Wopfner, Hermann#
b. Innsbruck (Tyrol), May 21, 1876, d. Natters (Tyrol), May 10, 1963, historian, folklorist. Professor of history at the University of Innsbruck from 1909-1941, founded the "Tiroler Heimat" in 1921; founder and head of the Institute of Local History and the Historical Development of Settlements in the Alpine Countries from 1923. Concentrated on economic history and the historical development of settlements, rural culture; after World War I initiator of the study of local history of the Tyrol.
Works#
Beitraege der freien baeuerlichen Erbleihe Dt.-Ti. im Mittelalter, 1903; Die Lage Tirols zu Ausgang des Mittelalters, 1908; Beitraege zur Geschichte der aelteren Markgenossenschaft, 1912; Das Tiroler Bauernhaus, 1923; Deutsche Siedlungsarbeit in S-Ti., 1926; Ti. Volkskunde, 1932; Bergbauernbuch, 3 parts, 1951-1960.Literature#
Festschrift zu Ehren H. W., 1948.