Manfred Botzenhart
Manfred Botzenhart (born September 28, 1934 in Berlin , † February 28, 2007 in Havixbeck ) was a German historian .
Life
Botzenhart, a son of the historian Erich Botzenhart , studied history , ancient history and archeology in Freiburg and Münster . He became a research assistant to Kurt von Raumer , with whom he wrote his doctoral thesis on Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich . In 1966 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . In 1974 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on the emergence of parliamentarism in Vormärz and during the German Revolution of 1848/49 . In 1975 he was appointed to the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , where he taught as a professor for modern history until his retirement in 1997 . From 1993 to 1997 he was dean of the history department and from 1995 history / philosophy.
In 1995, Botzenhart was elected a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . In 2003 membership was converted into a corresponding one.
Michael Epkenhans is one of his students .
Fonts
- Metternich's time as ambassador in Paris (= New Münster contributions to historical research. ISSN 0077-7706 , vol. 10). Aschendorff, Münster 1967 (also: dissertation, University of Münster, 1966).
- German parliamentarism in the revolutionary period 1848–1850. Droste, Düsseldorf 1977, ISBN 3-7700-5090-8 (also: habilitation thesis, University of Münster, 1974/1975).
- with Kurt von Raumer : Germany around 1800. Crisis and redesign. From 1789 to 1815 (= Handbook of German History. Vol. 3.1: German History in the 19th Century. Part 1). Academic Publishing Company Athenaion, Wiesbaden 1980, ISBN 3-7977-0720-4 .
- Reform, restoration, crisis. Germany 1789–1847 (= edition suhrkamp . Vol. 1252 = new series, vol. 252). Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1985, ISBN 3-518-11252-X .
- German constitutional history 1806-1949 (= Kohlhammer-Urban-Taschenbücher. Vol. 450). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1993, ISBN 3-17-011235-X .
literature
- Michael Epkenhans , Martin Kottkamp, Lothar Snyders (eds.): Liberalism, parliamentarism and democracy. Festschrift for Manfred Botzenhart for his 60th birthday. Cuvillier, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-89588-021-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Manfred Botzenhart in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biographical information on the website of the Historical Commission for Westphalia
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Botzenhart, Manfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 2007 |
Place of death | Havixbeck |