Friedrich Zunkel

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Friedrich Zunkel (born November 19, 1925 in Nauen , † June 7, 2010 in Cologne ) was a German economic and social historian .

Zunkel studied history, German literature and economics at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Freiburg from 1947 to 1953 . In 1955 he received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin . After working in school, he worked at the social research center of the University of Münster in Dortmund. Zunkel completed his habilitation in 1972 at the University of Tübingen and since 1974 has been a scientific adviser and professor for economic and social history at the University of Cologne . In 1991 he retired . He then continued his research, e.g. B. in the Atlas Commission of the Historical Atlas of the Rhineland until the completion of the work in 2008.

His research and teaching focused on the history of industrialization , association and transport, entrepreneurs, workers and the history of concepts .

His predecessor was Friedrich Seidel; Günther Schulz was his successor .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Rhenish-Westphalian entrepreneur 1834–1879. A contribution to the history of the German bourgeoisie in the 19th century. Westdeutscher Verlag, Cologne 1962 (dissertation, Free University Berlin, 1955).
  • Industry and State Socialism. The struggle for the economic order in Germany 1914–1918. Droste, Düsseldorf 1974 (habilitation thesis, University of Tübingen, 1972).
  • From hyperinflation to stabilization. The financial policy of the major cities in the Rhineland, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Hamborn, 1923 and 1924 in comparison. In: Günther Schulz (Ed.): From agriculture to industry. Festschrift for F.-W. Henning on his 65th birthday. Schöningh, Paderborn 1996, pp. 219-252.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ History of the seminar ( memento from June 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), website of the University of Cologne, accessed on April 30, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Zunkel, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economic and social historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Nauen
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 2010
Place of death Cologne