Heinrich Kretschmayr

Heinrich Kretschmayr (1870–1939) was Austrian archivist and historian[1] who specialized in the history of Venice.[2]

Heinrich Kretschmayr
Born1870
Died1939
NationalityAustrian
Occupationhistorian and archivist
Known forbeing specialist for the history of Venice

The first volume of Kretschmayr's work "The History of Venice" as "Geschichte von Venedig" was published in 1905, the second was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War and did not appear until 1920, and for the destruction of his notes in a 1927 fire, the third not until 1933. Attempts to publish an Italian translation were equally star-crossed: both Kretschmayr and his Italian translator died in 1939, the project was put on hold during the Second World War, then completed in the post-war years, but inexplicably never published. His work outgrew the 19th century tradition in historiography.[3]

Bibliography
  • Geschichte von Venedig: Bd. Die Blüte. F. A. Perthes. 1920.
  • Ludovico Gritti: Eine Monographie. BiblioBazaar. July 2009 [1923]. ISBN 978-1-113-08717-1.
  • Geschichte von Österreich. Österreichischer Landesverlag. 1938.

References
  1. A Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797. BRILL. 11 July 2013. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-04-25252-3. ...Austrian archivist and historian Heinrich Kretschmayr.
  2. Thomas F. Madden (1 April 2008). Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice. JHU Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-8018-9184-7. Retrieved 7 June 2013. the great historian of Venice Heinrich Kretschmayr
  3. A Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797. BRILL. 11 July 2013. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-04-25252-3.


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