Richard Georg Plaschka

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Richard Georg Plaschka (born July 8, 1925 at Vöttau Castle (today Bítov in South Moravia , Czech Republic); † October 27, 2001 in Vienna ) was an Austrian historian.

Life

From 1958 to 1988, Plaschka was director of the Austrian Institute for East and Southeast Europe. From 1967 to 1988 he was university professor for Eastern European history at the University of Vienna , from 1981/1982 he was rector of the University of Vienna.

As a native Sudeten he joined as a student of K.Ö.HV Nordgau Vienna and was also a member of the KaV Saxo-Sydney Prague in Vienna later ÖCV the Cartellverbindung the expellees from Bohemia and Moravia in Austria, in the re-establishment in 1951 in Vienna, he was significantly involved.

Plaschka was a real member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and one of the leading representatives of Austrian Habsburg research, and throughout his life tried to establish connections with his colleagues in Central and Eastern Europe.

Awards

Publications

  • Cattaro - Prague. Revolt and revolution. The Austro-Hungarian Navy and Army in the fire of the uprising movements of February 1 and October 28, 1918 (= publications of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ost. 3, ZDB ID 2008197-2 ). Böhlau, Graz et al. 1963.
  • as editor with Karlheinz Mack: The dissolution of the Habsburg Empire. Collapse and reorientation in the Danube region (= series of publications by the Austrian Institute for East and Southeast Europe. 3, ZDB -ID 504084-X ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1970.
  • with Horst Haselsteiner and Arnold Suppan : Inner front. Military assistance, resistance and overthrow in the Danube Monarchy 1918 (= publications by the Austrian Institute for East and Southeast Europe. 8–9). 2 volumes (Vol. 1: Between Strike and Mutiny. Vol. 2: Overthrow. ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-486-47911-3 (Vol. 1), ISBN 3-486-47921-0 (Vol. 2).
  • Sailors, officers, rebels. Crisis confrontations at sea 1900–1918. Taku, Tsushima, Coronel / Falkland, “Potemkin”, Wilhelmshaven, Cattaro (= publications of the Austrian Institute for East and Southeast Europe. 12–13). 2 volumes (Vol. 1: Factors of Expansion. Vol. 2: Germ cells of the Revolution. ). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1984, ISBN 3-205-08098-X (vol. 1), ISBN 3-205-08097-1 (vol. 2).
  • Nationalism, state authority, resistance. Aspects of national and social development in East Central and Southeast Europe. Ceremony for the 60th birthday (= series of publications by the Austrian Institute for Eastern and South Eastern Europe. 11). Oldenburg, Munich 1985. ISBN 3-486-52831-9 .
  • Resistance avant-garde. Model cases of military rebellion in the 19th and 20th centuries (= studies on politics and administration. 60). 2 volumes. Böhlau, Wien et al. 2000, ISBN 3-205-98390-4 ( review at sehepunkte.de ; PDF; 40 kB).

Richard Georg Plaschka Prize

Plaschka is the namesake of a prize that has been awarded every two years by the Austrian Academy of Sciences since 2004. It is aimed at scientifically active persons who have made exceptional achievements in the field of East, East Central and Southeast European history and are younger than 40 years. The prize is endowed with € 3,700. The first prizewinner in 2004 was Emilia Hrabovec (University of Vienna).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otto Drischel: The resurrection of Saxo-Bavaria-Prague in Vienna . In: The ribbon that wraps around us 1900–2000 Festschrift of the K.Ö.HV Nordgau Wien . Vienna 2000, p. 189.
  2. ^ Anton Gindely Prize ( memento of February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on the IDM website, accessed on November 22, 2011
  3. ↑ AAS 91 (1999), n.10, p. 1015.

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personal data
SURNAME Plaschka, Richard Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plaschka, Richard G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Bítov , South Moravia
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 2001
Place of death Vienna