Joseph Aschbach
Joseph Aschbach was a German historian who studied the Visigoths, writing "Geschichte der Westgoten" in 1827.
Aschbach was born in Höchst. He initially studied theology and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, but his focus soon turned to history, being influenced by Friedrich Christoph Schlosser. Since 1823 he was professor at the gymnasium of Frankfurt.
He became a professor of history at the University of Bonn in 1842, and later filled the same position at the University of Vienna. Within two years he became a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences. He was ennobled in 1870.
Aschbach died in Vienna.Written works
- Geschichte der Westgoten, 1827.
- Geschichte der Omajjaden in Spanien, two volumes, 1829-1830.
- Geschichte Spaniens und Portugals zur Zeit der Herrschaft der Almorawiden und Almohaden, two volumes, 1833–1837.
- Geschichte der Heruler und Gepiden, 1835.
- Geschichte Kaiser Sigismunds, four volumes, 1838–1845.
- Urkundliche Geschichte der Grafen von Wertheim, two volumes, 1843.
- Allgemeine Kirchenlexikon editor, four volumes, 1846–1850.
- Geschichte der Wiener Universität,, three volumes, 1865/1877/postum 1885.
- Roswitha und Konrad Celtes, second edition in 1868.
