Hans-Joachim Kühn

Hans-Joachim Kühn (* 1958 in Völklingen ) is a German historian .

Life

Hans-Joachim Kühn comes from a Saarland-Palatinate family. After graduating from high school in 1977, he studied history and classical philology in Saarbrücken and Tübingen . After completing his doctorate in history, he worked as the city archivist in Püttlingen from 1985 to 1988 and then from 1989 to 1999 as a museum advisor for the non-state museums in Saarland at the Saarland Museum Association. He has been working as a freelancer since 2000, including as a lecturer in regional history at Saarland University since 2001 and as an employee at the chair for medieval history from 2010 to 2012.

Hans-Joachim Kühn is married and has three children.

Fonts (selection)

• Sovereign finances and financial management in the late Middle Ages. The invoices of the Kirkel winery in the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1434 / 35–1503 / 04) (writings of the Commission for Saarland State History, Volume 47), Saarbrücken 2015. [X + 846 pages].
• Sources on the sovereign accounting on the Saar, Moselle and Rhine, in: Brigitte Kasten (ed.), Historical Views of the Land on the Saar. 60 Years of the Commission for Saarland State History and Folk Research, Saarbrücken 2012, pp. 125–146.
• Building maintenance and expansion of castles in the back of the Palatinate as reflected in late medieval accounts, in: Kaiserslauter Yearbook for Palatinate History and Folklore, Volume 12 (Festschrift for Jürgen Keddigkeit on his 65th birthday), edited by Barbara Schuttpelz and Roland Paul, Kaiserslautern 2012, pp. 153-164.
• Byzantine city fortifications, in: Olaf Wagener (ed.), "Vmbringt mit starcken turnen, murn", fortifications in the Middle Ages, supplements to Mediaevistik, Volume 15, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Vienna 2010, Pp. 393-410.
• The history of the castle in Püttlingen according to archival sources, in: Hans-Joachim Kühn (Hg.): Contributions to the 1st Saarland Castle Symposium on March 31, 2007 in Saarbrücken, published on behalf of the guest auditors, Kulturkreis at Saarland University eV , Saarbrücken / Münster 2009, pp. 67–83.
• "Freedom, bread, justice!" The workers' movement on the Saar, catalog for the exhibition of the Saarland Democracy Foundation, Saarbrücken 2007. The panels of the exhibition of the same name, which are not identical to the printed catalog, can be found online under "Freedom, bread, justice ! “The labor movement on the Saar (PDF; 32.4 MB) .
• “When a cow does not want to starve ...” Herbal medicine and folk magic in a rural household around 1800, Saarbrücken 2005.
• Franz von Sickingen on the Saar, Moselle and Maas, published by the St. Wendel Museum, the Dr. Walter Bruch and from the St. Wendel City Archives, St. Wendel 2004.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans-Joachim Kühn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of Hans-Joachim Kühn
• Profile on uni-saarland.de
• Guest Auditor Saar eV