Oskar Vasella
Oskar Vasella (born May 15, 1904 in Chur , † December 20, 1966 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) was a Swiss historian .
Life
Oskar Vasella graduated from high school in Disentis / Mustér , Saint-Maurice and Sarnen . He then studied history and philosophy in Freiburg , where he received his doctorate in 1928 with a dissertation on the Dominican monastery of St. Nicolai in Chur. Further studies followed in Bern , Paris and Berlin. In 1931 he completed his habilitation at the University of Freiburg on the educational situation in the Chur diocese of the late Middle Ages .
From 1933 to 1966 Vasella was Professor of Swiss History in Friborg, and from 1948 to 1950 also Rector of the University.
Since 1942 he was married to the kindergarten teacher Ursulina Vieli, the daughter of the Graubünden politician Joseph Vieli . The couple had two daughters and two sons, the chemist Andrea Vasella and the manager Daniel Vasella .
Fonts
- Clergy and peasants. Selected essays on the late Middle Ages and the Reformation in Graubünden and its neighboring areas. Edited by Ursus Brunold and Werner Vogler. Publishing house Bündner monthly sheet et al., Chur et al. 1996, ISBN 3-905241-68-4 .
literature
- Johannes Spörl : Oskar Vasella. In: Historisches Jahrbuch 87 (1967), pp. 252-256.
Web links
- Literature by and about Oskar Vasella in the catalog of the German National Library
- Marco Jorio : Vasella, Oskar. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vasella, Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chur |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1966 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Üechtland |