Oswin Moro

Typical documentary photo by Moro from St. Oswald around 1926

Oswin Moro (born December 22, 1895 in Hermagor , Carinthia , † August 19, 1941 in Graz ) was an ethnologist and teacher. He was particularly interested in the mountain village of St. Oswald near Bad Kleinkirchheim in the Nock Mountains , where he precisely documented the working techniques of mountain farmers from 1924 to 1941. He was instrumental in founding the former “Carinthian Local Museum” and initiated the transfer of the Bodner House to the Maria Saal open-air museum .

biography

Moro was born in Hermagor as the son of the government councilor Hugo Moro (1865–1954), who made a name for himself as a collector in the folklore field and was a Carinthian dialect poet. After graduating from the Villach Peraugymnasium in 1914, Oswin studied German at the University of Graz . From 1921 assistant teacher, from 1923 Moro worked as a professor at the higher vocational school in Villach. In addition to his job as a teacher at what would later become the Federal College for Building and Applied Arts, he devoted himself to the folkloric appraisal of mountain farming in St. Oswald for almost twenty years with great intensity . Due to his connection to the peasants, which is very unusual for a city dweller, he experienced their everyday life, which enabled a thorough understanding of the peasant spirituality. He made countless handwritten notes, photographed and made sketches, analyzed the construction and function of the courtyards and the working techniques, observed customs and traditions and all other expressions of the people's soul. In addition to individual publications as essays, the comprehensive folklore monograph that he had planned was only published after his sudden death. His extensive photographic work is still unpublished today. His brother Gotbert Moro (1902–1987) acted as editor .

Oswin Moro is buried in Leibnitz near Graz. On October 26, 1942, a tomb dedicated by the Carinthian Landsmannschaft and the Carinthian Museum of Local History was given to the bereaved at the resting place . On September 9, 1950, a commemorative plaque was unveiled as part of the 5th Austrian Folklore Conference in St. Oswald to honor his folklore work. In Villach, Dr.-Oswin-Moro-Straße is named after the Carinthian field researcher.

Publications (selection)

• Farm and work in Kleinkirchheim and St. Oswald. In:  Carinthia I. Historical contributions to the local history of Carinthia , born in 1939, pp. 118–180. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Advent and Christmas in a Carinthian mountain village (St. Oswald ob Kleinkirchheim). In:  Carinthia I. Historical contributions to the local history of Carinthia , born 1943, pp. 166–173. (Online at ANNO ). .
• St. Oswald ob Kleinkirchheim. People, customs, customs of the year. A book from Carinthian mountain farming . Verlag des Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1951, series title: Archive for patriotic history and topography , No. 34/35, OBV .
• Folklore from the Carinthian Nock region. Folk medicine, popular belief, folk poetry, folk art, court life and working life . Publishing house of the history association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1952, OBV .
  • -. Photomechanical reprint of the edition from 1952, 2nd, supplemented edition. Verlag des Geschichtsvereines für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1992, series title: Archives for patriotic history and topography , No. 72, ISBN 3-85454-073-6 .

literature

• Viktor v (on) Geramb :  Oswin Moro. A memory of -. In:  Carinthia I. Historical contributions to the local history of Carinthia , year 1941, pp. 519–543. (Online at ANNO ). .
• G (otbert) Moro :  Moro Oswin. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 375.

Web links

Commons : Oswin Moro  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Moro, Oswin in the general catalog of the Austrian Library Association .
• Directory of Dr. Oswin Moro wrote folklore works. In:  Carinthia I. Historical contributions to the local history of Carinthia , year 1941, pp. 544–549. (Online at ANNO ). .
• Literature by and about Oswin Moro in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A tomb for Dr. Oswin Moro. Honor at the grave of the Carinthian homeland researcher. In:  Alpenländische Rundschau , No. 46/1942, November 14, 1942, p. 5, column 2. (Online at ANNO ). .

Remarks

1. ↑ Now the folklore department of the State Museum for Carinthia in Klagenfurt .
2. ↑ Some previously unpublished photos, see: Armin Pertl: Urgestein - on the trail of Oswin Moro in St. Oswald . Heyn, Klagenfurt 2007.