Julius Bielz

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Julius Bielz (born March 18, 1884 in Orlat , Transylvania , † June 9, 1958 in Sibiu ) was a Transylvanian , k. u. k Austrian , later Romanian lawyer, art historian and folklorist .

Julius Bielz was the son of the doctor Julius Friedrich Bielz (1856-1927) and his wife Bertha, née Rannicher (1863-1925). He attended grammar school in Sibiu and then studied law in Kecskemét , Berlin, Munich and Klausenburg and received his doctorate in 1907. He entered the civil service at the Supreme State Audit Office in Vienna and was promoted to court counselor . After the First World War , Bielz worked until 1924 in Vienna, Budapest and Rome as a Romanian representative in the commission dealing with the dissolution of the monarchy. He then retired from civil service and devoted himself to folklore research.

In 1927 Bielz was appointed honorary curator of the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu. In 1927 he took over the board of directors of the Sebastian Hann Association for domestic artistic endeavors , in 1930 he became president of the Society of Friends of the Brukenthal Museum , in 1937 he took over the chairmanship of the German theater community in Romania and headed the cultural council of the German national community in Romania until 1940 .

After the Second World War , Bielz was an employee of the Brukenthal Museum and was appointed deputy director in 1955. Julius Bielz died of heart failure during a concert on June 9, 1958. He was buried two days later in the Sibiu Central Cemetery.

Fonts (selection)

  • The descendants of Peter Bergleiter immigrated to Transylvania in 1686. Sibiu 1926
  • Guide to the folklore collection of the Baron Brukenthal Museum. Sibiu 1928
  • Portrait catalog of the Transylvanian Saxons . Hamburg 1936
  • The guild antiquities in the Baron Brukenthal Museum . Sibiu 1937
  • The folk costume of the Transylvanian Saxons . Bucharest 1956 (Romanian)
  • The Saxon goldsmith's art in Transylvania . Bucharest 1957

literature

  • Julius Bielz - In :: Contributions to the writers' lexicon of the Transylvanian Germans . Volume 6, 1982, pp. 100-114.
  • Julius Bielz . In: Walter Myß (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Transylvanian Saxony . Innsbruck 1993, p. 52.
  • Michael Kroner : Julius Bielz . In: East German Memorial Days 2008 . Bonn 2008, pp. 97-102

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personal data
SURNAME Bielz, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Transylvanian lawyer, art historian and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Orlat , Transylvania
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1958
Place of death Sibiu