Helmut Mezler-Andelberg

Helmut Mezler-Andelberg 1986

Helmut Jodok Mezler-Andelberg (born November 8, 1923 in Selzthal , Styria , Austria; † September 21, 2002 in Graz ) was an Austrian historian, university professor for Austrian history and head of the department for historical regional studies and comparative European legal history at the Institute for History the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz.

Life

His father, Dr. Harold Mezler-Andelberg (born November 13, 1896 - April 18, 1975) was a lawyer and mayor (1950 to 1957) in Liezen . His mother, Margaretha nee Kipferling (born June 10, 1898 - April 16, 1965) taught as a teacher in elementary schools and, among other things, also taught disabled children. Helmut J. Mezler-Andelberg was first married to Ingeborg Haberkorn (* December 16, 1922, † January 31, 1981). In 1986 he married Irmgard Malischnig (* 1947), the government councilor of the Austrian Federal Police Directorate in Graz. His daughter Barbara, born in 1955 from his first marriage, runs a handicraft with paintings and dolls in Salzburg and Obervellach / Carinthia .

Helmut J. Mezler-Andelberg passed the Matura in Graz in 1942 . In the same year he was called up by the Wehrmacht ; due to illness, however, initially postponed before the war mission. He began with the study of German language and literature and history , he after some interruptions in 1952 with the promotion of Dr. phil. graduated from the Karl Franzens University in Graz with his doctoral supervisor Heinrich Appelt (1910–1998).

The historians Karl Eder (1889–1961), Walther Kienast (1896–1985), Hans Pirchegger (1875–1973), Mathilde Uhlirz (1881–1966) and the literary historian were among his formative teachers and academic colleagues who accompanied him during his teaching activities Karl Konrad Polheim (1927–2004), the philologist Leo Jutz (1889–1962) and the Austrian historian Hermann Wiesflecker (1913–2009).

As early as 1943, Mezler-Andelberg received another draft order from the German Wehrmacht. After deployments in Italy and the former Yugoslavia, Mezler-Andelberg was wounded and admitted to the Cilli military hospital. He then worked as a medic in Lienz before he was taken prisoner of war (1945).

Mezler-Andelberg worked from 1947 to 1955 as a research assistant at the history seminar of the Karl-Franzens University. In 1955 he was appointed university assistant at the Historical Institute of the Karl Franzens University in Graz. In 1965 , Mezler-Andelberg completed his habilitation in Austrian history, with a special focus on historical regional studies and regional history, at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz. In 1970 he was given the title of associate professor, ao. Professor, then a new type, awarded. His research focus and numerous publications were the church histories of Inner Austria, in particular the legal relationships of church institutions in the Middle Ages , problems of the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, especially in Styria. Patronage and veneration of saints . In 1973 Mezler-Andelberg was appointed associate professor at the History Institute of the Philosophical Faculty of the Karl-Franzens University in Graz. At the same time he took over the management of the newly established department for historical regional studies and regional history of the chair for Austrian history.

In addition, Mezler-Andelberg was a member of the State Historical Commission for Styria from 1961 to 2002 . From 1974 to 1984 he was a permanent advisor for the vocational matriculation exams at the University of Graz. In 1974 he became a member of the Graz Old Town Expert Commission. From 1976 to 2002, the scientist headed the regesta department of the State Historical Commission, with an outstanding share in the regests of the Duchy of Styria . At the end of 1987 Mezler-Andelberg retired. He died in 2002 at the age of 79 of kidney failure and the complications of the severe diabetes mellitus that had accompanied him since childhood. He was buried in the St. Peter city cemetery in Graz.

Fonts

Mezler-Andenberg was both author and editor of several historical works and writings:

• Contributions to the history of the legal status of the Styrian monasteries, mainly in the 12th century. mach. phil. Diss. Graz 1952.
• The timeless Austria. Speech at the academic ceremony for the national holiday on October 27, 1971 at the University of Graz. Graz 1972 (= Graz University Speeches, 8).
• (Ed.): Festschrift K. Eder for his seventieth birthday. Innsbruck 1959.
• (Ed.): Between the late Middle Ages and the Reformation period. The Styrian pastor Dr. Jakob Radkersburger, court chaplain to Emperor Maximilian I (1480–1540). Innsbruck 1960.
• (Ed.): The Styrian Governor Siegmund von Dietrichstein (1480–1533). Contributions to his biography by Karl Eder. Graz 1963 (= research on the historical regional studies of Styria, 21).
• (Ed. Et al.): Rein 1129-1979. 850 years of culture and belief. Festschrift for the anniversary. Pure 1979.
• (Ed. Together with Walter Höflechner and O. Pickl): Domus Austriae. A festive gift: H. Wiesflecker on his 70th birthday. Graz 1983.
• (Ed. On behalf of the HLK): Regesten des Herzogtums Steiermark. Volume 1.2. Graz 1985 (= sources on the historical regional studies of Styria, 7).
• (Ed. Together with H. Ebner, W. Höflechner, PW Roth and H. Wiesflecker): Festschrift Othmar Pickl for his 60th birthday. Graz 1987.
• (Ed.): New Chronicle on the History and Folklore of the Inner Austrian Alpine Countries. Supplement to the Südost-Tagespost, Graz 1952–1962.
• Approx. 80 essays mainly on the topics of church history, regional history, patronage and legal history. Partly republished in: Church in Styria. Collected essays by Helmut J. Mezler-Andelberg. Research on European and comparative legal history. Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1994, ISBN 3-205-05333-8 .
• Helmut Mezler:  Caesar, Aquilin Julius. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , pp. 87 f. ( Digitized version ).
• HJ Mezler-Andelberg:  Raab von Raabenau Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 357.
• HJ Mezler-Andelberg:  Rechbauer Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 3 f. (Direct links on p. 3 , p. 4 ).
• 130 reviews in scientific journals

Secondary literature

• Appreciation in the special edition on the occasion of the University Weeks in Feldkirchen in 1992 by Kulturverein Feldkirchen, Carinthia "Alt-Feldkirchen".
• Festschrift Helmut J. Mezler-Andelberg; Research on regional and ecclesiastical history. Editor Institute for History of the Karl-Franzens-University Graz 1988.

Awards

• 1988 Awarded the Pro-Meritis-Medal from the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, for great services to teaching and research and many years of experience as a permanent advisor for the vocational matriculation examination
• 1989 Award of the Great Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Styria

Web links

• Literature for / about Helmut J. Mezler-Andelberg (selection) on the website of the Historical Commission for Styria
• Literature by and about Helmut Mezler-Andelberg in the catalog of the German National Library