Franz Menges

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Franz Menges (* May 29 in 1941 in Vienna -Obersiebenbrunn; † 5. April 2014 ) was a German historian , author and general editor of the New German biography (NDB).

Life

After graduating from high school in 1962, Franz Menges studied history , art history , German and political science in Freiburg (Breisgau), Bonn and Munich in Ulm , Upper Swabia . In 1970 he was with the work of imperial reform and financial policy at Karl Bosl to Dr. phil. PhD with summa cum laude . As part of a research grant in Paris and Vienna, he had contact with the German Historical Institute . In Munich he was a research assistant at the Munich State Archives and organized the estate of Franz Schnabel . He was also a lecturer at the Institute for Bavarian History at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

In 1974 he became a specialist editor at the basic biographical work of the New German Biography, the publisher of which is the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1996 Menges became editor-in-chief of Neue Deutsche Biographie. He published a new volume every two years, with 850 articles by around 500 authors. He was a member of the historical commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich. On May 31, 2006, he retired.

Menges was a founding member and from 1990 to 1996 honorary board member of the music school in Grünwald near Munich.

In 1978 Franz Menges was appointed Knight of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Maximilien Cardinal de Fuerstenberg and invested in the Imperial Cathedral of St. Bartholomew on December 9, 1978 by Franz Hengsbach , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy . He was last Commander of the Order.

Awards and honors

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  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2009, Volumes 1–4, p. 2691

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hans Günter Hockerts : Farewell: Franz Menges , Akademie Aktuell 04/2006 of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
personal data
SURNAME Menges, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, author and editor-in-chief
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna -Obersiebenbrunn
DATE OF DEATH 5th April 2014