Oswald Balzer
Oswald Marian Balzer (born January 23, 1858 in Chodorów , Austrian Empire , † January 11, 1933 in Lwów , Poland ) was a historian of the Polish social order and legislation.
Life
His father, Franz Balzer, was an Austrian civil servant. The young Oswald attended the elementary school in Chodorów, then he learned in the Imperial-Royal Roman-Catholic model school in Lemberg. Then he attended the 3rd KuK Franz-Josef-Gymnasium in Lemberg. After graduating from high school in 1878, he began studying at the law faculty of Lviv University . In his fourth year he attended the Jagiellonian University in Krakow .
Balzer completed his habilitation in 1885 on the basis of the treatise "The Genesis of the Royal Tribunal". In 1887 he was appointed associate professor at Lviv University, where he worked in the period 1887–1933.
In 1890 he was appointed full professor of Polish private law and the history of Polish law. In 1891 he was appointed director of the state archive of district and basic files in Lemberg.
In 1902 he represented the government of the crown land of Galicia and Lodomeria in the dispute between Galicia and Hungary over the Meerauge mountain lake in the Tatra Mountains . The matter was decided in favor of Galicia before the court of arbitration in Graz . The limit set at that time is still valid today.
He was always non-party. During the Polish-Soviet War in August 1920, the State Defense Council suggested that he be chairman of the State Defense Tribunal. In 1921 he was the first representative of Polish scientists to be awarded the Order of the White Eagle .
In 1901 he was the founder and long-time chairman of the Lviv Scientific Society, a member of the Polish Academy of Learning in Cracow , the Academies of Sciences in Prague , St. Petersburg , Sofia, Zagreb, and the Warsaw Scientific Society .
He was honored with honorary doctorates from five universities:
- Jan Kazimierz University of Lviv 1903
- Charles University Prague 1909
- Warsaw University 1921
- Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan 1926
- Stefan Batory University Vilna 1928.
He was buried in the Łyczakowski Cemetery in Lviv.
literature
- Roman Nowacki: Wybitni uczeni Uniwersytetu Jana Kazimierza - Oswald Balzer (1858–1933). Rocznik Lwowski, No. 4/1999, Instytut Lwowski, Warsaw, ISSN 1230-0829
Web links
- Publications by Oswald Balzer in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balzer, Oswald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balzer, Oswald Marian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chodorów |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1933 |
| Place of death | Lviv |