Oswald Redlich (17 September 1858, in Innsbruck – 20 January 1944, in Vienna) was an Austrian historian and

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, known for contributions made in the field of

auxiliary sciences of history Auxiliary (or ancillary) sciences of history are scholarly disciplines which help evaluate and use historical sources and are seen as auxiliary for historical research. Many of these areas of study, classification and analysis were originally deve ...

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Walther Killy Walther Killy (26 August 191728 December 1995) was a German literary scholar who specialised in poetry, especially that of Friedrich Hölderlin and Georg Trakl. He taught at the Free University of Berlin, the Georg-August-Universität Göttinge ...

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Biography

He studied history under

Julius von Ficker Julius von Ficker, or Johann Kaspar Julius Ficker von Feldhaus (30 April 1826 – 10 June 1902) was a Roman Catholic German historian. In 1898 he was awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts.University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

(1876–79), then studied historical auxiliary sciences with Theodor von Sickel at the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung (Institute for Austrian Historical Research) in Vienna (1879–81). From 1881 to 1892 he worked as an archivist in Innsbruck, and in the meantime, obtained his habilitation for historical auxiliary sciences (1887). In 1893 he became an associate professor, and four years later was named a full professor of history and historical auxiliary sciences at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich hist ...

. In 1911/12 he served as university rector.Redlich, Oswald (1858–1944), Historiker
Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation In 1899 he became a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, serving as its president from 1919 to 1938. From 1926 onward, he was head of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. He was also a member of the central management of Monumenta Germaniae Historica and of the Historical Commission of the

Bavarian Academy of Sciences The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledg ...

. On 17 September 1958 a

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honoring the 100th anniversary of his birth was issued in Austria.

Selected works

* ''Archiv-Berichte aus Tirol'' (with Emil von Ottenthal; 4 volumes, 1888–1912) – Archive reports from

Tirol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

. * ''Zur Geschichte der österreichischen Frage unter König Rudolf'', 1893 – On the history of the Austrian question under Rudolf I of Germany, King Rudolf I. * ''Die Regesten des Kaiserreichs unter Rudolf, Adolf, Albrecht, Heinrich VII: 1273–1313'' (by Johann Friedrich Böhmer, new edition by Redlich, 1898) – The Regesta of the Empire under Rudolf, Adolf, King of the Romans, Adolf, Albert I of Germany, Albrecht, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VII; 1273–1313. * ''Rudolf von Habsburg: das Deutsche Reich nach dem Untergange des alten Kaisertums'', 1903 – Rudolf I of Germany, Rudolf von Habsburg; the German empire after the fall of the old empire. * ''Schillers historische Schriften'', 1906 – Friedrich Schiller's historical writings. * ''Urkundenlehre'' (3 volumes, 1907–11; with Wilhelm Erben, Ludwig Schmitz-Kallenberg). * ''Oesterreich-Ungarns Bestimmung'', 1916 – Austria-Hungary destination. * ''Geschichte Österreichs'', 1921 – History of Austria. * ''Das Werden einer Grossmacht. Österreich von 1700 bis 1740'' (7th edition, 1938) – Becoming a great power; Austria in 1700–1740.Redlich, Oswald (1858–1944)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Redlich, Oswald 1858 births 1944 deaths University of Innsbruck alumni Academic staff of the University of Vienna Writers from Innsbruck Austrian archivists 20th-century Austrian historians 19th-century Austrian historians