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Sources for Genealogical Research at the Austrian War Archives in Vienna (Kriegsarchiv Wien)
SOURCES FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE AUSTRIAN WAR ARCHIVES IN VIENNA (KRIEGSARCHIV WIEN) by Christoph Tepperberg Director of the Kriegsarchiv 1 Table of contents 1. The Vienna War Archives and its relevance for genealogical research 1.1. A short history of the War Archives 1.2. Conditions for doing genealogical research at the Kriegsarchiv 2. Sources for genealogical research at the Kriegsarchiv 2. 1. Documents of the military administration and commands 2. 2. Personnel records, and records pertaining to personnel 2.2.1. Sources for research on military personnel of all ranks 2.2.2. Sources for research on commissioned officers and military officials 3. Using the Archives 3.1. Regulations for using personnel records 3.2. Visiting the Archives 3.3. Written inquiries 3.4. Professional researchers 4. Relevant publications 5. Sources for genealogical research in other archives and institutions 5.1. Sources for genealogical research in other departments of the Austrian State Archives 5.2. Sources for genealogical research in other Austrian archives 5.3. Sources for genealogical research in archives outside of Austria 5.3.1. The provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and its “successor states” 5.3.2. Sources for genealogical research in the “successor states” 5.4. Additional points of contact and practical hints for genealogical research 2 1. The Vienna War Archives and its relevance for genealogical research 1.1. A short history of the War Archives Today’s Austrian Republic is a small country, but from 1526 to 1918 Austria was a great power, we can say: the United States of Middle and Southeastern Europe. -
THE POSAVINA BORDER REGION of CROATIA and BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: DEVELOPMENT up to 1918 (With Special Reference to Changes in Ethnic Composition)
THE POSAVINA BORDER REGION OF CROATIA AND BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: DEVELOPMENT UP TO 1918 (with special reference to changes in ethnic composition) Ivan CRKVEN^I] Zagreb UDK: 94(497.5-3 Posavina)''15/19'':323.1 Izvorni znanstveni rad Primljeno: 9. 9. 2003. After dealing with the natural features and social importance of the Posavina region in the past, presented is the importance of this region as a unique Croatian ethnic territory during the Mid- dle Ages. With the appearance of the Ottomans and especially at the beginning of the 16th century, great ethnic changes oc- cured, primarily due to the expulsion of Croats and arrival of new ethnic groups, mostly Orthodox Vlachs and later Muslims and ethnic Serbs. With the withdrawal of the Ottomans from the Pannonian basin to the areas south of the Sava River and the Danube, the Sava becomes the dividing line creating in its border areas two socially and politically different environments: the Slavonian Military Frontier on the Slavonian side and the Otto- man military-frontier system of kapitanates on the Bosnian side. Both systems had a special influence on the change of ethnic composition in this region. With the withdrawal of the Ottomans further towards the southeast of Europe and the Austrian occu- pation of Bosnia and Herzegovina the Sava River remains the border along which, especially on the Bosnian side, further changes of ethnic structure occured. Ivan Crkven~i}, Ilo~ka 34, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. E-mail: [email protected] INTRODUCTION The research subject in this work is the border region Posavi- na between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic Bosnia- 293 -Herzegovina. -
Svetozar Borevic, South Slav Habsburg Nationalism, and the First World War
University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 4-17-2021 Fuer Kaiser und Heimat: Svetozar Borevic, South Slav Habsburg Nationalism, and the First World War Sean Krummerich University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the History Commons Scholar Commons Citation Krummerich, Sean, "Fuer Kaiser und Heimat: Svetozar Borevic, South Slav Habsburg Nationalism, and the First World War" (2021). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/8808 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Für Kaiser und Heimat: Svetozar Boroević, South Slav Habsburg Nationalism, and the First World War by Sean Krummerich A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of History College of Arts & Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Kees Boterbloem, Ph.D. Darcie Fontaine, Ph.D. J. Scott Perry, Ph.D. Golfo Alexopoulos, Ph.D. Date of Approval: March 30, 2021 Keywords: Serb, Croat, nationality, identity, Austria-Hungary Copyright © 2021, Sean Krummerich DEDICATION For continually inspiring me to press onward, I dedicate this work to my boys, John Michael and Riley. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation would not have been possible without the support of a score of individuals over more years than I would care to admit. First and foremost, my thanks go to Kees Boterbloem, Darcie Fontaine, Golfo Alexopoulos, and Scott Perry, whose invaluable feedback was crucial in shaping this work into what it is today. -
Cesifo Working Paper No. 6586 Category 2: Public Choice
6586 2017 July 2017 Activated History – The Case of the Turkish Sieges of Vienna Christian Ochsner, Felix Roesel Impressum: CESifo Working Papers ISSN 2364‐1428 (electronic version) Publisher and distributor: Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research ‐ CESifo GmbH The international platform of Ludwigs‐Maximilians University’s Center for Economic Studies and the ifo Institute Poschingerstr. 5, 81679 Munich, Germany Telephone +49 (0)89 2180‐2740, Telefax +49 (0)89 2180‐17845, email [email protected] Editors: Clemens Fuest, Oliver Falck, Jasmin Gröschl www.cesifo‐group.org/wp An electronic version of the paper may be downloaded ∙ from the SSRN website: www.SSRN.com ∙ from the RePEc website: www.RePEc.org ∙ from the CESifo website: www.CESifo‐group.org/wp CESifo Working Paper No. 6586 Category 2: Public Choice Activated History – The Case of the Turkish Sieges of Vienna Abstract We study whether long-gone but activated history can shape social attitudes and behavior even after centuries. We exploit the case of the sieges of Vienna in 1529 and 1683, when Turkish troops pillaged individual municipalities across East Austria. In 2005, Austrian right-wing populists started to campaign against Turks and Muslims and explicitly referred to the Turkish sieges. We show that right-wing voting increased in once pillaged municipalities compared to non-pillaged municipalities after the campaigns were launched, but not before. The effects are substantial: Around one out of ten votes for the far-right in a once pillaged municipality is caused by salient history. We conclude that campaigns can act as tipping points and catalyze history in a nonlinear fashion. -
The Empire Is Back
KNOWLEDGE FROM THE EMPIRE IS BACK TEXT: JEANNETTE GODDAR The Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire are long gone – but in many European cities, they are still very much alive. 58 In Vienna, for example, remem- brance of the times when the city was besieged by the Turks is fostered, while the tens of thou- ment park. To put it another way: in liberation from the Turks. Today, the sands of Viennese citizens of most cases, it is not the capital of place is marked by a plaque, with the Turkish origin are ignored. At the Austria that people are shown in their following inscription in Latin: “Once, Max Planck Institute for the first encounter with this city, but the Maria came to save us from suffering Study of Religious and Ethnic hub of the Habsburg dynasty, which at the hands of the Turks. Proud stone came to an end just over a hundred figures expressed the gratitude of Diversity in Goettingen, a team years ago. However, such city tours their city.” led by Jeremy F. Walton is studying also take them past reminders – some the way in which former empires of them more visible, some less – of There is more to this story: a number of are treated today. the two sieges of Vienna by the Otto- buildings in Vienna are decorated man Empire. In 1529 and 1683, Otto- with shimmering golden “Turkish man troops stood on the outskirts of cannonballs” that symbolize the the capital of the Danube Monarchy. Ottoman bombardment of the city. Visitors to Vienna are keen to tour the They were unsuccessful in their There are stone sculptures showing city in one of the many traditional and attempts to seize the city, but to this Ottoman horsemen, a park called comfortable horse-drawn carriages day, the story is firmly anchored in “Tuerkenschanzpark” (Turkish that solicit customers all day long Austrian historiography. -
Croatia in the Economic Structure of the Habsburg Empire in the Light of the 1857 Census
MARIANN NAGY Sveučilište u Pečuhu, Mađarska Izlaganje na znanstvenom skupu UDK: 314.18(497.5)”1857” Croatia in the Economic Structure of the Habsburg Empire in the Light of the 1857 Census The census of 1857 was the first census in the Habsburg Empire where the occupa- tions of those conscripted were asked. The paper examines the occupational struc- ture of active population in Civil Croatia and in Croatian-Slavonian Military Frontier and compares it with that of the other lands and regions of the Empire. On the strength of occupational structure and livestock density tries to determine the level of development of the Croatian economy and place Croatia in the eco- nomic hierarchy of lands and regions. Keywords: economic structure, census of 1857, Habsburg Empire, Croatia After the census taken under the rule of Joseph II it took more than 60 years to have a new census in the countries of the Hungarian Crown.1 Until the mid-19th century there was no unified census structure in the Habsburg Empire. In the majority of the Austrian lands primarily military censuses whereas e.g. in Tyrolia, Dalmatia and Vorarlberg censuses with a political focus where held on a regular basis. In Hungary, Croatia and Transylvania the conscriptions informed about the numbers of the non – nobles according to age, sex and status as well as about the three basic figures of demography. After the political and administrative reorganization of the Monarchy in 1849 the need emerged for a new census. The census of 1850, however, was interrupted due to the military preparations against Prussia and was finished in summer 1851. -
Development and Institutional Persistence of the Habsburg Military Frontier in Croatia
History matters: development and institutional persistence of the Habsburg Military Frontier in Croatia MARINA TKALEC, Ph.D.* Article** JEL: C33; E02; E26; H41; O11 https://doi.org/10.3326/pse.44.1.4 * This research was done while the author was a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science Centre for research on South Eastern Europe. The author would like to thank Michael Fritsch, Josip Glaurdić, Vassilis Monastiriotis, Ivan Žilić, and participants of the LSEE Visiting Speaker Programme, as well as to the two anonymous referees for helpful comments on the paper. ** Received: June 1, 2019 Accepted: October 14, 2019 Marina TKALEC The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Department of Macroeconomics and International Economics, Trg J. F. Kennedyja 7, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia e-mail: [email protected] ORCiD: 0000-0001-7974-9345 Abstract 118 In this paper we explore the effect of the long-gone Habsburg Military Frontier on modern institutions in Croatia. We use the Life in Transition Survey and geo- graphic regression discontinuity design to identify the causal mechanism between historical institutions and attitudes towards trust and corruption. We find that the 44 (1) 117-145 (2020) 44 (1) 117-145 ECONOMICS PUBLIC areas of the former Military Frontier are underdeveloped and poorer with worse SECTOR economic performance indicators. Our results suggest that respondents living in the former Military Frontier territory have lower levels of interpersonal trust, a higher level of trust in public authorities, but also tend to bribe those institutions more often when they interact with them. We claim that the war in Yugoslavia in the 1990s is not just a confounding factor in the analysis but also a potential chan- nel and find evidence that attitudes towards bribery can survive even harsh wars, while trust in public institutions collapses during extreme events of violence. -
E Galleriano (Lestizza, Udine)
GORTANIA. Geologia,GORTANIA Paleontologia, Paletnologia 34 (2012) Geologia, Paleontologia, Paletnologia 34 (2012) 111-126 Udine, 10.XII.2013 ISSN: 2038-0410 Federica Zendron MATERIALI CERAMICI PROTOSTORICI DA CASTIONS DI STRADA (UDINE) E GALLERIANO (LESTIZZA, UDINE) PROTOHISTORIC POTTERY ASSEMBLAGES FROM CASTIONS DI STRADA (UDINE) AND GALLERIANO (LESTIZZA, UDINE) Riassunto breve -Vengono presentati due esigui raggruppamenti di ceramica recuperati agli inizi del Novecento dai soci del Circolo Speleologico e Idrologico Friulano di Udine negli abitati arginati (castellieri) di Castions di Strada e di Galleriano. I cocci provenienti da Galleriano costituiscono un contesto unitario datato al Bronzo Recente, quelli raccolti a Castions di Strada sono ricollegabili alla fondazione e alle due fasi di potenziamento della cinta (fine Bronzo Medio-inizi Bronzo Recente, Bronzo Recente, Bronzo Finale/Primo Ferro). Particolare rilievo ha il rinvenimento in quest’ultimo sito di un’olla del V sec. a.C. che qui per la prima volta documenta una frequentazione, seppur sporadica, dell’insediamento anche dopo il suo abbandono. Parole chiave: Castions di Strada, Galleriano, Castelliere, Ceramica, Protostoria. Abstract - The author presents two small pottery assemblages from two sites explored by the “Circolo Speleologico e Idrologico Friulano” of Udine at the beginning of 20th century: the fortified settlement of Galleriano (Lestizza, Udine) and the village of Castions di Strada (Udine) originally surrounded by embankments. These sites, locally named “castellieri”, have been established in the Middle Friuli Plain during the Bronze Age. The pottery from Galleriano is dated to Late Bronze Age. The ceramic from Castions is classified in three assemblages corresponding to the building and the two different development phases of the banks (transitions from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age, the Late Bronze Age and from the Final Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age). -
Ottoman History of South-East Europe by Markus Koller
Ottoman History of South-East Europe by Markus Koller The era of Ottoman Rule, which began in the fourteenth century, is among the most controversial chapters of South-East European history. Over several stages of conquest, some of them several decades long, large parts of South-Eastern Europe were incorporated into the Ottoman Empire, or brought under its dominion. While the Ottomans had to surrender the territories north of the Danube and the Sava after the Peace Treaty of 1699, the decline of Ot- toman domination began only in the nineteenth century. Structures of imperial power which had been implemented in varying forms and intensity in different regions were replaced by emerging nation states in the nineteenth century. The development of national identities which accompanied this transformation was greatly determined by the new states distancing themselves from Ottoman rule, and consequently the image of "Turkish rule" has been a mainly negative one until the present. However, latest historical research has shown an increasingly differentiated image of this era of South-East European history. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Military and Political Developments 2. The Timar System 3. Ottoman Provincial Administration 1. Regional Differences in the Ottoman Provincial Administration 4. Islamisation 5. Catholic Christianity, Orthodox Christianity and Judaism 6. Urban Life 7. Appendix 1. Bibliography 2. Notes Indices Citation Military and Political Developments The Ottoman Empire had its roots in North-West Anatolia where in the thirteenth century the Ottoman Emirate was one of numerous minor Turkmen princedoms.1 The expansion of territory started under the founder of the dynasty, Osman (ca. -
