Max Piendl

Max Piendl (born December 10, 1918 in Gehstorf ; † December 19, 1989 in Regensburg ) was a German historian and archivist .

Piendl attended the old grammar school in Regensburg and studied two semesters at the Philosophical-Theological University of Regensburg before doing seven months of imperial labor service. He then served six years in the Wehrmacht within a telecommunications unit that was deployed in France, the Baltic States and Russia. Piendl returned from captivity in June 1945 and began to study Middle and Modern History, auxiliary historical sciences , library studies and art history at the University of Erlangen . In 1948 he was with Erich von Guttenberg with the work Die Grafen von Bogen. PhD in genealogy, property and lordship . Then Piendl completed the Bavarian archival training, which he completed in 1951 with the second state examination. He worked as an archivist in Munich and also worked on the Historical Atlas of Bavaria founded by Max Spindler , to which he contributed three volumes between 1953 and 1957. In July 1957, Piendl became archivist and librarian for the Thurn und Taxis family in Regensburg, additionally entrusted with the care of the princely art collection. Piendl remained in the service of the Thurn und Taxis company until his retirement in 1984. Since the winter semester 1968/69 he has been teaching archive studies and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Regensburg , since 1973 as honorary professor . Piendl's work focused on St. Emmeram and the early Regensburg city topography. In 1961 he founded the Thurn and Taxis Studies series . Piendl's most important art-historical achievement is his discovery of the frescoes by Cosmas Damian Asam in the library of St. Emmeram, which were uncovered between 1967 and 1969.

Fonts (selection)

• Historical Atlas of Bavaria. Commission for Bavarian State History:
  • Volume I, 5: The Kötzting Regional Court . Munich 1953.
  • Volume I, 8: The Cham district court . Munich 1955.
  • Volume I, 10: Duchy of Sulzbach. District judge Sulzbach . Munich 1957.
• The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis. On the history of the house and the Thurn and Taxis Post. Pustet, Regensburg 1980.

literature

• Martin Dallmeier: Dr. Max Piendl in memoriam . In: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg 130 (1990), p. 303 f.
• Franz Karg (Ed.): Regensburg and East Bavaria. Max Piendl in memory. Laßleben, Kallmünz 1991.
• Andreas Kraus : Obituary Max Piendl †. In: Journal for Bavarian State History 53 (1990), pp. 155–158 ( digitized version )