Joachim Niemeyer
Joachim Niemeyer (born December 27, 1940 in Hamburg ) is a German lawyer and military historian . He was the director of the Military History Museum in Rastatt .
Life
Niemeyer was born the son of a Rittmeister and his wife. In 1963 he graduated from the Herderschule grammar school in Lüneburg and did two years of military service in the German armed forces.
He then studied law as well as history, political science and sociology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and the Free University of Berlin . In 1970 he passed the first state examination in law.
He then studied history and political science at the Westphalian Wilhelm University in Münster. From 1973 to 1976 he was research assistant at the German Research Foundation (DFG) at Werner Hahlweg's chair for military history . In 1978 he was then at the Philosophical Faculty with the dissertation The Austrian military system in transition. Investigations into the image of war between 1830 and 1866 for Dr. phil. PhD.
From 1995 to 2003 he was the first civilian director (director and manager ) of the Defense History Museum (WGM) in the Residenzschloss in Rastatt. Until 2015 he was second chairman of the Association of Friends of the Defense History Museum Schloss Rastatt eV In addition, from 1998 to 2002 he was chairman of the German Society for Heereskunde .
Fonts (selection)
Monographs
- The Austrian military system in upheaval. Studies on the image of war between 1830 and 1866 (= studies on military history, military science and conflict research , Volume 23). Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1189-7 .
Editorships
- with Georg Ortenburg: The Chur-Braunschweig-Lüneburg Army in the Seven Years War. The “Gmunden magnificent work” . Vogel, Beckum 1976.
- with Georg Ortenburg: The Hanover Army 1780–1803. The “Gmunden Magnificent Work” Part II . Vogel, Beckum 1981.
- Scharnhorst letters to Friedrich von der Betten . Dümmler, Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-427-82071-8 .
- with Bernhard R. Kroener : Hans Bleckwenn : Old Prussian officer portraits. Studies from the estate . On behalf of the Military History Research Office . Osnabrück 2000, Biblio-Verlag, ISBN 3-7648-2584-7 .
- with Christoph Rehm: The Military History Museum Rastatt. Military history in Baden-Württemberg. Accompanying volume to the permanent exhibition in the Defense History Museum Schloss Rastatt . Association of Friends of the Defense History Museum, Schloss Rastatt, Rastatt 2009, ISBN 3-9810460-4-8 .
Forewords
- Military Society (Ed.): Memories of the Military Society in Berlin . 5 volumes, reprint, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1985, ISBN 3-7648-0848-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Joachim Niemeyer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Joachim Niemeyer in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim Niemeyer: The Austrian military system in transition , 1979, p. 299.
- ^ Association of Friends of the Defense History Museum Schloss Rastatt eV , WGM, accessed on January 27, 2016.
Erich Blankenhorn * | Karl-Hermann Freiherr von Brand zu Neidstein ** | Siegfried Fiedler | Ernst-Heinrich Schmidt | Uwe-Peter Böhm | Karl Diefenbach | Joachim Niemeyer ** | Kai Uwe Tapken | Alexander Jordan
* Set up as the Historical Museum of Rastatt Castle
** from 1969 to 1996 sponsored by the German Armed Forces ("lead museum" until 1994)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niemeyer, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and military historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |