Bittner, Ludwig#
b. Vienna, Feb. 19, 1877, d. April 2/3, 1945 (suicide), archivist. From 1926 director of the state archives (Haus- Hof- und Staatsarchiv), from 1941 director of the Vienna Reichsarchiv. After 1918 led the negotiations with the successor states of Austria-Hungary concerning the records stored in the imperial archives.
Works#
Chronologisches Verzeichnis der oesterreichischen Staatsvertraege 1526-1914, 4 vols., 1903-1917; Oesterreich-Ungarns Aussenpolitik 1908-1914, 9 vols., 1930 (co-editor); Gesamtinventare des Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchivs, 5 vols., 1936-1940.Literature#
OeBL; NDB.