Thomas Nägler

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Thomas Nägler (born January 30, 1939 in Slimnic ; † November 4, 2011 in Neuhausen auf den Fildern , Germany ) was a Romanian archaeologist, historian and politician from the German-speaking minority of the Transylvanian Saxons . His focus was on the history of Transylvania .

Life

Nägler's Alsatian ancestors arrived in Transylvania in 1756. Thomas Nägler was the oldest of three children in a farming family. He first attended elementary school in his home village Slimnic and later the pedagogical lyceum and the Brukenthal lyceum in Sibiu , which he graduated in 1957. From 1957 to 1962 he studied history and philosophy at the University of Cluj . The title of his thesis was Relaţiile franco-germane între anii 1871–1890 and dealt with Franco-German relations between 1871 and 1890.

After completing his studies, he returned to Sibiu in 1962. There he was not allowed to take up a post at the State Archives and instead became a curator at the local Brukenthal Museum , where he was able to continue his research on the history of Transylvania in the Middle Ages and in modern times. From 1963 on, Nägler made numerous trips to the south of Transylvania to lead archaeological excavations in fortified churches , cemeteries and settlements. After winning a competition, he moved to the Research Institute of the Romanian Academy in Sibiu as a research assistant in 1969. In 1970 he also took on a teaching position at the University of Sibiu. In 1974, Nägler received his doctorate from the Faculty of History in Cluj with the dissertation Aşezarea saşilor în Transilvania , which he published in 1979 in German and 1981 in Romanian.

After the Romanian Revolution of 1989 , Thomas Nägler became the first director of the Institutul de Cercetări Socio-Umane Sibiu and held this position until he retired in 1994. He also went into politics in 1990 and was chairman of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania , until he was replaced by Paul Philippi in 1992 . From 1990 to 1994, Nägler was the main editor of the journal “Research on Folklore and Regional Studies”.

After a break of several years, in 1992 he again took over a professorship for the history of the Byzantine Empire and the Middle Ages at the Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu and held lectures in this area until 2010. From 1994, Nägler also supervised doctoral students at the history faculty. On October 19, 2006, the Lucian Blaga University awarded him an honorary doctorate . Thomas Nägler died of a heart attack on November 4, 2011, leaving behind his wife and a daughter.

Publications (selection)

  • The settlement of the Transylvanian Saxons. 1979
  • History of the Germans on the territory of Romania. (Istoria germanilor pe teritoriul României - red. C. Göllner ), co-author, Bucharest, 1979
  • History of the Transylvanian-Saxon Agriculture. (Istoria agriculturii la sașii transilvăneni), with J. Schobel and K. Drotleff, Bucharest, 1984
  • Aşezarea saşilor in Transylvania. Bucureşti, Editura Kriterion , 1992;
  • Românii și sașii până la 1848. (1997 in Romanian, 1999 in German)
  • Populația românească în sudul Transilvaniei și caracterul colonizării săsești în secolele XII -XIII. - în studii și articole de istorie. vol. XIII, 1969.
  • Istoria Transilvaniei, vol. I (până la 1541). Coordinators Ioan Aurel Pop and Thomas Nägler, Ed., Center for Transylvanian Studies 2003
  • Istoria Transilvaniei, vol. II (de la 1541 până la 1711). Ioan Aurel Pop, Thomas Nägler, Cluj-Napoca, Ed., Center for Transylvanian Studies, 2005
  • The History of Transylvania, vol. I (until 1541). coord. Ioan Aurel Pop, Thomas Nägler, Cluj-Napoca, Center for Transylvanian Studies, 2005
  • Tilișca medieval castle after its archaeological exploration. In: Research on folklore and regional studies. Bucharest, 1959.
  • Cercetările feudale de la Orlat și continuitatea românilor în sudul Transilvaniei. In: Muzeul Brukenthal. Studii și comunicări, arheology-history. 1977.
  • To the use of the expression "terra deserta" in some documents of the 12-13. Century. In: Muzeul Brukenthal. Studii și comunicări, arheology-history. 1974.
  • Cercetările din cetatea de la Breaza (Făgăraș). In: Muzeul Brukenthal. Studii și comunicări, arheology-history. 1969.
  • The settlement of the Saxons in Transylvania and their contribution to the development of the Romanian feudal society. In: Studies on the history of the German nationality and its fraternization with the Romanian nation. Bucharest, 1976.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Revista Transilvania 11-12 / 2006 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 75 kB), accessed on March 11, 2013 (Romanian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.revistatransilvania.ro
  2. ↑ Thomas Nägler - un arbore al comunității germane , accessed on March 11, 2013 (Romanian)
  3. ↑ On the death of Thomas Nägler , accessed on March 11, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Nägler, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian archaeologist, historian and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Slimnic
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 2011
Place of death Neuhausen on the Fildern , Germany