Jan Zimmermann (historian)

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Jan Zimmermann (* 1965 in Hamburg ) is a German historian and author.

Life

After visiting the Katharineum in Lübeck , where he graduated from high school in 1985 , Zimmermann studied history and art history at the University of Hamburg and in Paris .

With a dissertation on the history of cultural awards the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in 2001 he was at the Department of History in Hamburg Dr. phil. PhD and was involved in coming to terms with the history of the foundation. He worked as an editor at the Hoffmann und Campe publishing house and is the author of numerous works on historical topics from Lübeck and Hamburg.

Zimmermann created an extensive collection of historical views, from which various picture books, the website Lübeck im Bild and Vintage Germany as a picture agency and publisher were created.

In the online project Lübeck4me of the Lübeck University of Applied Sciences and the Possehl Foundation Lübeck , Zimmermann is responsible for historical content as text and picture editor.

Works

  • “A respectable high school ...” The history of the pictures of the Katharineum in Lübeck until 1942. Published by the Association of Friends of the Katharineum eV Lübeck 1993.
  • The cultural prizes of the FVS Foundation 1935–1945: presentation and documentation. Edited by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS, Hamburg: Christians 2000 (writings of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS), also: Hamburg, Univ., FB Phil. U. Geschichtswiss., Diss., 2001 ISBN 3-7672-1374-5
  • Lübeck: Photographs from yesterday and today. Gudensberg-Gleichen: Wartberg 2002 ISBN 3-8313-1102-1
  • Trave down: the ports from Lübeck to Travemünde; 1870-1970; [a historical journey through pictures]. Gudensberg-Gleichen: Wartberg 2004 ISBN 3-8313-1237-0
  • Skilled art: Lübeck and Travemünde on old artist cards. Lübeck: Weiland 2005 ISBN 3-87890-101-1
  • St. Gertrud 1860–1945: a photographic foray. Bremen: Edition Temmen 2007 ISBN 978-3-86108-891-2
  • Old Lübeck smiles so honestly in your face: Carl Julius Milde and his "Lübeck ABC". Lübeck: Hansestadt Lübeck 2007 (Publications of the Lübeck City Library; Series 3.58: Scientific Publications) ISBN 3-933652-29-4
  • Alfred Toepfer. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2008 ( Hamburg Heads series , published by the Zeit Foundation ). ISBN 978-3-8319-0295-8
  • Old Lübeck in 6 × 6: photographs by Ursula Bode 1940–1970. Bremen: Ed. Temmen 2010 ISBN 978-3-8378-5016-1
  • Hamburg's bridges. Photographed by Helmut Klein. With texts by Jan Zimmermann. Hamburg: Hoffmann and Campe 2011 ISBN 978-3-455-50209-1
  • Hamburg. Photographs 1947–1965. Photos by Walter Lüden. Edited by Jan Zimmermann. Hamburg: Junius Verlag 2014 ISBN 978-3-88506-048-2
  • Photography in Lübeck 1840–1945 . Edited by Alexander Bastek and Jan Zimmermann. Petersberg: Imhof 2016. ISBN 978-3-88506-773-3
  • Karl Braune: Lübeck and Travemünde. Photographs 1930–1965. Edited by Jan Zimmermann. Hamburg: Junius Verlag 2016 ISBN 978-3-88506-773-3
  • Hamburg. War and post-war. Photographs 1939–1949. Edited by Jan Zimmermann. Hamburg: Junius Verlag 2017 ISBN 978-3-88506-802-0
  • "... in the gabled and angular streets of this medium-sized trading town". Buddenbrooks' Lübeck in early photographs. Edited by Jan Zimmermann. Hamburg: Junius Verlag 2018 ISBN 978-3-88506-967-6
  • Erich Andres : Death over Hamburg. Photos and notes from the firestorm - July 25th to August 1st, 1943. Edited by Jan Zimmermann. Hamburg: Junius Verlag 2018 ISBN 978-3-88506-835-8
  • Hamburg in early photographs. Edited by Jan Zimmermann. Hamburg: Junius Verlag 2019 ISBN 978-3960605171

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Mann and the Lübeck Katharineum  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Report on a lecture by Zimmermann from 2006, accessed on April 9, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.luebecknews.de  
  2. ↑ Lübeck in the picture
  3. ↑ Vintage Germany ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vintage-germany.de
  4. ↑ Home
personal data
SURNAME Zimmermann, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg