Heinrich Küppers (historian)

Heinrich Küppers

Heinrich Küppers (born November 10, 1939 in Heinsberg ) is a German historian .

Life

Heinrich Küppers began his career as a scientist with a dissertation on the Catholic Teachers' Association in the transition period from the Weimar Republic to the Hitler dictatorship . It was accepted by the Aachen University of Education in 1974. His doctoral supervisor was Johannes Erger . In 1983 he received his habilitation there, and after the pedagogical university had been rededicated to a pedagogical faculty of the RWTH Aachen University , with a study of the educational policy in Saarland during the period of his autonomy from 1945 to 1955 . He was awarded the license to teach Modern History.

Since 1986 Küppers has worked at the history seminar of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal . In the context of his rehabilitation in 1987, he was initially an academic advisor. He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 1990. His appointment to the Academic Senior Council took place three years later.

Küppers has been retired since 2005. He is a full member of the Brauweiler Circle for Regional and Contemporary History , the Society for Rhenish History and the Franco-German Historical Committee. His work and research focus is on the western European history of the 19th and 20th centuries and the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland history of the 20th century.

Fonts

Monographs

• The Catholic Teachers Association in the transition period from the Weimar Republic to the Hitler dictatorship. At the same time a contribution to the history of elementary school teachers (= publications of the Commission for Contemporary History, Series B: Vorungen. Volume 18). Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-7867-0522-4 (also: Aachen, University of Education, dissertation).
• Educational policy in Saarland 1945–1955 (= publications of the Commission for Saarland State History and Folk Research. Volume 14). Commission publisher Minerva-Verlag Thinnes & Nolte, Saarbrücken 1984, ISBN 3-477-00068-4 , (also: Aachen, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH), habilitation thesis).
• State building between rupture and tradition. History of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate 1946–1955 (= publications of the Parliament's Commission for the History of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 14). v. Hase & Koehler Verlag, Mainz 1990, ISBN 3-7758-1226-1 .
• Joseph Wirth, parliamentarian, minister and chancellor of the Weimar Republic (= historical communications from the Ranke Society. Supplement 27). Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-07012-5 .
• Johannes Hoffmann (1890–1967). Biography of a German (= research and sources on contemporary history. Volume 54). Droste-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7700-1905-2 .
• Franz Josef Röder (1909–1979). Master builder of the federal state of Saarland (= Malstätter contributions ). Conte-Verlag, Sankt Ingbert 2015, ISBN 978-3-95602-031-5 .

Editorships

• with Johannes Erger and Annemarie Haase: Shaping and endangering the rule of law. Working materials for political lessons in lower secondary level . Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-486-14141-4 .
• with Hermann de Buhr and Volkmar Wittmütz : Die Bergische, “a people sharpened reflection”. Festschrift for Karl-Hermann Beeck , Wuppertal 1992, ISBN 3-87093-046-2 .
• with Hermann de Buhr and Volkmar Wittmütz: Church in the field of tension between state and society. Festschrift for Günther van Norden (= series of publications by the Association for Rhenish Church History. Volume 111). Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-7927-1406-X .
• with Markus Gestier and Brigitte Steinle: Johannes Hoffmann (1890–1967). A reading book from sources (= Malstätter contributions ). Conte Verlag, Sankt Ingbert 2017, ISBN 978-3-95602-123-7 .

Articles and contributions (selection)

• Weimar School Policy in the Economic and State Crisis of the Republic. In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 28, 1980, pp. 20–46.
• The role of the Saar as a political factor. In: Revue d'Allmagne et des pays de langue allemande 18, 1986, pp. 46-62.
• Adenauer and Altmeier in the television dispute 1958–1961. In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 35, 1987, pp. 625–659.
• Emil Straus, ministre des affaires culturelles de la Sarre 1947–1951. In: Revue d'histoire diplomatique 101, 1987, pp. 61-77.
• The Poland factor in German policy on France 1918–1934. In: Les tiers dans les relations franco-allemandes / Third parties in German-French relations. On behalf of the Franco-German Historical Committee, published by Christian Bächler and Klaus-Jürgen Müller , Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-486-56272-X , pp. 155–164.
• Federalism as a formative principle in the founding history of the Federal Republic. The example of Rhineland-Palatinate. In: Michael Matheus (Ed.): Regions and Federalism. (= Mainz lectures. 2). Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-06879-1 , pp. 65-79.
• Between the London ultimatum and Rapallo. Joseph Wirth and German Foreign Policy 1921/22. In: Historische Mitteilungen 13, Heft 1, 2000, pp. 150–173.
• Challenges and threats under the sign of the swastika. In: Martin Persch, Bernhard Schneider (Ed.): History of the Diocese of Trier. Volume V: Persistence and Renewal. (= Publications of the diocese archive in Trier. Volume 19). Paulinus Verlag, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-7902-0275-4 , pp. 623-670.
• Power struggle or more? A contribution to the difficult beginnings of the CSU up to 1949. In: Historisch- Politik Mitteilungen 17, 2010, pp. 113–148.
• Rhineland-Palatinate, Wine and Europe 1970–1990. In: Geschichte im Westen 27, 2012, pp. 211–235.

literature

• Jörg Hentzschel-Fröhlings, Guido Wärme , Florian Speer (eds.): Society, region, politics. Festschrift for Hermann de Buhr, Heinrich Küppers and Volkmar Wittmütz. Norderstedt 2006, ISBN 3-8334-4138-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinrich Küppers in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of Küppers at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal