Christoph Waldecker

Christoph Waldecker (* 1967 ) is a German historian.

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After graduating from the Kurfürst-Salentin-Gymnasium in Andernach in 1987, he studied history, regional studies and German. In 2001 he was awarded a doctorate by Ingrid Heidrich in Bonn. phil. PhD. He then worked for the Mönchengladbach City Archives and, since 2005, for the Joseph Lange Rifle Archives in the Rhenish Rifle Museum in Neuss .

In 2003 he published the first biography of the center politician and Lord Mayor Peter Nonnenmühlen . Since September 1, 2007, he has been the head of the Limburg an der Lahn City Archives , where he was involved in planning the 2010 city anniversary.

Waldecker has worked for the Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon since 2004 and for the Germania-Sacra Project since 2010 , where he is responsible for the Mainz bishopric from 1089 to 1200. Since 2011 he has been a member of the Historical Commission for Nassau . In 2018 he became chairman of the Association of Hessian Municipal Archivists. V. elected.

Works (selection)

• Between emperors, curia, clergy and militant lay people. The Archbishops of Mainz from 1100 to 1160 (sources and treatises on the Middle Rhine church history, vol. 101). Mainz 2002.
• Peter Nonnenmühlen (witnesses to the urban past, vol. 21). Mönchengladbach 2003.
• "It is a great eruption ..." A century of city libraries in Mönchengladbach (contributions to the history of the city of Mönchengladbach 45). Mönchengladbach 2004.
• On the trail of the shooter. A walk through the city center of Neuss. Neuss 2006.
• The archive of the municipality of Alfter. A case study for a new concept. Saarbrücken 2008.
• Limburg an der Lahn (Large Art Travel Guide 251). Regensburg 2010. 2nd ext. Edition Regensburg 2011.
• Limburg ad Lahn in historical views (archive images). Erfurt 2010.
• 1363: Niederbruch was granted city rights. Downfall, the region and urban life in the late Middle Ages. With reflections on Niederbrechens loss of city rights (publication series Gemeindearchiv Brechen 11). Break 2014.
• Time leaps in Limburg. Erfurt 2014.
• Limburg ad Lahn through the ages. Olching 2017.
• A short history of the chapel in the Erbach. Limburg 2019 (information from the Limburg ad Lahn 1 city archive). 2nd edition 2020.

Web links

• Literature by and about Christoph Waldecker in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Articles written by Christoph Waldecker in the Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon
2. ^ City archivist Dr. Waldecker heads the association