Hans Pohl (historian)

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Hans Pohl (born March 27, 1935 in Bärdorf near Münsterberg in Silesia ; † December 10, 2019 in Cologne ) was a German economic historian . He is considered to be one of the nationally and internationally most important German representatives of the subject of economic , social and corporate history .

Life

Hans Pohl was born in 1961 at the University of Cologne with the dissertation The Relationships of Hamburg with Spain and Spanish America from 1740 to 1806 as a Dr. phil. PhD. In 1968 he also completed his habilitation in Cologne. In 1969 he was appointed to Bonn and was full professor for constitutional, social and economic history at the historical seminar of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 2000 he was retired.

Pohl has published numerous works and was among other things co-editor of the quarterly journal for social and economic history and the bank historical archive . He was the holder of several supervisory and advisory board mandates, including chairman of the scientific advisory board of Daimler AG .

In 2006 he was honored with an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Studies at the University of Leipzig for his investigation of the Leipzig financial center .

Publications

  • Wilfried Feldenkirchen's work at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In: Susanne Hilger / Horst A. Wessel (eds.): Companies in competition. Commemorative publication for Wilfried Feldenkirchen (1947–2010) , Steiner, Stuttgart 2020 (= contributions to corporate history , 36), ISBN 978-3-515-12504-8 , pp. 207–213.
  • German bankers of the 20th century , Steiner, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-515-08954-8 .
  • Economy, business, credit, social problems. Selected essays , 2 parts, Steiner, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-515-08583-1 .
  • Buderus 1932-1995. Volume 3 of the company's history , Buderus, Wetzlar 2001, ISBN 3-00-007455-4 .
  • The Rhenish savings banks. Development and importance for economy and society from the beginning to 1990 , Steiner, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-515-07846-0 .
  • The economy of Hispanic America in the colonial era (1500–1800) , Steiner, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-515-07010-9 .
  • Dawn of the world economy. History of the world economy from the middle of the 19th century to the First World War , Steiner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-515-05105-8 .
  • with Stephanie Habeth and Beate Brüninghaus: Daimler-Benz-AG in the years 1933 to 1945. A documentation , Steiner, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-515-04733-6 .
  • From the Hülfskasse in 1832 to the Landesbank , Westdeutsche Landesbank, Girozentrale, Düsseldorf / Münster 1982.
  • The Portuguese in Antwerp (1567–1648). On the history of a minority , Steiner, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-515-02380-1 .
  • Studies on the economic history of Latin America , Steiner, Wiesbaden 1976, ISBN 3-515-02388-7 .
  • Hamburg's relations with Spain and Spanish America from 1740 to 1806. With an art print panel , Steiner, Wiesbaden 1963.

editor

  • The European Discovery of the World and its Economic Effects on Pre-Industrial Society, 1500-1800. Steiner, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-515-05546-0 .

literature

  • Herrmann August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who? , Volume 29, 1990/1991, p. 1042.
  • Günther Schulz : Obituary by Hans Pohl (1935–2019) . In: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte , Vol. 107, 2020, Issue 1, pp. 4–8.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Pohl's obituary notice , in: FAZ from December 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Bonn economic historian receives honorary doctorate from Leipzig University , University of Leipzig , press release 364/2006 of December 5, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Pohl, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pohl, Hans Herrmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economic historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Bärdorf near Münsterberg in Silesia
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 2019
Place of death Cologne