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Zöllner, Erich© Copyright Erich Zöllner. Photo, 1994. Zöllner, Erich, b. Vienna, June 25, 1916, d. Vienna, Dec. 11, 1996, historian. 1953-1986 professor of Austrian history at the University of Vienna; 1974-1985 president of the Institut für Österreichkunde (Institute of Austrian Studies); regarded as the most eminent scholar on Austrian history in the 2nd half of the 20th century. Publications: Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Babenberger in Ö., vol. 1-2, 1950/1955 (revision carried out with H. Fichtenau); Geschichte der Franken bis zur Mitte des 6. Jh., 1970 (with J. Werner); Geschichte Ö., 1961, 81990; Das Werden Ö., 1964 (71990; with T. Schüssel); Probleme und Aufgaben der ö. Geschichtsforschung, ed. by H. Dienst and G. Heiß, 1984 (including a list of works); Der Österreichbegriff. Formen und Wandlungen, 1988.
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