Maciej Łagiewski

Maciej Łagiewski (born May 8, 1955 in Wrocław ) is a Polish historian and museum director.

Maciej Łagiewski is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Wroclaw . In 2000 he received his doctorate in humanities from the University of Opole .

In 1991 he became director of the Historical Museum and in 2000 director of six branches of the City Museum in Wroclaw.

He specializes in the history of Wroclaw and Silesia and has published numerous works on them.

Maciej Łagiewski was awarded the Silesian Culture Prize of the State of Lower Saxony in 1991 , the Lower Saxony Order of Merit 1st Class in 2002, the Silver Gloria Artis medal in 2009, the Polonia Restituta Order in 2012 and the Georg Dehio Culture Prize in 2019 .

Publications

• Stary Cmentarz Żydowski we Wrocławiu (1986)
• Mosty Wrocławia (1989)
• Macewy mówią (1991)
  • The pantheon of the Wroclaw Jews . Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3-87584-884-7
• Herb Wrocławia w architekturze miasta (1992)
• Trip to Wroclaw. Searching for traces in the metropolis of Silesia (1993)
• Wrocławscy Żydzi 1850-1944 (1994)
  • Breslau Jews 1850-1944. A forgotten chapter in history . Wrocław 2011, ISBN 978-83-89551-70-2
• Wrocław - co warto zobaczyć (1995)
• Wrocław wczoraj (1996)
• Wrocław na starej karcie pocztowej 1897-1938 (1998)
• Wielcy wrocławianie. Galeria popiersi we wrocławskim Ratuszu (2003)

Web links

• Website of the Museum of the City of Wroclaw