Leopold von Beckh-Widmannstetter

Leopold von Beckh-Widmannstetter (born November 15, 1841 in Graz , † March 5, 1903 in Vienna ) was an Austrian historian and officer.

When the officer Beckh-Widmannstetter retired as captain of the Austro-Hungarian Styrian Infantry Regiment "Albert I. King of the Belgians" No. 27, he dealt with historiography and worked as an archivist for the Order of Teutonic Knights . He was also the secretary of the Historical Association for Styria. In 1875 he was appointed correspondent of the kk Central Commission for Styria, and from 1902 for Lower Austria. Beckh-Widmannstetter was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Works

• A struggle for justice , 1884
• The Widmannstetter family since 1668 , 1887
• Legal battles since the beginning of the century, experienced by the Styrian Beckh-Widmanstetter family. Origin u. Consequences of legal errors, mostly caused by unrecognized errors. Budapest 1896. Digitized
•  Kramny: List of articles and authors from the communications of the kk Central Commission for the research and preservation of architectural monuments . 1856-1906, p. 1

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Beckh-Widmanstetter, Leopold von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 55th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1887, pp. 272–278 ( digitized version ).
• Leopold von Beckh-Widmannstetter. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 63.