Lothar Burchardt

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Lothar Burchardt (born February 7, 1939 in Frankfurt / Oder ) is a German historian .

Live and act

Lothar Burchardt lived with his family in eastern Neumark until 1945 . After a year of flight and displacement, the family settled in Eberbach am Neckar , where he also attended elementary school and high school. In an exchange year 1955/56 he passed the final exam at a California high school . After graduating from high school in 1957, he studied history, Latin and English at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen . In 1964 he passed his state examination (teaching qualification). In 1966 he started working for Werner Conze in Heidelberg with the work of Peace Economy and War Preparedness. Germany's economic Armaments efforts before 1914 for Dr. phil. PhD. After studying economics , he was a research assistant at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, later at the University of Mannheim . From 1969 he worked at the University of Konstanz , where he completed his habilitation in 1973. From 1974 he was a university lecturer in Konstanz. In 1979 he was appointed to the professorship for modern history and economic and social history at the University of Konstanz. He held several visiting professorships at the University of Massachusetts (USA) and York University (Canada).

The focus of his scientific work is the history of science policy and science funding in Germany. In addition, he deals with military history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Century. The regional focus is the contemporary history of southwest Germany. He is a member of the Seemuseum Foundation in Kreuzlingen .

In January 2012, a “report on the work of Dr. Bruno Helmle (1911–1996) during the Nazi era and in the first post-war years “presented to the University of Konstanz by Lothar Burchardt, Jürgen Klöckler and Wolfgang Seibel . The report comes to the conclusion that Helmle was far more involved in the Nazi system than an initial suspicion from 2010 would suggest; the honors Honorary Senator of the University of Konstanz (1976) and Honorary Citizen of Konstanz (1980) was withdrawn from Helmle.

Burchhardt is committed to the free voters in Constance. His son Ulrich Burchardt ( CDU ) was elected Lord Mayor of Konstanz on July 15, 2012.

Fonts

  • Peace economy and war preparedness. Germany's economic armament efforts before 1914 (= Defense Science Research. Department of Military History Studies. 6, ZDB -ID 1173304-4 ). Boldt, Boppard am Rhein 1968, (At the same time: Heidelberg, University, dissertation, 1966: Germany's preparatory work on the war economy before 1914. ).
  • Science Policy in Wilhelmine Germany. Prehistory, foundation and structure of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Promotion of Science (= studies of natural science, technology and economics in the nineteenth century. 1). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1975, ISBN 3-525-35700-1 .
  • Hitler and the historical greatness (= Konstanz University Speeches . 99). University Press Konstanz, Konstanz 1979, ISBN 3-87940-121-7 .
  • with Günter Roth, Detlef Junker and Frank Pfetsch : How wars arise. (Papers on the occasion of the symposium How wars arise, Heidelberg 1989) (= series of publications of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge, Landesverband Baden-Württemberg. H. 8, ZDB -ID 2294597-0 ). Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge - Landesverband Baden-Württemberg, Konstanz 1990.
  • How the high-tech industry came to Constance (= Konstanz University Speeches . 193). Universitätsverlag Konstanz, Konstanz 1995, ISBN 3-87940-530-1 .
  • Constancy between the end of the war and the founding of the university. Famine years, "economic miracle", structural change (= history of the city of Constance. 6). Stadler, Konstanz 1995, ISBN 3-7977-0260-4 .
  • as editor: Exciting days and weeks. The diary of the Konstanz teacher Herbert Holzer from 1945–1948 (= small series of publications by the Konstanz City Archives. 10). UVK, Konstanz 2010, ISBN 978-3-86764-251-4 .

literature

  • Jürgen Klöckler (Ed.): Constance in both world wars. Festschrift for Lothar Burchardt (= small series of publications by the Konstanz City Archives. 3). UVK, Konstanz 2004, ISBN 3-89669-695-5 .

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Entry about Lothar Burchardt on bücher.de . Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b ( page no longer available , search in web archives: short CV Lothar Burchardt ). Retrieved July 16, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.see-burgtheater.ch
  3. ↑ Expert opinion on the work of Dr. Bruno Helmle (1911–1996) during the National Socialist period and in the first post-war years. Konstanz 2012, (digital version, (PDF; 230 kB)). On suedkurier.de.
  4. ↑ Michael Lünsroth: Bruno Helmle is no longer an honorary citizen. In: Südkurier , from May 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ Lothar Burchardt (Free Voters)  ( 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. . Retrieved July 16, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.frei-waehler-konstanz.de  
  6. ↑ Ulrich Burchardt becomes the new Lord Mayor of Konstanz. In: Badische Zeitung , July 16, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Burchardt, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt / Oder