The ''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950'' (ÖBL, ''Austrian Biographical

Lexicon A lexicon (plural: lexicons, rarely lexica) is the vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical). In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's inventory of lexemes. The word ''lexicon'' derives from Greek word () ...

1815–1950'') is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the history of Austria, published by the

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. It consists of 16 volumes with more than 20,000 biographies. It follows the ''

Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich'' (English, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire'') (abbreviated ''Wurzbach'' from the author's surname) is a 60-volume work, edited and published by Constantin von Wurzbach, cont ...

'' (BLKÖ, ''Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire'') which dealt with the period between 1750 and 1850 and which was published from 1856 to 1891 in 60 volumes, containing 24,254 critical biographies.

Published volumes

*Volume 1: Aarau Friedrich – Gläser Franz, 1957 (reprinted without changes 1993). *Volume 2: Glaessner Arthur – Hübl Harald H., 1959 (reprinted without changes 1993). *Volume 3: Hübl Heinrich – Knoller Richard, 1965 (reprinted without changes 1993). *Volume 4: Knolz Joseph J. – Lange Wilhelm, 1969 (reprinted without changes 1993). *Volume 5: Lange v. Burgenkron Emil – aierSimon Martin, 1972 (reprinted without changes 1993). *Volume 6: aierStefan – Musger August, 1975 *Volume 7: Musić August – Petra-Petrescu Nicolae, 1978. *Volume 8: Petračić Franjo – Ražun Matej, 1983 *Volume 9: Rázus Martin – Savić Šarko, 1988 *Volume 10: Saviňek Slavko – Schobert Ernst, 1994 (reprinted without changes 1999). *Volume 11: Schoblik Friedrich – chwarzLudwig Franz, 1999 *Volume 12: chwarzMarie – Spannagel Rudolf, 2005 *Volume 13: Spanner Anton Carl – Stulli Gioachino, 2010 *Volume 14: Stulli Luca – Tůma Karel, 2015 *Volume 15: Tumlirz Karl – Warchalowski, August 2018 *Volume 16: Warchalowski Jakob – Zycha Marianne Emilie, 2022

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