Heinrich Kretschmayr

Heinrich Kretschmayr ( born July 15, 1870 in Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria, † July 21, 1939 in Vienna ) was an Austrian historian and archivist.

Heinrich Kretschmayr visited the Stiftsgymnasium Seitenstettengasse, then he studied at the University of Vienna and in 1892 Dr. phil. doctorate. From 1896 he worked in the archives of the Ministry of the Interior and in 1904 its director. In 1898 he habilitated for Medieval and Modern History. The focus of his work was the history of Venice and the Austrian authorities history.

Since 1921 he was a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Publications (selection)

• Henry Kretschmayrs History of Venice, in 3 volumes ( Gotha 1905, 1920, 1934) is still the most comprehensive work on the subject in German language and been frequently reprinted in page identical reprint editions: 2nd edition reprint of the Gotha 1920 and Aalen, 1986; Reprint of the 1st and 2nd volume O.o o.J. ( 2010); Reprint of Volume 1-3, Paderborn 2012; Reprint of the second band oOoJ (2012 ) The original editions are: Volume 1: Until the death Enrico Dandolos, Gotha, 1905 ( General States History, 1, 35)
• Volume 2: The flower, Gotha 1920 ( General States History, 1, 35, 2)
• Volume 3: The decline, Stuttgart 1934 ( General States History 1, 35, 3)