Hans Sturmberger

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Hans Sturmberger (born January 29, 1914 in Kirchdorf an der Krems , † August 22, 1999 in Linz ) was an Austrian historian and archivist .

The son of a master baker attended the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster , in 1933 the final examination followed. He then studied history and classical philology. He was particularly influenced by Heinrich von Srbik , Hans Hirsch and Otto Brunner . Sturmberger received his doctorate in 1937 with von Srbik with an investigation into Anton von Baldacci , a statesman from the Metternich circle . In June 1939 he passed the state examination at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research . From 1936 to 1938 he worked as a librarian at the Department of History at the University of Vienna . He entered the service of the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives on July 1, 1938 . He was drafted into the Wehrmacht at the beginning of 1940. He was seriously wounded in the war in Holland in 1944 and dismissed for political reasons in 1946 when he returned to work in the State Archives. In the following two years Sturmberger compiled the register for the 10th volume of the "Document Book of the Land above the Enns". In 1948 he was reinstated as "less burdened". In 1959 he became a corresponding member and since 1969 a full member of the Southeast German Historical Commission . He became director of the State Archives in Linz in 1961 and remained in this position until his retirement in 1979. Due to an unsuccessful operation, his language skills were impaired in the last twenty years of his life. He therefore lived very withdrawn and devoted himself to 19th century Austrian painting.

His account of Georg Erasmus von Tschernembl , published in 1953, became the standard work for the early modern history of Austria and Central Europe. The work brought a thorough reassessment, in which for a long time only the "frivolous revolutionary" was seen. His work on Ferdinand II , published in 1957, brought fundamental insights into the nature of Austrian absolutism . Sturmberger researched people, problems and events in the denominational age and the time from the Enlightenment to the beginning of democratic and parliamentary forms in the 1860s. The way to the constitutional state was the synthesis of his research . The political development in Upper Austria 1762–1861 . In 1976 he presented a comprehensive biography of Adam Graf Herberstorff .

Sturmberger received numerous honors for his research. In 1971 Sturmberger became a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and honorary professor for modern and Austrian history at the University of Salzburg . He was honored by the Republic of Austria with the Great Badge of Honor and the Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class . The State of Austria awarded him the State Culture Prize . The city of Linz honored him with the science medal .

Fonts

  • Land above the Enns and Austria. Articles and lectures. Upper Austrian Provincial Archives, Linz 1979, ISBN 3-900313-30-X .
  • Uprising in Bohemia. The beginning of the Thirty Years War. Oldenbourg, Munich a. a. 1959.
  • Emperor Ferdinand II and the problem of absolutism. Oldenbourg, Munich 1957.
  • Georg Erasmus Tschernembl. Religion, liberty, etc. Resistance. A contribution to the history of the Counter Reformation and the country above the Enns. Böhlau in Komm, Graz 1953.

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  1. ^ Georg Heilingsetzer: Hans Sturmberger †. In: Mitteilungen des Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 109 (2001), pp. 285–288, here: p. 285.
personal data
SURNAME Sturmberger, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchdorf an der Krems
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1999
Place of death Linz