Mihajlo Pupin and Father Vasa Živković
Mihajlo Pupin and father Vasa Živković DRAGOLJUB A. CUCIĆ Regional centre for talents “Mihajlo Pupin”, Pančevo, Serbia, [email protected] Summary There is often a bond between two great men of a society at the time when one is at the peak of his life and the other at its beginning. The great Serbian 19th century poet, clergyman and educator father Vasa Živković, interceding in favour of his student Mihajlo Pupin, significantly influenced the conditions necessary for Pupin`s development into the person he later became. Mihajlo Pupin was certainly not the only student to benefit from father Vasa Živković advice and material support. However their relationship is a perfect example of an acclaimed person successfully influencing a person yet to win acclaim. Key words: Mihajlo Pupin, father Vasa Živković, Pančevo, secondary school1, parish, scholarship, Prague. Introduction Many books, studies and papers were written about Mihajlo Pupin and many national and international symposiums were dedicated to his life and work. Inspite of everything that was achieved in bringing to light Pupin`s life and work there are still insufficiently explored periods filled with important events and influences. The reason to adventure into this work is the educational character of discovering talent in the pupils and giving necessary support throughout the adversity of growing up. Many talents have disappeared in the everyday of life for the lack of support when it was most needed. Supporting the talented students does not ensure that their talent would be successfully developed. Many factors need be fulfilled before this is achieved: diligence, health, good fortune .. -
Napoleonic Scholarship
Napoleonic Scholarship The Journal of the International Napoleonic Society No.9 December 2018 J. David Markham Wayne Hanley President Editor-in-Chief Napoleonic Scholarship: The Journal of the International Napoleonic Society December 2018 Illustrations Front Cover: Bronze and Carara marble 2nd Empire clock showing Napoleon the night before the Battle of Wagram. From the J. David Markham Collection. Back Cover: Snuffbox (ca. 1809-1821) of horn, wood, ivory and brass. Painting on a hinged lid of Napoleon resting on a chair with an Imperial Eagle the evening before the Battle of Wagram. The reverse has a hand painted imperial 'N' and the inscription 'Wagram 1809." From the J. David Markham Collection. Article Illustrations: Print images are from the J. David Markham Collection. The other images and maps were provided by the authors. Images from Dr. Hochel’s article are provided with permission from Mgr. Marta Pavlíková, National Heritage Institute, Czech Republic. 2 Napoleonic Scholarship: The Journal of the International Napoleonic Society December 2018 Napoleonic Scholarship THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NAPOLEONIC SOCIETY J. DAVID MARKHAM, PRESIDENT WAYNE HANLEY, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDNA MARKHAM, PRODUCTION EDITOR Editorial Review Committee Rafe Blaufarb Director, Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution at Florida State University John G. Gallaher Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques Alex Grab Professor of History, University of Maine Romain Buclon Université Pierre Mendès-France Maureen C. MacLeod Assistant Professor of History, Mercy College Wayne Hanley Editor-in-Chief and Professor of History, West Chester University J. David Markham President, International Napoleonic Society, Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques Napoleonic Scholarship is a production of the International Napoleonic Society. -
Introduction P. 5. Chapter One 1.1 Gothic Literature. P
INDEX Introduction P. 5. Chapter one 1.1 Gothic Literature. P. 8. 1.2 The Origin of Vampires. P. 15. Chapter two 2.1 John William Polidori’s “The Vampyre”. P. 34. 2.2 Théophile Gautier’s “La Morte Amoureuse”. P. 51. 2.3 Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla”. P. 66. Chapter three 3.1 Dracula’s Birth. P. 83. 3.2 The Real Dracula. P. 90. 3 3.3 The Plot. P. 93. 3.4 Blood and Class Struggle. P. 97. 3.5 Dracula and Women. P. 100. Conclusions P. 107. Appendix P. 110. Bibliography P. 132. 4 INTRODUCTION This work aims at describing how the figure of the vampire has changed during the nineteenth century, a period that saw a florid proliferation of novels about vampires. In the first chapter I focus briefly on the concept of Gothic literature whose birth is related, according to the majority of critics, to the publication of Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto, a short story about a ghost who hunts a castle. In the second part of the chapter, I deal with the figure of the vampire from a non-fictional point of view. This mythological creature, indeed, did not appear for the first time in novels, but its existence is attested already long time before the nineteenth century. The first document known about vampires dates back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, during the Byzantine empire, but the official documents that affirm the existence of these creatures come in succession for the following centuries too. The chapter presents some examples of these evidences such as Antonio de Ferrariis’s De situ Iapygiae, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort’s Relation d’un voyage au Levant, Dom Augustin Calmet’s Treatise on the Vampires of Hungary and Surrounding Regions.