Otto Büsch

Otto Büsch (* thirtieth April 1928 in Vienna , † 23. March 1994 in Berlin ) was a German Neuzeit- and social and economic historian who is particularly concerned with the history of Prussia dealt. 1979 to 1981 he was chairman of the historical commission in Berlin .

Büsch's parents - they came from Vienna and Hamburg - had lived in Berlin since 1931. Büsch received his doctorate in 1952 from the Free University of Berlin . From 1980 he was full professor of modern history and social and economic history there. From 1963 he headed the section for economic and social history of the Historical Commission in Berlin.

One of Büsch's students is Arthur Schlegelmilch, who teaches at the Fernuniversität in Hagen .

Fonts

• History of the Berlin municipal economy in the Weimar era , De Gruyter, Berlin 1960.
• Military system and social life in old Prussia 1713–1807 (= publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin , 7), De Gruyter, Berlin 1962.
• Garrisons and types of garrison in Brandenburg 1640–1806 (= Historical Handbook of Brandenburg and Berlin , 17), De Gruyter, Berlin 1966.
• Industrialization and trade in the Berlin / Brandenburg area 1800–1850 , Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1971.

Editorships

• (with Werner Abelshauser): Historical processes of German inflation: 1914–1924. A conference report , Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1978.
• The image of Prussia in history. Protocol of a symposium (= publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin , 50), De Gruyter, Berlin 1981.
• (with Wolfgang Neugebauer ): Modern Prussian History 1648–1947 (= publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin , 52/1), De Gruyter, Berlin 1981.
• (with Francis Carsten ): Prussia and abroad. Contributions to the European and American image of Prussia using the example of England, the United States of America, France, Austria, Poland and Russia , Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1982.
• (with Gerhard A. Ritter ): Hans Herzfeld. Personality and Work , Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1983.
• Handbook of Prussian History , 3 volumes, De Gruyter, Berlin 1992.
• (with Wolfram Fischer , Hans Herzfeld ): Industrialization and the European economy in the 19th century. A conference report (= publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin , 6), De Gruyter, Berlin 1976.
• (with Wolfgang Haus): Berlin as the capital of the Weimar Republic 1919–1933 (= publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin , 70/1), De Gruyter, Berlin 1987.
• (with Monika Neugebauer-Wölk ): Prussia and the revolutionary challenge since 1789 (= publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin , 78), De Gruyter, Berlin 1991.

literature

• Felix Escher: In Memoriam Otto Büsch. In: Yearbook for the History of Central and Eastern Germany , Vol. 43, 1995, pp. 8-11.
• Wilhelm Treue , David E. Barclay (Ed.): History as a task. Festschrift for Otto Büsch on his 60th birthday , Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1988.

Web links

• German digital library