Wolfdieter Bihl

Wolfdieter Bihl (born May 11, 1937 in Linz ) is an Austrian historian , academic author and retired university professor at the University of Vienna .

Bihl studied history , Latin and English at the University of Vienna from 1955 to 1962 and then obtained a doctorate in philosophy. He did his doctorate with the work Austria-Hungary and the Peace of Brest-Litowsk under Hugo Hantsch . In 1975 Bihl became a university professor for modern history . He completed his habilitation with the thesis The Caucasus Politics of the Central Powers 1914–1918 and in 1977 became associate professor at the University of Vienna. From 1988–92 and 1996–99 he was director of the Institute for History at the university. In 1995 he received the Science Award of the State of Lower Austria ,

Bihl's main research interests were the political relations between Central Europe and Eastern and Southern Europe and the Orient, in particular the history of the Ukraine and the Ottoman Empire and the First World War . In 2002 he was retired. The Sudeten German Academy of Sciences and Arts appointed him a full member of the humanities class in 2004.

Fonts (selection)

• Austria-Hungary and the Brest-Litovsk peace treaties . Böhlau, Graz 1970 ISBN 3-205-08577-9 .
• The Central Powers' policy on the Caucasus. Böhlau, Vienna:
  • Part 1: Your basis in the politics of the Orient and your actions 1914-1917 . 1975, ISBN 3-205-08564-7 (also habilitation thesis at the University of Vienna).
  • Part 2: The period of attempted Caucasian statehood (1917-1918). (= Publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria, 81) 1992, ISBN 3-205-05517-9 .
• From the Danube Monarchy to the Second Republic. Data on Austrian history since 1867. Böhlau, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-205-05279-X .
• (Ed.): German sources on the history of the First World War. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft WBG, Darmstadt 1991, ISBN 3-534-08570-1 .
• The death of Adolf Hitler. Facts and survival legends. Böhlau, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-205-99140-0 .
• with Georg Kugler: The Lipizzaner of the Spanish Riding School. Pichler, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-85431-284-0 .
• Islam. Historical phenomenon and political challenge for the 21st century. Böhlau, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-8252-2296-9 .
• Oriental studies at the University of Vienna. Research between the Maghreb and East and South Asia. The professors and lecturers. Böhlau, Vienna 2009 ISBN 978-3-205-78371-8 .
• The First World War 1914–1918. Böhlau, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-78379-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfdieter Bihl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Wolfdieter Bihl Archive of the Institute for History at the University of Vienna
• Literature by Wolfdieter Bihl in the Austrian Union Catalog