Walter Höflechner

Walter Höflechner (born October 23, 1943 in Cilli , Slovenia ) is an Austrian historian .

Live and act

Walter Höflechner studied history at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz from 1962 to 1967 and completed an apprenticeship at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research at the University of Vienna from 1965 to 1968 . In 1968 he became sub auspiciis praesidentis to Dr. phil. PhD . From 1968 to 1977 he was university assistant at the Institute for History at the University of Graz and in 1968 he was commissioned to set up the university archive. In 1974 he completed his habilitation in Austrian history at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Graz. In 1977 he became associate professor and from 1998 professor for Austrian history at the Institute for History at the University of Graz.

In 1980 he was a co-founder of the Austrian Society for the History of Science and from 1981 a member of the State Historical Commission for Styria .

From 1983 to 1992 he was head of the university archive as well as editor and later editor of the publications from the archive of the University of Graz and from 1983 to 2001 Harry Kühnel was chairman of the section for scientific and cultural history of the Austrian Historians' Day . In 1988 he became the first curator of the David Herzog Fund at the University of Graz.

In 1993 he started working with the University of Shkodra in Albania , which made him Professor honoris causa in 1995 and an honorary doctorate in 2002 .

In 1995 he was a founding member of the Society for the History of University and Science and became a member of the International Commission for University History . In 1999 he became a member of a task force of the European Rectors' Conference for the University of Pristina .

From 1999 to 2004 he was dean of the humanities faculty at the University of Graz.

Awards

• 1994: Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art
• 1995: Professor honoris causa at the University of Shkodra , Albania
• 1996: Order " Naim Frashëri " of the Republic of Albania
• 1997: Honorary Citizen of the City of Shkodra , Albania
• 1998: Certificate of honor from the Israelite Community of Graz
• 2002: Honorary doctorate from Shkodra University, Albania
• 2003: Cross of Honor 1st Class for Science and Art of the Republic of Austria

Fonts

Monographs , extensive articles

• The ambassadors of the European powers, especially the emperor and the empire. 1490–1500 (= Archive for Austrian History. Volume 129). Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Graz 1972, ISBN 3-205-04409-6 .
• with Roderich Fellner: Ophthalmology at the University of Graz. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1973, ISBN 3-201-00858-3 .
• History at the University of Graz. 1729-1848. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1975, ISBN 3-201-00924-5 .
• Biography and history of science. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1981.
• with Adolf Hohenester: Ludwig Boltzmann . 1844-1906. Completion of classical thermodynamics. A documentation. Exhibition in the Deutsches Museum, November 15 - December 29, 1985. Deutsches Museum, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-924183-05-8 .
• On the history of the University of Graz. In: Kurt Freisitzer, Walter Höflechner, Hans-Ludwig Holzer, Wolfgang Mantl (eds.): Tradition and Challenge. 400 years of the University of Graz. Graz 1985, pp. 3-141.
• The builders of future happiness. Fragment of a history of higher education in Austria from the end of the 19th century to 1938. Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz 1988, ISBN 3-201-01469-9 .
• The Austrian Rectors' Conference. 1911-1938, 1945-1969. Austrian Rectors' Conference, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-901113-08-8 .
• History of the Karl-Franzens-University Graz. From the beginning until 2005 (= Karl-Franzens-University Graz: General Scientific Series. Volume 1). With the collaboration of Ingrid Maria Wagner. Leykam, Graz 2006, ISBN 3-7011-0058-6 .

Editing

• Contributions and materials on the history of science in Austria. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1981, ISBN 3-201-01175-4 .
• Domus Austriae. Festgabe Hermann Wiesflecker on the 70th birthday. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1983, ISBN 3-201-01238-6 .
• with Kurt Freisitzer, Hans-Ludwig Holzer and Wolfgang Mantl: tradition and challenge. 400 years of the University of Graz. Graz 1985.
• with Günter Bernhard, Wolfgang Zach : Bibliography of the Faculty of Humanities, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz. Academic printing and publishing company, Graz.
  • Volume 1: 1986, ISBN 3-201-01301-3 .
  • Volume 2: 1990, ISBN 3-201-01535-0 .
• Boltzmann, Ludwig: Complete edition. Volume 9: Life and Letters. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1994, ISBN 3-201-01629-2 .
• Andreas Schweiger: David Herzog . Memories of a Rabbi 1932–1940. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1997, ISBN 3-201-01639-X .
• with Alexandra Wagner: memories and letters. Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. Academic printing and publishing company, Graz.
  • Volume 1: For orientation and memories. 2011.
  • Volume 2: Letters 1790 to the end of 1819. 2011.
  • Volume 3: Appendix, original, typescript. 2011

Web links

• Literature by and about Walter Höflechner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Walter Höflechner on the website of the University of Graz