Walter Hummelberger

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Walter Hummelberger (born September 16, 1913 in Kladno , Austria-Hungary , † June 7, 1995 in Vienna ) was an Austrian historian and important weapons expert . He was head of the weapons collection of the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna .

Life

Hummelberger was born in 1913 in Bohemia as the son of Franz Hummelberger , who was general manager of Poldi Hütte from 1932 to 1945 . From 1932 to 1936 he studied modern history and folklore at the German University in Prague and in 1936 at Heinz Zatschek and Anton Ernst Berger with the dissertation The Battle of Marengo to Dr. phil. PhD.

From 1936 to 1938 he did military service in the Czechoslovak Army ; his last rank was a second lieutenant in the reserve. In 1940 he was provisional director of the previously established branch of the German Army Archives in Prague for a few months ; he was followed by Lieutenant General Hans Lieber , a close associate of General of the Artillery Friedrich von Rabenau . Then Hummelberger became head of the registry department. He, who was considered "politically unreliable", was not accepted as an officer in the Wehrmacht , instead he served as a sergeant in the 136th Mountain Division of the 2nd Mountain Division during World War II .

After the end of the war he had to leave his home . In November 1945 he initially became an unpaid volunteer in the Vienna War Archives . From 1947 he was a civil servant in the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna , where he was responsible for the weapons collection. In 1964 he was promoted to senior councilor. In 1973 he retired from service.

Hummelberger was u. a. Contributor to the Jedlicka volume Our Army, 300 Years of Austrian Soldierhood (1963) and author of several articles in the Neue Deutsche Biographie and in the Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 .

In 1963 he was awarded the Theodor Körner Prize , and in 1971 he was given the title of " Professor ".

Fonts (selection)

  • The civil armory (= Viennese history books . Vol. 9). Zsolnay, Vienna a. a. 1972.
  • with Kurt Peball : The fortifications of Vienna (= Viennese history books . Vol. 14). Zsolnay, Vienna a. a. 1974, ISBN 3-552-02606-1 .
  • (Einf.): Principles of the higher art of war for the generals of the Austrian army (= Bibliotheca rerum militarium . 32). Reprint of the 1806 edition. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-0843-8 .
  • Vienna's first siege by the Turks in 1529 (= Military History Series . H. 33). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Education, Science and Art, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-215-02274-5 .
  • with Isabella Ackerl , Hans Mommsen (Hrsg.): Politics and society in old and new Austria. Festschrift for Rudolf Neck for his 60th birthday . 2 volumes, Oldenbourg, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-486-51021-5 .

literature

  • Peter Broucek : Hummelberger, Walter . In: Peter Broucek, Kurt Peball : History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , p. 411; Pp. 412-420 (list of publications).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Broucek , Kurt Peball : Trends and Goals since 1945 . In: Dies .: History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , pp. 107-180, here: 174 f.
  2. ↑ Register of persons . In: Jaromír Balcar: tanks for Hitler - tractors for Stalin. Large companies in Bohemia and Moravia 1938–1950 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-486-71873-7 , p. 519.
  3. ↑ Michael Hochedlinger : Double-headed eagle or swastika ?. The "Army Archives Vienna" 1938–1945 . In: Mitteilungen des Österreichisches Staatsarchiv 54 (2010), pp. 221–284, here: p. 258.
  4. ^ Peter Broucek : Hummelberger, Walter . In: Peter Broucek, Kurt Peball : History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , p. 411.
  5. ^ Peter Broucek , Kurt Peball : Trends and Goals since 1945 . In: Dies .: History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Köln / Wien 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , pp. 107-180, here: 134.
personal data
SURNAME Hummelberger, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian and prominent arms expert
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Kladno , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1995
Place of death Vienna