Karl Ilg

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Karl Ilg (born December 23, 1913 in Dornbirn ; † July 11, 2000 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian folklorist .

Career

After attending elementary school in Dornbirn and the Franziskanergymnasium in Hall , he began studying history and geography at the University of Innsbruck in 1933, and in the same year he joined the K.Ö.HV Leopoldina Innsbruck . He finished his studies in 1937 with a dissertation on the administrative reforms in Vorarlberg under Maria Theresia and Joseph II. Study visits to Rome and Munich followed. In 1939 he became an assistant at the Alemannic Institute in Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1947 he completed his habilitation under Professor Hermann Wopfnerwith his work on the Walsers in Vorarlberg . In 1949 he took over the management of the Institute for Folklore at the University of Innsbruck and was appointed full professor there in 1961 . In 1958 he initiated the establishment of the Austrian Association for Folklore . 1964 and 1965 he worked as dean of the philosophy faculty at the University of Innsbruck. In 1985 he retired .

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His work is devoted exclusively to the areas of the so-called traditional canon of folklore . In particular, Ilg dealt with questions of living culture , the Walser communities in Vorarlberg, and - in his last years as a professor - with the descendants of German emigrants in South America . During his teaching activity, contrary to the political zeitgeist, he stuck to his scientifically sound doctrinal opinion and thus had no part in the reorientation of the subject since the 1960s. His achievements in promoting cultural exchange and the organization of economic development aid for German emigrants in South America, especially in Treze Tílias, Brazil, are undisputed .

Awards

Some publications

  • Regional and folklore, history, economy and art of Vorarlberg. 4 volumes. Innsbruck, 1961-68.
  • Pioneers in Brazil. Innsbruck 1972.
  • Deutschtum in Brazil, Vienna 1978.
  • People and science. Contributions to the folklore of Western Austria, Innsbruck 1979.
  • The Germans in Chile and Argentina, Vienna 1982.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

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personal data
SURNAME Ilg, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Dornbirn
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 2000
Place of death innsbruck