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Gugitz, Gustav Pseudonym: G. Litschauer, * 1874Gugitz, Gustav (pseudonym: G. Litschauer), b. Vienna, April 9, 1874, d. Rekawinkel (Lower Austria), March 3, 1964, cultural historian, folklore specialist, author, private scholar, 1938-1945 employed at Vienna city library; his collection of about 6,000 vols. about Vienna was taken over by the City of Vienna in return for a life annuity. Works: Alt-Wienerisches, 1920 (with E. K. Blümml); Alt-Wiener Thespiskarren, 1925 (with E. K. Blümml); Das Wiener Kaffeehaus, 1940; Das Jahr und seine Feste im Volksbrauch Österreichs, 2 vols., 1949/50; Österreichische Gnadenstätten in Kult und Brauch, 5 vols., 1955-1958; Bibliographie zur Geschichte und Stadtkunde von Wien, 5 vols., 1947-1958; Denkwürdigkeiten aus Alt-Österreich, 21 vols., 1912-1921 (ed.). Literature: H. Dietrich, G. G. Bibliographie, 1954; W. Sturminger, G. G., in: Wiens Geschichtsblätter 9, 1954; L. Schmidt, G. G., in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde 67/18, 1964.
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