Josef Zösmair

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Josef Zösmair (1845–1928)

Josef Zösmair (born November 11, 1845 in Bruneck in Pustertal , † June 6, 1928 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian teacher, name researcher and historian.

Live and act

Josef Zösmair came from a farming family. After attending the grammar school in Brixen , he studied in Innsbruck , where he passed the teaching examination for history and geography in 1871. From 1872 to 1888 he taught at the middle school in Feldkirch , where he was appointed professor in 1874. At the same time, he wrote a large number of articles on Vorarlberg onomatology and history from early history to modern times, for which the city of Feldkirch made him an honorary citizen and the Vorarlberg State Museum Association made him an honorary member. From 1888 to 1903 and again during the First World War, he taught at the Innsbruck grammar school. For a time, Zösmair ran the business in Feldkirch for the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its surroundings ; on the occasion of his 80th birthday he was granted honorary membership. His estate is kept in the Vorarlberg State Archives in Bregenz.

Zösmair was married and had a son who died in the First World War.

Fonts (selection)

  • The place names of Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein from personal names. A contribution to the settlement history of these areas. Publishing house of the Vorarlberger Buchdruck-Gesellschaft, Bregenz 1921.
  • with Otto Stolz and Hans von Voltelini : Tyrol and Vorarlberg (= Historical Atlas of the Austrian Alpine Countries. Volume 3). Holzhausen, Vienna 1919.
  • History of Rudolf the last of the old Counts of Bregenz (1097–1160). With family tree. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 44, 1915, pp. 25-39. Digitized
  • About Bregenz Castle. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings . Volume 26, 1897, pp. 7-21. Digitized
  • Ulrich Tränkle von Feldkirch and Thomas Lürer, allegedly von Rankweil, two chroniclers from Vorarlberg of the Middle Ages. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 15, 1886, pp. 10-26. Digitized
  • About the castles Alt- and Neu-Montfort in Vorarlberg. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 10, 1880, pp. 122-144. Digitized
  • Political history of Vorarlberg in the 13th and 14th centuries under the Counts of Montfort and Werdenberg (= annual report of the United KK State Middle Schools in Feldkirch. Vol. 22–24). Wagner, Innsbruck 1877–1879.

literature

  • Franz Häfele : Josef Zösmair †. In: Heimat, Vorarlbergermonthshefte. Local history reports from the Vorarlberger Landesmuseum and local history museums. Vol. 9, 1928, Issue 7, pp. 193-197. Digitized
  • Franz Häfele: Head of school Josef Zösmair on his 80th birthday. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 53, 1924, pp. 8-14 digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald Derschka : The association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. A look back at one hundred and fifty years of club history 1868–2018. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 136, 2018, pp. 1–302, here p. 19, p. 226, p. 229.
  2. ^ Directory of artistic, scientific and cultural-political legacies in Austria [1]
personal data
SURNAME Zösmair, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian teacher, name researcher and historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Brunico , Val Pusteria
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1928
Place of death innsbruck