Heinrich Gradl

Heinrich Gradl (born February 13, 1842 in Eger , Bohemia ; † March 3, 1895 ibid) was a historian , linguist and naturalist, publicist and from 1878 to 1895 head of the city archive of Eger.

Life

Heinrich Gradl was born as the son of the painter and picture dealer Georg Adam Gradl and his wife Margaretha, daughter of the painter Georg Kölbl in Eger No. 327.

As a graduate of the high school in Eger, he studied German and history at the Charles University in Prague from 1860 . From 1863 to 1864 he published the bi- monthly publication Egeria , first became secretary of the advance fund in Eger and from 1869 initially worked for the Egerer Zeitung , then editor of its political section and from 1881 to 1884 publisher of the monthly Egerwellen with articles in Egerland dialect. In April 1878, after Vinzenz Prökl (1804-1887) , he took over the management of the Eger City Archives and remained city archivist until his fatal accident (he died of exhaustion after a lower leg amputation) in 1895.

In his capacity as archivist, Heinrich Gradl wrote numerous fundamental works on the history of the Egerland , the city of Eger and important personalities of the city. In particular, his research into the origins of the family of Count Schlik , owners of the nearby silver mine in Sankt Joachimsthal and burgraves of Elbogen Castle , attracted the attention of historians and genealogists. The Monumenta Egrana is considered to be his main work . Of the work originally conceived in several volumes, only the first volume was published until his untimely death. A bust of Heinrich Gradl has been put up in the Eger city archive in the Pachelbelhaus on the city's market square . His successor as archivist for the city of Eger was Karl Siegl .

Gradl married on November 23, 1869 in Eger Maria Elisabeth, geb. Autumn (* 1842 in Budweis ). Among other things, the son Hugo Gradl (* 1870 in Eger), a law student, writer and poet, who died at the age of 21 on June 27, 1890 of tuberculosis in Eger, emerged from this marriage . His literary estate was published by his father.

Gradl was a master at playing the traditional Egerland bagpipes (buck); Concert tours are said to have taken him far beyond the Egerland .

Publications (selection)

• The privileges of the city of Eger. Festschrift for the hiking assembly of the "Association for the History of Germans in Bohemia" (Eger, Whitsun 1879). Eger: Verl. Der Stadtgemeinde, 1879. 41 pp.
• The book of afflictions at the Egerer Schöffengericht , in: Archive for history and antiquity of Upper Franconia 15 H. 2, 1882, S. 215-274
• The degradation of the Egerland. A contribution to the history of the so-called six offices , in: Archive for history and antiquity of Upper Franconia 15 no.3, 1883, pp. 1-89
• Bamberg tournament regulations from 1478 , in: Report of the historical association for the care of the history of the former prince-bishopric of Bamberg (BHVB) 45, 1883, pp. 87-97
• Egerland dictionary , Eger 1883
• The chronicles of the city of Eger (= German Chronicles from Bohemia , Vol. 3), ed. by L. Schlesinger, Prague: Association for the History of Germans in Bohemia, 1884
• Monumenta Egrana. Monuments of the Egerland as a source for its history, vol. 1: 805-1322 , Eger: Witz, 1886. (only 1 volume published)
• The place names in the Fichtelgebirge and its foothills. 1. Dept .: German place names , in: Archive for history and antiquity of Upper Franconia 18 vol. 1, 1890, pp. 1–177
• The place names in the Fichtelgebirge and its foothills. 2. Dept .: Slavic place names , in: Archive for history and antiquity of Upper Franconia 18 vol. 3, 1892, pp. 81–179
• The songs and sayings of the two masters Spervogel , 1892
• The Reformation in the Egerlande , Eger 1893
• History of the Egerland until 1437 , Prague 1893

From the communications of the Association for the History of Germans in Bohemia (MVGDB)

• From the customs and legends of the Egerland . 4 (1866), p. 26 f.
• The pen paintings in Eger . 5 (1867), p. 207 f.
• A contribution to the determination of borders in western Bohemia . 9 (1871), pp . 91-93 .
• The origin of the Egerländer . 18 (1880), pp. 260-274
• Eger and Heinrich von Plauen 1451 to 1454 . 19 (1881), pp. 198-214
• The Wirsperger's heresy . 19 (1881), pp. 270-279
• Materials on the history of the Ascher area . 20 (1882), pp. 87-98
• Waldsassen area in Bohemia . 20 (1882), pp. 260-265 (contains possessions of the Waldsassen monastery in the so-called Stiftland )
• Eger's alleged pledge in 1213 . 20 (1882), pp. 265–267 (details on the expansion of the northern Gaus )
• The origin of the silt . 20 (1882), pp. 347-351 (notes on the origin of Count Schlik ).
• Bohemia and Saxony . A contribution to the trade and commerce situation around the middle of the 18th century . 21 (1883), pp. 202-210
• Contributions to the history of north-west Bohemia . 21 (1883), pp. 158-173, 318-329, 26 (1888), pp. 266-282
• Studies on German and Bohemian history. Nordgau and Regio Egere approx. 1100 to 1322, the Egerland is pledged . 22 (1884), pp. 131-166
• On the oldest history of the Egere region . 24 (1886), pp. 1-33, 205-233
• "Absroth" again . 27 (1889), p. 380 f.
• From the Cheb archive. Contributions to the history of Bohemia and the empire under Karl, Wenzel and Sigmund . 28 (1890), pp. 180-192, 384-391, 29 (1891), pp. 73, 79, 376-386, 30 (1892), pp. 74-89, 31 (1893), pp. 42– 53
• German folk performances. Contributions from the Egerland to the history of play and theater . 33 (1895), pp. 121-152, 217-241, 315-336

literature

• Gradl Heinrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 42., with further literature
• Heribert Sturm : The Archive of the City of Eger , 1936
• Egerer Jahrbuch 25/1895, pages 145–151
• Josef Weinmann: Egerländer Biographical Lexicon with selected people from the former government. District of Bohemia , Männedorf / ZH 1985, volume 1, complete production: Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Bayreuth, p. 176, ISBN 3-922808-12-3 , ibid. Volume 2, 1987, ISBN 3-922808-12-3 . P. 211, there: Spervogel one of the oldest families in the city of Eger, ancestors of the Forster zu Selb; Heinrich Spervogel and his younger brother, minstrel of the Middle Ages
• Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries , edited by Heribert Sturm on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum , Volume I, R. Oldenbourg, Munich / Vienna 1979, page 461, ISBN 3-486-49491-0
• Jaromir Bohac: Ten Pictures from the History of the Eger Museum. Cheb / Eger 2003, ISBN 80-85018-35-7 , pp. 100-103, short biographies of Heinrich Gradl in Czech and German

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Giebisch Hans, Gugitz Gustav: Bio-Bibliographisches Literatur-Lexikon Österreichs from the beginnings to the present , 1964.