Walter Wagner (historian)

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Walter Wagner (born January 13, 1923 in Vienna ; † June 11, 1989 there ) was an Austrian historian specializing in naval history . He was director of the war archive in Vienna.

Life

Wagner was born the son of a railway official. He attended the Schottengymnasium in the 1st district of Vienna ( Inner City ) and, after its dissolution, the Gymnasium IX ( Alsergrund ). After graduating from high school with distinction in 1941, he was called up for military service in the Wehrmacht , and in April 1945 was taken prisoner by the US in Italy (until December 1946).

From 1947 he studied history, philosophy and English at the University of Vienna , in 1951 he was " Emperor Franz Joseph and the German Empire from 1871 to 1914" to Dr. phil. PhD; He passed the rigorous exams with Hugo Hantsch , Leo Santifaller and Josef Keil . From 1951 to 1953 he completed the 46th training course at the Institute for Austrian Historical Research in Vienna (state examination). From 1953 to 1955 he was a scholarship holder of the Austrian Cultural Institute in Rome .

In 1956 he became an archivist in the war archive department of the Austrian State Archives , where he was in charge of the naval inventory from 1957 . In 1962 he was entrusted with the files of the central authorities. In 1966 he became provisional, in 1967 permanent deputy director (under Otto Friedrich Winter ) and in 1983 director. In 1988 the councilor retired.

From 1960 he was also a lecturer for the archive of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . He was also a member of the International Commission for Military History and Chairman of the Working Group for Austrian Naval History (from 1975). His articles appeared a. a. in the New German Biography .

Wagner, a Roman Catholic, was married to the art historian Renate Wagner-Rieger and had three children. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Fonts (selection)

  • The highest authorities of the Austro-Hungarian Navy 1856–1918 (= communications from the Austrian State Archives . Supplement 6). Berger, Vienna a. a. 1961.
  • History of the Imperial and Royal Ministry of War . 2 volumes, Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 1966/71.
  • Volume 1: 1848–1866 (= studies on the history of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . Vol. 5). 1966.
  • Volume 2: 1866–1888 (= studies on the history of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . Vol. 10). 1971.
  • The history of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . Edited by the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Rosenbaum, Vienna 1967.
  • From Austerlitz to Königgrätz. Austrian combat tactics as reflected in the regulations 1805–1864 (= studies on military history, military science and conflict research . Vol. 17). Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1978, ISBN 3-7648-1114-5 .
  • (posthumously with Bruno Dobrić): Mornarička knjižnica: knjižnica austrougarske Mornarice = Kuk naval library . Sveučilišna knjižnica, Pula 1997. [Texts in German and Croatian]

literature

  • Wagner, Walter . In: Fritz Fellner , Doris A. Corradini: Austrian History in the 20th Century. A biographical-bibliographical lexicon (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 99). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 978-3-205-77476-1 , pp. 434-435.
  • Erich Hillbrand : Walter Wagner 1923–1989 [obituary] . In: Mitteilungen des Österreichisches Staatsarchivs 41 (1990), pp. 446–551.
  • Erich Hillbrand, Peter Broucek : Wagner, Walter . In: Peter Broucek, Kurt Peball: History of Austrian Military Historiography . Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-412-05700-2 , pp. 641-642; P. 642 ff. (List of publications).
  • Walter Krause : Walter Wagner † . In: Communications from the Society for Comparative Art Research 41 (1989) 3, p. 10.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Wagner grave site , Vienna, Zentralfriedhof, Group 70, Row 12, No. 3.
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1989
Place of death Vienna