Wilhelm Maximilian Kisch
Wilhelm Maximilian Kisch (born May 18, 1827 in Vienna ; † August 17, 1893 there ) was an Austrian writer and Viennese local historian.
The qualified lawyer Kisch initially served in the Imperial and Royal Army within the framework of military jurisdiction and became captain-auditor, 1st class in 1863. However, Kisch subsequently devoted himself exclusively to writing, published the Wiener Kunsthefte from 1871 to 1873 and collected proverbs.
His main work, to this day a standard work of Viennensia literature, is The old streets and squares of Vienna and their historically interesting houses (1883). Kisch continued his monumental project with a first volume on the Viennese suburbs (published in 1885), the second volume only appeared in 1895 from Kisch's estate.
literature
- Kisch Wilhelm Maximilian. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 350.
Web links
- Wilhelm Kisch: The old streets and squares of Vienna and their historically interesting houses: a contribution to the cultural history of Vienna with regard to patriotic art, architecture, music and literature : digitized at the Vienna Library in the City Hall
- Wilhelm Kisch: The old streets and squares of Vienna's suburbs and their historically interesting houses: a contribution to the cultural history of Vienna with regard to patriotic art, architecture, music and literature : digitized at the Vienna Library in the City Hall
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| SURNAME | Kisch, Wilhelm Maximilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1893 |
| Place of death | Vienna |