Willibald Müller

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Willibald Müller (born March 9, 1845 in Wildschütz near Jauernig , Austrian Silesia ; † December 8, 1919 in Freiwaldau , Czechoslovakia ) was an Austrian writer and librarian who dealt with the local history of Moravia .

Life

Müller studied philosophy in Vienna from 1865 . After working as court master in Prague and Constantinople, Müller began working as a journalist in 1873 . So he founded the magazine Moravia and headed the daily newspaper Neue Zeit in Olomouc . In Olomouc, Müller was director of the university library from 1879 to 1915, but was also involved in other municipal matters, such as housing subsidies.

plant

  • Thoughts on the management of the Olomouc stage . Leykam, Graz 1880.
  • Romantic Moravia . A collection of patriotic myths. Slawik, Olomouc 1881.
  • History of the royal capital Olomouc from the oldest times to the present . Hölzel, Vienna and Olmütz 1882.
  • Josef von Sonnenfels . Biographical study from the Age of Enlightenment in Austria. Braumüller, Vienna 1882.
  • Gerhard van Swieten . Biographical contribution to the history of the Enlightenment in Austria. Braumüller, Vienna 1883.
  • Guide through the Moravian-Silesian Sudetes . Blazek, Freiwaldau 1883.
  • Hans Kudlich . Memorandum for the fortieth anniversary of the robot abolition. Self-published, Olomouc 1888.
  • Legends and stories of the city of Olomouc . Hölzel, Olmütz 1892. (Current edition: Sagen aus Olmütz. Vitalis, 2008. ISBN 978-3-89919-120-2 ; Czech edition: Pověsti a události města Olomouce. Translated by Jan Kubeš. Poznání, 2012. ISBN 978-80 -87419-25-0 )
  • Contributions to the folklore of Germans in Moravia . Graeser, Vienna 1892.
  • Johann Leopold von Hay . A biographical contribution to the history of Josephine church politics. Graeser, Vienna 1892.
  • Olomouc in 1894 . Memorandum on the occasion of the purchase of the fortress grounds by the municipality. Hölzel, Olomouc 1894.
  • Josef von Egel . A picture of his life, at the same time a reminder sheet for his work as city councilor and mayor of the royal capital Olomouc. Graeser, Vienna 1896.
  • Documentary contributions to the history of Moravian Jewry in the 17th and 18th centuries . Laurenz Kulil, Olomouc 1903.
  • History of the kk study library in Olomouc according to the library files ; Separate print from the magazine of the German Association for the History of Moravia and Silesia. 5th year, issue 2–3. Brno, 1901.
  • About language and belief. A town history from the time of the Hussite fighting . Kulil, Olomouc 1905.
  • The councilor of Olomouc . A city history from the time of Sweden. Kulil, Olomouc 1911 (Czech edition: Konšel olomoucký. Translated by Eva Hudcová. Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc 2009)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Müller, Willibald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Vlčice u Javorníka , then Wildschütz near Jauernig, Austrian Silesia
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1919
Place of death Jeseník , formerly Freiwaldau