Ludwig Welti

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Ludwig Welti (born October 25, 1904 in Fraxern , † November 7, 1971 in Bregenz ) was a historian and state archivist in Vorarlberg, Austria .

Life

Ludwig Welti comes from a well-educated family for the time. His father Gottlieb Welti, who came from Hohenems , was a teacher in Fraxern. His mother, Josefine Vetter from Lustenau , was the granddaughter of a teacher and the sister of the pastor from Fraxern and Hohenems. His connection to the communities of Lustenau and Hohenems can also be seen in his later work.

After high school in Bregenz, he studied history and geography in Innsbruck and Vienna .

In 1933, Ludwig Welti became head of the newly created Lustenau local group of the Fatherland Front .

In 1940 he was called up for military service. In 1946 he returned from captivity and began his work in the Vorarlberg State Archives on September 1, 1947 , which he carried out until December 31, 1969 - from 1963 as scientific director.

Ludwig Welti was followed by Karl Heinz Burmeister (1970–2001) as state archivist .

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Coat of arms of the imperial rule Blumenegg (from Scheibler's book of arms , 1450)

The history of the Counts of Hohenems was the thematic focus in Welti's work. The two extensive monographs on Jakob Hannibal I von Hohenems and Kaspar von Hohenems are particularly worth mentioning . He is also represented in homeland books (Lustenauer Heimatbuch, Montafoner Heimatbuch, Hohenems Geschichte), encyclopedias and commemorative publications. In Hohenems today the Ludwig-Welti-Straße commemorates the work of the historian.

Welti also dealt with the history of the rule of Blumenegg . and he left over 160 titles with historical works.

Fonts

  • History of the Reichsgrafschaft Hohenems and the Reichshof Lustenau . 1930
  • Remember parakeet and Wolf Dietrich von Ems . 1952
  • Count Jakob Hannibal I of Hohenems . 1954
  • The churches of Hohenems, Vorarlberg . 1956
  • Bildstein / Vorarlberg . 1957
  • Count Kaspar von Hohenems . 1963
  • Contributions to the history of the Lake Constance area from a Vorarlbergian-Austrian point of view , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 86th year 1968, pp. 205–216 ( digitized version )
  • Bludenz as the Austrian bailiwick 1418-1806. A regional administrative history . 1971
  • Settlement and social history of Vorarlberg . Edited from the estate by Nikolaus Grass. 1973

Awards

  • 1963 entry in the honor book of the University of Innsbruck
  • 1967 honorary member of the Vorarlberger Landesmuseumsverein

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Stetter , Siegfried König: Lustenauer family book . tape III . Federsee-Verlag, Konstanz 2012, ISBN 978-3-925171-96-3 , p. 267 .
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Scheffknecht: 100 years market town Lustenau . Lustenau 2003, ISBN 3-900954-06-2 , pp. 200 .
  3. ↑ Reichsherrschaft Blumenegg ( Memento of the original dated November 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 232 kB) Files and documents 1351-1836 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.llv.li
  4. ↑ Dr. Ludwig Welti (1904-1971) historian, state archivist
personal data
SURNAME Welti, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Fraxern
DATE OF DEATH 7th November 1971
Place of death Bregenz