Gerhard Grimm (historian)

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Gerhard Grimm (born October 14, 1929 in Karlsruhe , † February 17, 2007 in Munich ) was a German historian .

Life

Grimm was born in 1929 as the son of a general manager. From 1949 he first studied history , English , German , journalism and ethnology in Heidelberg . Later he moved to Berlin and finally to Munich , where he deepened the subjects of Eastern European history with Georg Stadtmüller , Byzantine studies and geography . At the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) he received his doctorate in 1959 on the Albania researcher Johann Georg von Hahn . In 1965 he completed his habilitation in Munich, where he was given a lectureship and was finally appointed professor . As early as the 1960s he began to build up the library of the seminar (later the institute) for the history of Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe at the LMU. In addition to the history of Southeast Europe in general, he had a focus on Greek history . But he also published essays on contemporary history . He worked on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Southeast European Society and as head of the Institute for East and West Prussian Regional Studies . In 1995 he retired, but remained connected to the university institute, whose library he continued to look after. As a result of an accident, the passionate cyclist died at the age of 77 in Munich.

Fonts (selection)

As an author:

  • Gerhard Grimm: Johann Georg von Hahn . 1811-1869; Life and work (=  Albanian research . Volume 1 ). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1964, DNB  451664566 .
  • Gerhard Grimm: National Socialism . Program and realization (=  history and state . Volume 244/245 ). Olzog, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7892-7156-X .

As editor:

  • Gerhard Grimm (Ed.): From the Pruth plain to the summit of the Ida . Studies on the history, literature, folklore and history of science in the Danube-Balkan area; Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Emanuel Turczynski (=  Südosteuropa-Schriften . Volume 10 ). Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-925450-19-X .
  • Gerhard Grimm (Ed.): Bavaria's Philhellenism . Symposium at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, November 22nd and 23rd, 1991 (=  publications of the Institute for Orthodox Theology . Volume 1 ). Munich 1993, ISBN 3-9803437-0-7 .
  • Gerhard Grimm and Krista Zach (eds.): The Germans in East Central and Southeast Europe . History, economics, law, language (=  publications of the Südostdeutschen Kulturwerk. Series B, Scientific Works . Volume 53 ). tape 1 . Verlag Südostdeutsches Kulturwerk, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-88356-069-3 .
  • Gerhard Grimm and Krista Zach (eds.): The Germans in East Central and Southeast Europe . History, economics, law, language (=  publications of the Südostdeutschen Kulturwerk. Series B, Scientific Works . Volume 73 ). tape 2 . Verlag Südostdeutsches Kulturwerk, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-88356-106-1 .
  • Gerhard Grimm and Rado Pribić (eds.): Talvj, Tesla and the spiritual world of the southern Slavs . In memory of Nikola Pribić (1913–1992) (=  publications by the Institute for the History of Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe at the University of Munich . Volume 17 ). Hieronymus, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-89791-076-4 .

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SURNAME Grimm, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 2007
Place of death Munich