Carl Patsch

Carl Ludwig Patsch, also Karl Ludwig Patsch, ; (14 September 1865 in Kovač – 21 February 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian Slavist, Albanologist, archaeologist, and historian.

Biography Carl Patsch was born in north-east Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as a son of Ludwig Patsch, a steward of an upper prince, but grew up in the Ukrainian villages of Marachivka and Slavuta. He spoke Czech, Polish, and Russian as mother languages.

Carl Patsch studied history, geography, and classical philology at the University of Prague, where he finished his doctorate in 1889. He taught in Vienna and Sarajevo and worked in the latter city for the Bosnian–Herzegovinian Museum. In 1908, Patsch founded the Institute for Balkan Research (Institut für Balkanforschung) in Sarajevo, where he remained until the end of World War I. In 1921, he became professor of Slavic history at the University of Vienna and subsequently a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Patsch is known for its articles on ancient Illyrian and Thracian history and culture. In the years 1922 to 1924, Patsch worked in Albania, where he helped in the efforts to establish a national museum. He died in a bombing raid during World War II.

Works Die Lika in römischer Zeit, Schriften der Balkankommission, Antiquarische Abteilung, 1. Wien 1900 Das Sandschak Berat in Albanien, Schriften der Balkankommission, Antiquarische Abteilung, 3. Wien 1904 Zur Geschichte und Topographie von Narona, Schriften der Balkankommission, Antiquarische Abteilung, 5 (1907) Archäologisch-epigraphische Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der römischen Provinz Dalmatien, Wiss. Mitt. aus Bosnien und d. Hercegovina, 8 Folgen in 4–12 (1896–1912) Beiträge zur Völkerkunde von Südosteuropa, 6 Bände, 1925–1937 Historische Wanderungen im Karst und an der Adria. I. Teil: Die Herzegowina einst und jetzt, 1922 Die einstige Siedlungsdichte des illyrischen Karstes, 1933 Der Kampf um den Donauraum unter Domitian und Trajan, Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Wien 1937