Herbert Langer
Herbert Josef Langer (born April 29, 1927 in Plahof, today Homole u Panny ; † October 19, 2013 in Greifswald ) was a German historian and full professor of general history at the University of Greifswald from 1973 to 1992.
Life
In 1946/47, who was expelled from Bohemia as a result of the Second World War, attended a course for teachers at the Putbusser Pädagogium and then taught history and music at the Geschwister-Scholl-Oberschule. From 1956 he trained to become a qualified teacher at the Karl Liebknecht University of Education in Potsdam .
The Historical Institute of the University of Greifswald was able to win him as an assistant. The two Hanseatic historians Johannes Schildhauer and Konrad Fritze supervised his doctorate A (= dissertation) economics and politics in Stralsund from 1600 to 1630 (1965, published 1970). He then began a scientific career.
His doctorate B (= habilitation ), completed in 1972, became internationally known under the title Hortus Bellicus. The Thirty-Year War. A cultural history (first edition 1978). It appeared in several editions in the GDR and in West Germany, but also in translation in Sweden, Great Britain and the USA. It established its scientific reputation and is still one of the most important monographs on the history of the Thirty Years' War.
After the political changes in 1989 and German reunification, Langer decided to give up his professorship at the University of Greifswald and to retire. Nevertheless he remained active as a historian well into old age.
Langer was u. a. Member of the scientific advisory board of the Museum of the Thirty Years War in Wittstock / Dosse.
Fonts
Monographs
- Stralsund 1600-1630. A Hanseatic city in crisis and in European conflict , Weimar 1970.
- Hortus Bellicus. The Thirty-Year War. Eine Kulturgeschichte , 1st edition Leipzig 1978 (several editions in GDR, FRG, Sweden, GB and USA).
- 1648 - The Peace of Westphalia. Pax Europaea and Reorganization of the Reich , Berlin 1994.
literature
- Nils Jörn (ed.): Jurisprudence on dealing with the consequences of war. Ceremony for Herbert Langer's 85th birthday , Hamburg 2012.
Web links
- Literature about Herbert Langer in the state bibliography MV
- Lecture by Herbert Langer 2011 , Elbe-Gymnasium Boizenburg
- Death report , Ostsee-Zeitung
- Obituary , Prof. Dr. Michael North , Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langer, Herbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Langer, Herbert Josef (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plahof, today Homole u Panny |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th October 2013 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |