Josef Wolf (historian)

Josef Wolf (born November 15, 1952 in Arad , People's Republic of Romania ) is a German historian .

Life

In 1971 Josef Wolf began studying history and English at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca ( German:  Klausenburg ), from which he completed his Magister Artium in 1975 . From 1975 to 1980 he worked as a research assistant at the Museum of Transylvanian History in Cluj and between 1980 and 1987 as a research assistant at the history department of the University of Cluj-Napoca. In 1990 he was appointed head of the research area historical-genetic settlement studies at the Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies in Tübingen .

Wolf's main research interests are the history of modern times and historical demography and regional history . His research area deals with the development of settlement and population geographic structures in the present and former German settlement areas in East Central and Southeast Europe, and his work topics range from settlement and population history to economic history and ethnic cartography. His tasks also include looking after the card and slide collection. He is also the chairman of the group of Banat historians .

Publications (selection)

• The Germans in Romania. A historical overview , in: Aussiedler - Germans come to Germany: exhibition catalog , Haus des Deutschen Ostens, Düsseldorf, 1990
• The Banat agriculture from 1779 to 1867. Agricultural and property structures in transition , together with Ruth Fabritius, in: Banatica IX (1992), 2, pp. 11-25
• The demographic situation of the Banat Germans in the figures of the most recent Romanian census (1992) , in: Banatica. Contributions to German culture XI. (1994), 3, pp. 28-61.
• Johann Wolf as a regional historian , in: Walther Konschitzky, Eduard Schneider (ed.), Johann Wolf - educator, researcher, sponsor , Landsmannschaft der Banat Swabians in cooperation with the Cultural Association of Banat Germans , Munich, 1994, pp. 188-213
• German minorities in Southeast Europe in transition. The 1990-1992 censuses. (= Materials 3). Tübingen 1994, 341 pp.
• Sources on the economic, social and population history of the Banat in the 18th century. (= Materials 5). Tübingen 1995, 520 pp.
• Spatial evaluation , traffic and traffic policy in the Banat of the 18th century in the light of the country descriptions , in: Südostdeutsches Archiv , Munich XXXVIII./XXXIX (1995/96), pp. 41–70
• Development of the Ethnic Structure of the Banat 1890-1992. Development of Ethnic Structure of the Banat 1890-1992. 2.8-H / R / YU A 1890, 1891; 2.8-H / R / YU B 1930/1931; 2.8-H / R / YU C 1949/1953/1956; 2.8-H / R / YU D 1990/1991/1992, map series with accompanying text and place index in the atlas of Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Atlas of Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Austrian Institute for Eastern and Southeastern Europe, overall editorial management Peter Jordan, Vienna 1999.
• with Wolfgang Zimmermann : Flowing Spaces - Maps of the Danube Region 1650–1800. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7954-3216-4 .
• with Wolfgang Zimmermann: The Turkish Wars of the 18th Century. Perceiving - knowing - remembering. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7954-3218-8 .

Web links

• idglbw.de , website of the Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies