verlag, Vienna et al. 1999, ISBN 3-85256-130-2 .
  • as editor with Helmut Flachenecker , Hannes Obermair (ed.): Stadt und Hochstift. Brixen, Bruneck and Klausen to secularization. = Città e principato (= publications of the South Tyrolean Provincial Archives. Vol. 12). Athesia, Bozen 2000, ISBN 88-8266-084-2 .
  • The way of the "elephant". History of a large inn since 1551. Folio-Verlag, Bozen et al. 2002, ISBN 3-85256-196-5 .
  • as editor with Carlo Milesi and Christine Roilo (eds.): Brixen. Volume 2: Art, Culture, Society. Athesia et al., Bozen 2006, ISBN 88-8266-164-4 .
  • with Hannes Stekl: Small and medium-sized cities. In: Helmut Rumpler , Peter Urbanitsch (Ed.): The Habsburg Monarchy. 1848-1918. Volume 9: Social Structures. 1: From feudal-agrarian to bourgeois-industrial society. 1: Living and working environments in the industrial revolution. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6892-8 , pp. 561–619.
  • as editor with Marco Bellabarba, Ellinor Forster, Andrea Leonardi and Brigitte Mazohl (eds.): Eliten in Tirol between Ancien Régime and Vormärz. = Le élites in Tirolo tra Antico Regime e Vormärz (= publications of the South Tyrolean Provincial Archives. Vol. 31). StudienVerlag, Innsbruck et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-7065-4989-9 .
  • with Stefan Lechner: Erich Amonn. Citizens, entrepreneurs, politicians 1896–1970: a portrait . Raetia, Bozen 2019, ISBN 978-88-7283-693-4 .

Web links

Commons : Hans Heiss  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from Hans Heiss on his Facebook presence ; accessed on July 23, 2015
  2. ↑ Dissertation by Hans Heiss (University of Innsbruck, 1985)
  3. ^ Carlo Romeo: Table of contents of the Festschrift for Hans Heiss
  4. ↑ Green Sixties , ff 46, November 15, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Hot, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian historian and politician (South Tyrol)
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Brixen