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Steinerne Ränder Gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche. Grabsteine Und Todeszeichen in Der Bukowina Zwischen 1900 Und 1941 Katharina Haberkorn Steinerne Ränder gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche. Grabsteine und Todeszeichen in der Bukowina zwischen 1900 und 1941. Dissertation 2017 Andrássy Universität Budapest Interdisziplinäre Doktorschule Leiterin der Doktorschule: Prof. Dr. Ellen Bos Autorin: Katharina Haberkorn Titel: Steinerne Ränder gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche. Grabsteine und Todeszeichen in der Bukowina zwischen 1900 und 1941. Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Dieter Anton Binder Disputationskommission: Prof. Dr. István Fehér PD Dr. Heidemarie Uhl Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maren Röger Prof. Dr. Ibolya Murber Dr. Richard Lein Dr. Henriett Kovács Eingereicht am 25.08.2017 INHALT Vorwort ..................................................................................................................................... i Rose Ausländer .................................................................................................................. i 1 Einleitung .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Einführung und Fragestellungen .............................................................................. 1 1.1.1 Zugang und Struktur ............................................................................................. 5 1.1.2 Todeszeichen - Steinerne Ränder ........................................................................ 7 1.2 Forschungsstand .................................................................................................... 13 1.2.1 In Teilen erleuchtet ............................................................................................ 13 1.2.2 Vom Werden und Vergehen .............................................................................. 19 1.2.3 Tod und Zeichen ................................................................................................. 22 1.3 Passagen und Quellen ............................................................................................ 24 1.3.1 Quellenkritik ....................................................................................................... 28 2 Raumordnung ................................................................................................................. 30 2.1 Theoretische und Methodische Grundlagen ......................................................... 30 2.1.1 KulturRaum ........................................................................................................ 33 2.1.2 StadtRaum .......................................................................................................... 38 2.1.3 Friedhof .............................................................................................................. 43 2.2 Öffentlichkeiten und Andere Räume ..................................................................... 62 2.3 Zwischenfazit: Die Verortung der Arbeit ................................................................ 69 3 Bukowina ........................................................................................................................ 72 3.1 Nowhere - Land der Zeichen .................................................................................. 72 3.2 Leben und Strukturen in der Bukowina unter habsburgischer Administration ..... 74 3.3 Besiedlung und Ausbau .......................................................................................... 74 3.3.1 Monumentalbauten und materielle Strukturen ................................................ 80 3.4 Die Landeshauptstadt Czernowitz: ........................................................................ 84 3.5 Formung einer städtischen Öffentlichkeit ............................................................. 84 3.5.1 Materielle Strukturen ......................................................................................... 90 3.5.2 Czernowitzer Friedhöfe ...................................................................................... 95 3.6 Die Region Bukowina ........................................................................................... 112 3.6.1 Kimpolung ........................................................................................................ 114 3.6.2 Suczawa ............................................................................................................ 118 3.6.3 Gura Humora .................................................................................................... 123 3.6.4 Radautz ............................................................................................................. 124 3.6.5 Sereth ............................................................................................................... 126 3.6.6 Storozhynetz .................................................................................................... 128 3.6.7 Bojan ................................................................................................................ 130 3.6.8 Sadagura ........................................................................................................... 130 3.6.9 Wiznitz .............................................................................................................. 132 3.6.10 Kozman ......................................................................................................... 133 3.7 Zwischenfazit: Bukowina und die Zeichen der Orientierung ............................... 135 4 Krieg und Helden .......................................................................................................... 141 4.1 Einleitung ............................................................................................................. 141 4.2 Der Erste Weltkrieg. Die Ausgangssituation ........................................................ 143 4.2.1 Kriegsverlauf und -Entwicklungen .................................................................... 145 4.2.2 Nachkrieg ......................................................................................................... 155 4.3 Tote Helden, Opfer, Andere ................................................................................. 159 4.3.1 Denkmäler und Massengräber ......................................................................... 167 4.4 Rumänisierung, Besatzung und Teilung ............................................................... 176 4.5 Zwischenfazit ........................................................................................................ 184 Alfred Gong ................................................................................................................... 186 5 Kapitel V. Zugrundegegangen ....................................................................................... 188 5.1 Der Ringplatz als urbane Parabel ......................................................................... 188 5.2 Todeszeichen ........................................................................................................ 192 5.3 Diskussion ............................................................................................................. 194 5.4 Zugrundegegangen .............................................................................................. 201 Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger ............................................................................................ 202 6 Literatur- und Quellenverzeichnis ................................................................................ 204 6.1 Literaturverzeichnis .............................................................................................. 204 6.1.1 Ungedruckte Dissertationen ............................................................................ 225 6.1 Quellen ................................................................................................................. 226 6.1.1 Gedruckte Quellen ........................................................................................... 226 6.1.2 Ungedruckte Quellen ....................................................................................... 226 6.1.3 Enzyklopädien .................................................................................................. 226 6.1.4 Statistiken/ Volkszählungen ......................................................................... 227 6.1.5 Zeitungen ......................................................................................................... 227 6.1.6 Internetquellen ................................................................................................ 228 6.2 Aufsätze ................................................................................................................ 229 7 Anhang .......................................................................................................................... 236 7.1 Zeittafel ................................................................................................................ 236 7.2 Bilder .................................................................................................................... 239 Abbildungsverzeichnis Abbildung 1 Foto-Collage ........................................................................................................ 7 Abbildung 2 Verkehrskarte Bukowina 1907 ............................................................................. 9 Abbildung 3 Karte der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie von 1899 ............................ 10 Abbildung 4 Karte Mittel-/ Osteuropa 1910 ........................................................................
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