Ignaz Franz Keiblinger

Ignaz Franz Keiblinger (born September 20, 1797 in Vienna ; † July 3 or 4, 1869 there ) was an Austrian historian .

Life

Coming from a humble background, his parents working in the monastery office enabled him to attend the Melk Abbey High School. There he was already interested in historical studies, in which he was supported by Abbot Anton Reyberger . He then studied philosophy in Vienna and entered Melk Abbey as a novice in 1814 . He completed his theological studies at the Göttweig Abbey and at the seminary of the diocese of St. Pölten . The vows followed in 1818, the ordination as a priest in 1820. First he was a teacher at the collegiate high school, then professor of morals at the Melk theological college. He was also a librarian and archivist in the monastery. In 1848 he became a corresponding member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences .

Works (selection)

• History of the Benedictine monastery in Lower Austria, its possessions and surroundings .
  • Volume 1: History of the pen. With images of Roman stones and seals , Vienna 1851.
  • Volume 2: History of the possessions. With illustrations of buildings and seals , Vienna 1869.

Web links

• Entry on Ignaz Franz Keiblinger in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
• Literature by and about Ignaz Franz Keiblinger in the bibliographic database WorldCat

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Keiblinger, Ignaz Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, pp. 130–132 ( digitized version ).
• Franz Heinrich Reusch :  Keiblinger, Ignaz Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 529 f.
• Ignaz Franz Keiblinger. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 281.