Karl Atz

Badge at the Terlano Benefiziatenhaus

Memorial stone for Karl Atz at the burial place of the Terlan priests, south side of the Terlan parish church

Karl Atz (born October 15, 1832 in Kaltern , † February 1, 1913 in Terlan ) was a South Tyrolean art historian and Catholic priest .

Karl Atz was ordained a priest in 1857 , from 1857 to 1868 and from 1869 to 1910 he worked as a pastor in Terlan. From 1868 he was beneficiary (responsible for a benefice) in Terlan.

From 1872 he was a board member of the Bolzano Art and Museum Association, from 1875 curator for art and historical monuments and from 1882 founding chairman of the Bolzano Museum Association . In 1866–1869 he published the “Kirchenfreund”, 1870–1873 and 1885–1901 the “Kunstfreund”.

The Karl-Atz-Platz in Terlan was named after him.

Fonts

• Chronicle of Terlan , Bozen 1901 ( digital copy online from Teßmann )
• Art history of Tyrol and Vorarlberg , Innsbruck, Wagner 1909, 2nd edition ( digitized online from Teßmann )
• Karl Atz, Adelgott Schatz: The German part of the Diocese of Trento. Topographically, historically, statistically and archaeologically described , 5 volumes, Bozen: Ferrari-Auer 1903/10
  • Volume I: The Bozen Decanate ( digital copy online at Teßmann )
  • Volume II: The Deanery Neumarkt and Kaltern ( digital copy online from Teßmann )
  • Volume III: The Deanery Sarntal, Klausen and Kastelrut ( digitized online at Teßmann )
  • Volume IV: The Deanery Lana and Meran ( digital copy online at Teßmann )
  • Volume V: The Deanery Passeier and Schlanders ( digital version online at Teßmann )

literature

• Atz Karl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 34.
• Leo Andergassen : Karl Atz as an art historian. In: The Sciliar . Vol. 88 (2014), H. 2, pp. 42-59.
• Josef Nössing: Karl Atz and the Bolzano Museum Association. In: The Sciliar. Vol. 88 (2014), H. 2, pp. 20-31.
• Krista Profanter: Bibliography of publications by Karl Atz (1832–1913). In: The Sciliar. Vol. 88 (2014), H. 2, pp. 60-79.
• Helmut Stampfer : Karl Atz as a monument conservator. In: The Sciliar. Vol. 88 (2014), H. 2, pp. 32-41.
• Anselm Sparber : In memory of the curator Karl Atz. In: The Sciliar . Vol. 23 (1949), H. 9/10, pp. 380-384. (on-line)

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Atz in the catalog of the German National Library