Joseph Aschbach (1801-1882)

Joseph Aschbach (29 April 1801 – 25 April 1882) was a German historian who studied the Visigoths, writing Geschichte der Westgoten (History of the Visigoths)^[1] in 1827.

Aschbach was born in Höchst (Frankfurt am Main). Since 1823 he was professor at the gymnasium of Frankfurt. He became a professor of History at the University of Bonn in 1842^[2] and at the University of Vienna in 1853. He was ennobled in 1870.

[edit] Written works

• Geschichte der Westgoten (History of the Visigoths), 1827
• Geschichte der Omajjaden in Spanien (History of the Umayyads in Spain), two volumes, 1829-1830
• Geschichte Spaniens und Portugals zur Zeit der Herrschaft der Almorawiden und Almohaden (History of Spain and Portugal during the reign of Almoravides and Almohades), two volumes, 1833–1837
• Geschichte der Heruler und Gepiden (History of Heruli and Gepidi), 1835
• Geschichte Kaiser Sigismunds (History of Emperor Sigismund), four volumes, 1838–1845
• Urkundliche Geschichte der Grafen von Wertheim (Documentary History of the Counts of Wertheim), two volumes, 1843
• Allgemeine Kirchenlexikon (General Church Dictionary) Editor, four volumes, 1846–1850
• Geschichte der Wiener Universität, (History of the University of Vienna), three volumes, 1865/1877/postum 1885
• Roswitha und Konrad Celtes (Hrotsvitha and Konrad Celtes), second edition- 1868

[edit] References

1. ^ Joseph Aschbach. Geschichte der Westgoten. Frankfurt, 1827 p. 230
2. ^  "Joseph, Ritter von Aschbach". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Joseph,_Ritter_von_Aschbach. 

• List of Aschbach's written works from the "German Wikipedia".

[edit] External links

• http://www.peter-hug.ch/lexikon/01_0902#N0050

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