Leo Peters

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Leo Theodor Peters (born September 9, 1944 in Kaldenkirchen ) is a German archivist , historian , author and professor of history .

Leo Peters Budapest 2013

life and work

Leo Peters attended the Fichte-Gymnasium in Krefeld until 1965 . He then studied philosophy, German literature and history at the Universities of Münster and Bonn , especially historical regional studies with Franz Petri and Edith Ennen , and received his doctorate in 1971 with a dissertation on the history of the von Schaesberg family . In addition to the German edition, it also appeared as a book in the Dutch Maaslandse Monografen series .

After two years of legal traineeship at the main state archive in Düsseldorf and at the Hessian state archive in Marburg , he passed his archive assessor exam there . In 1973 he became head of the district archive in Kempen . As an archivist he discovered u. a. a letter of indulgence from Johannes Gutenberg as the cover of a book; this is now part of the permanent exhibition of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz . From 1978 to 2009 he was head of the school and culture department of the Viersen district .

Peters belongs to numerous historical associations, is chairman of the historical association for the Lower Rhine and a member of the " Society for Rhenish History ". He is chairman of the board of trustees of the Adalbert Foundation . He wrote numerous books and essays on the history of the Rhineland and, as a scientist, “promoted the understanding of regional history like no one else”. Peters has been the publisher and author of the Viersen district's homeland books since 1976, which mainly deal with historical topics. The 1995 edition was named the best of the genre by the Deutscher Heimatbund . For around two decades since 1976, Peters was responsible for editing the academic series of the Viersen district.

As a representative of the district of Viersen, he was a member of the 11th and 12th Landscape Assemblies, the highest organ of the Rhineland Regional Council, from 1999 to 2009 . He also represented the district in the cross-border Euregio Rhine-Maas-Nord and in the district assembly of North Rhine-Westphalia . He took on various functions at the CDU and in the city council of Nettetal . He is a member of the Christian Democrats for Life , was chairman of the NRW regional association from 1988 to 2000 and was an assessor on the federal executive committee.

Peters is honorary professor at the history seminar of the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf with a teaching position for regional history of the Rhineland . In 2008 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Leo Peters is married, has two sons and lives in the Nettetal district of Kaldenkirchen.

Book publications and monographs

  • The district of Viersen on the Lower Rhine. Home and work . (Collaboration; overall editing.) Theiss, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-8062-0184-6 .
  • Wilhelm von racesberg. A Rhenish nobleman between the denominational fronts . Series of publications by the district of Viersen, Kempen 1979.
  • History of the von Schaesberg family up to mediatization. A contribution to the exploration of the inter-territorial ties of the Rhine-Maasland nobility . Matussek, Nettetal 1990, ISBN 3-920743-19-9 .
  • Kaldenkirchen. Rhenish city atlas . Böhlau, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7927-1562-7 .
  • History of the city of Kaldenkirchen . (Two-volume work). Boss, Kleve 1998, ISBN 3-9805931-5-0 .
    • Part 1. From its beginnings to the end of the French period in 1814 .
    • Part 2. From the beginning of the Prussian period to the end of self-employment in 1970 .
  • Grenzland: Land on the border / Grensland: land aan de grens . District of Heinsberg - Limburg. 1999.
  • City history of Willich . (Co-author). Boss, Kleve 2003, ISBN 3-933969-34-4 .
  • A Jewish childhood on the Lower Rhine. The memories of Julius Grunewald (1860 to 1929) . (Ed.) Böhlau, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-412-20356-6 .
  • The Lower Rhine. The setting for European history . Düsseldorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-9816252-6-4 .
  • with Hans Hecker and Hans Süssmuth : The International Adalbert Prize for Peace, Freedom and Cooperation in Europe Prize winners 1995–2015 , Düsseldorf 2016, ISBN 978-3-95758-030-6

literature

  • Clemens Graf von Looz-Corswarem : Leo Peters, History of the City of Kaldenkirchen. In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch. No. 72.Droste -Verlag, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-3047-8 .
  • Ulrich von Hehl : Leo Peters: Wilhelm von Rennenberg. A Rhenish nobleman between the denominational fronts. In: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine. No. 183. Röhrscheid-Bonn 1980, ISSN  0341-289X
  • Kurt Niederau : Leo Peters. History of the von Schaesberg family up to mediatization. A contribution to the exploration of the inter-territorial ties of the Rhine-Maasland nobility. In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein. No. 86.Schmitt , Neustadt / Aisch 1973, ISSN  0067-5792
  • Gerhard Rehm (ed.): Nobility, Reformation and City on the Lower Rhine. Festschrift for Leo Peters . Studies on regional history. Volume 23. Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-89534-853-2 .
  • Andreas Reiners: Prof. Leo Peters says goodbye. In: Rheinische Post. September 10, 2009.
  • With body and soul. In: Grenzland-Nachrichten. 17th September 2009.
  • Gert Udtke: A clever dinosaur leaves. In: Rheinische Post . September 10, 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen Karsten: A look at the career of Leo Peters. In: Nobility, Reformation and City on the Lower Rhine. Festschrift for Leo Peters. Bielefeld 2009.
  2. ↑ An unknown 30-line letter of indulgence from 1455. In: Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1975. pp. 31–33.
  3. ↑ Gert Udtke: A clever dinosaur is walking. In: Rheinische Post from September 10, 2009.
  4. ↑ Jürgen Karsten: A look at the career of Leo Peters. In: Nobility, Reformation and City on the Lower Rhine. Festschrift for Leo Peters
  5. ↑ a b c Rheinische Post online Archived copy ( memento of October 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Read on September 17, 2009.
  6. ↑ http://www.cdl-online.net/vorstand/15
personal data
SURNAME Peters, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peters, Leo Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archivist, historian, author and professor of history
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaldenkirchen