Hermann Wiesflecker

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Hermann Paul Wiesflecker (born November 27, 1913 in Lienz , † September 19, 2009 in Graz ) was an Austrian historian .

From 1961 to 1984 he taught as a full professor at the University of Graz . With his monumental five-volume biography, numerous individual studies and the editing of the regesta , he made a significant contribution to putting knowledge about the Roman-German Emperor Maximilian I and his politics on a more reliable basis.

Life

Hermann Wiesflecker came from a humble background. He first attended the elementary school in Lienz , then the grammar school in Brixen and from 1926 the Paulinum in Schwaz . In 1932 he passed the Matura. At the same time he began studying history, German, antiquity, Latin and Italian at the universities of Innsbruck , Vienna and Rome . He was a member of the Catholic student associations AKV Tirolia Innsbruck and AKV Aggstein Vienna . From 1935 to 1937 he attended the 40th training course at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research as a guest . In 1937 he married for the first time. With Hans Hirsch he received his doctorate at the University of Vienna in 1936 with a thesis on the administration of the county of Gorizia in the 15th century. In December 1937 the teaching examination followed. He then worked as a high school teacher in Vienna.

Wiesflecker took a negative stance on National Socialism . From 1939 to 1944 he did military service on the Eastern Front . He was badly wounded and lost his left lower leg. His habilitation in 1946/47 dealt with the political history of the county of Gorizia. Since 1947 he was a private lecturer in medieval history and Austrian history at the University of Vienna. A year later he was appointed associate professor for Austrian history at the University of Graz .

In 1961 Wiesflecker became a full professor there, in 1962/63 he was dean of the Philosophical Faculty and in 1964/65 he was rector of the University of Graz. As an academic teacher, Wiesflecker supervised more than 100 doctoral theses. Wiesflecker's most important academic students in Graz included Manfred Hollegger , Nikolaus von Preradovich and Winfried Stelzer . Wiesflecker declined an appointment to the University of Innsbruck. In 1984 he retired. His wife died two years later. In 1987 he married his long-time colleague Ingeborg Wiesflecker-Friedhuber. Wiesflecker died as a result of a fall.

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His main research interests were Count Meinhard II of Görz-Tirol and above all the Roman-German Emperor Maximilian I. From 1971 to 1986 Wiesflecker presented a monumental biography of Maximilian in five volumes. This was accompanied by numerous essays on specific questions about the Maximilian reign. In 1991 a one-volume Maximilian biography was published. In 1999 there was a presentation of Austria in the age of Maximilian I. Wiesflecker was also editor of the Regesta Imperii of this emperor. Leo Santifaller had given him the regest of Maximilian I in 1949. After 40 years of source work, the first volume, “Selected Regests of the Empire under Maximilian I”, was published in 1990 with 3680 regesta . Three more volumes followed. Until recently, Wiesflecker worked with his second wife Ingeborg Wiesflecker-Friedhuber on the publication of Regesten. The Regesten and his comprehensive biography of Maximilian were recognized as “works of the century in Austrian history”. Another focus of Wiesflecker's work was the history of Styria . Wiesflecker also edited the regests of the Counts of Gorizia and Tyrol and Count Meinhard II of Tyrol . In 1949 and 1952 two volumes of Görzer Regesten were published. A monograph on Meinhard II followed in 1955, which was reprinted in 1995. In 1959 he published a biography of Archduke Johann on the 100th anniversary of his death .

Honors

Wiesflecker was awarded numerous honors and memberships for his research. In 1951 he became a member of the Historical State Commission for Styria and in 2002 its honorary member. In 1963 he was accepted into the Commission for Modern History of Austria. In 1965 he became a corresponding member and in 1969 a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . Wiesflecker received the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class in 1973 . He was also a member of the Catholic Academy in Vienna and Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . The University of Innsbruck awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1974 . In 1984 he received the Wilhelm Hartel Prize . Wiesflecker was honored with the Ring of Honor of the City of Lienz, the Great Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Styria (2008) and the Great Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (2009) by the Republic of Austria for his life's work .

Fonts

Manfred Hollegger, Werner Watzenig: Directory of the scientific work of Hermann Wiesflecker and the work of his students on the subject of Maximilian I. In: Walter Höflechner , Helmut J. Mezler-Angelberg, Othmar Pickl (eds.): Domus Austriae. A festive gift - Hermann Wiesflecker on his 70th birthday. Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz 1983, ISBN 3-201-01238-6 , pp. XXVII – XXXV.

  • Selected regests of the empire under Maximilian I 1493–1519 (= Regesta imperii. Vol. 14, 1–4). 4 volumes. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1990–2004.
  • Austria in the age of Maximilian I. The unification of the countries to form an early modern state. The rise to world power. Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, among others, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7028-0363-7 .
  • Maximilian I. The foundations of the Habsburg world empire. Publishing house for history and politics ao, Vienna ao 1991, ISBN 3-7028-0308-4 .
  • Emperor Maximilian I. The Empire, Austria and Europe at the turn of the modern age. 5 volumes. Oldenbourg et al., Munich et al. 1971–1986, ISBN 3-486-53701-6 ;
    • Volume 1: Youth, Burgundian inheritance and Roman royalty up to sole rule, 1459–1493. 1971, ISBN 3-486-47391-3 ;
    • Volume 2: Imperial Reform and Imperial Policy, 1493–1500. Disempowerment of the king in the empire and in Europe. 1975, ISBN 3-486-47891-5 ;
    • Volume 3: At the height of life, 1500–1508. The big system change. Political resurgence. 1977, ISBN 3-486-48331-5 ;
    • Volume 4: Founding of the Habsburg empire, old age and death. 1508-1519. 1981, ISBN 3-486-49971-8 ;
    • Volume 5: The emperor and his environment. Court, state, economy, society and culture. 1986, ISBN 3-486-49891-6 .
  • Archduke Johann. A life for Styria. Stiasny, Graz 1959.
  • Meinhard the second. Tyrol, Carinthia and their neighboring countries at the end of the 13th century (= publications by the Institute for Austrian Historical Research . Vol. 16, ISSN  1012-5752 = Schlern-Schriften. Vol. 124). Innsbruck 1955.
  • The regests of the Counts of Gorizia and Tyrol, Count Palatine in Carinthia. (Volume 2 as: The Regests of the Counts of Tyrol and Görz, Dukes of Carinthia. ). 2 volumes. Wagner, Innsbruck 1949–1952.
    • Volume 1: 957–1271 (= publications of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. Series 4, Department 1, Vol. 1, ZDB -ID 504284-7 );
    • Volume 2, delivery 1: Die Regesten Meinhards II. (I.) 1271–1295 (= publications of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. Series 4, Department 1, Vol. 2, 1).

literature

  • Dieter A. Binder: Hermann Paul Wiesflecker. In: Siegfried Koß, Wolfgang Löhr (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon des KV. 7th part (= Revocatio historiae. Volume 9). Akadpress, Essen 2010, ISBN 978-3-939413-12-7 , pp. 168-170.
  • Walter Höflechner, Helmut J. Mezler-Angelberg, Othmar Pickl (eds.): Domus Austriae. A festive gift - Hermann Wiesflecker on his 70th birthday. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1983, ISBN 3-201-01238-6 .
  • Erwin Kolbitsch: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hermann Wiesflecker on the completion of his 75th year. In: Osttiroler Heimatblätter. Vol. 56, No. 10, October 27, 1988, ZDB -ID 522805-0 , pp. 1-3 ( online ).
  • Alexander Novotny, Othmar Pickl (ed.): Festschrift Hermann Wiesflecker for the sixtieth birthday. Historical Institute of the University of Graz, Graz 1973.
  • Walter Pohl , with the assistance of Karel Hruza and Manfred Hollegger: Hermann Wiesflecker. Obituary. In: Almanac. Austrian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 160, 2010, ISSN  0078-3447 , pp. 589-595.
  • Wiesflecker, Hermann (Paul). In: Fritz Fellner , Doris A. Corradini: Austrian History in the 20th Century. A biographical-bibliographical lexicon (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 99). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-205-77476-0 , p. 452 f.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Walter Pohl, with the assistance of Karel Hruza and Manfred Hollegger: Hermann Wiesflecker. Obituary. In: Almanac. Austrian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 160, 2010, pp. 589-595, here: p. 590.
  2. ^ Walter Pohl, with the assistance of Karel Hruza and Manfred Hollegger: Hermann Wiesflecker. Obituary. In: Almanac. Austrian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 160, 2010, pp. 589-595, here: p. 594.
  3. ^ Walter Pohl, with the assistance of Karel Hruza and Manfred Hollegger: Hermann Wiesflecker. Obituary. In: Almanac. Austrian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 160, 2010, pp. 589-595, here: p. 595.
predecessor Office successor
Franz Sauer Rector of the University of Graz
1964–1965 		Anton Tautscher
personal data
SURNAME Wiesflecker, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiesflecker, Hermann Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Lienz
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 2009
Place of death Graz