Beat Junker

Beat Junker (born September 27, 1928 in Bern ; † January 5, 2019 ) was a Swiss historian .

The son of a middle school teacher and a primary school teacher studied at the universities of Bern and Bonn . In 1953 he obtained the high school teacher license and received his doctorate in 1955. From 1956 to 1978 he taught at the Hofwil teacher training college. In 1966 he completed his habilitation with Erich Gruner in Bern. From 1971 to 1992 he was associate professor at the University of Bern and from 1972 to 1978 President of the Historical Association of the Canton of Bern . From 1978 he worked on the continuation of Richard Feller's story of Bern with the support of the government of the Canton of Bern .

Fonts (selection)

• Federal referendums on military issues around 1900: The drafts on the military articles of the Federal Constitution of 1895 and on the military organization of 1907. Dissertation . University of Bern, 1955.
• The peasants on their way to politics: The emergence of the Bernese farmers, trade and citizens' party. Francke, Bern 1968 (= habilitation thesis , University of Bern, 1968).
• with Erich Gruner : Citizens, State and Politics in Switzerland: Textbook for civic education at higher secondary schools in German-speaking Switzerland Lehrmittelverlag, Basel 1968.
• Switzerland, land of diversity. Editions Panoramic, Geneva 1975.
• History of the Canton of Bern since 1798. Historical Association of the Canton of Bern, Bern. (on-line)
  • Volume 1: Helvetik, Mediation, Restoration: 1798–1830. 1982, ISBN 3-85731-005-7 .
  • Volume 2: The emergence of the democratic people's state: 1831–1880. 1990, ISBN 3-85731-012-X .
  • Volume 3: Tradition and Awakening: 1881–1995. 1996, ISBN 3-85731-0018-7 .
• The history of the canton of Bern since 1798: an experience report. In: Swiss History Journal . Volume 43, 1993, pp. 492-497, doi: 10.5169 / seals-81106 .

Web links

• Lucienne Hubler: Junker, Beat. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .