Michael Dirrigl

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Michael Dirrigl (born June 24, 1923 in Neunburg vorm Wald ; † March 20, 2002 in Regensburg ) was a German Germanist, author, historian and educator. He lived in Viergstetten near Nittendorf and was Director of Studies for German and History at the Goethe Gymnasium in Regensburg. In 1949 he received his doctorate in Munich with the title “The intellectual and artistic development of Josef Ruederer ”. He was a member of the Regensburg Writers' Group, Schopenhauer, Schiller, Wilhelm Busch and Theodor Storm societies.

Dirrigl became famous for his standard works on Bavarian history, especially for his extensive biography on Ludwig I of Bavaria. His cultural and intellectual history of Munich was published in 1968 under the title Residence of the Muses .

Awards

  • 1982 - Honorary gift from the Foundation for the Promotion of German Literature.
  • 1988 - Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon, presented by the then Bavarian Minister of Culture, Hans Zehetmair, for his tireless scientific work and his literary contribution to the documentation of Bavarian cultural history.
  • 1991 - Recognition and advancement award of the Bavarian Unification / Bavarian People's Foundation.

Works (selection)

  • Residence of the Muses - Munich's cultural and intellectual history 1158–1918, published in 1968, Bruckmann Verlag / Munich
  • Carl Spitzweg - Der Münchner Maler-Poet, published in 1969, Langen Müller Verlag / Munich
  • Albertus Magnus -Bischof von Regensburg, published 1980, MZ Verlag / Regensburg
  • Ludwig I.-König von Bayern 1825–1848, published 1980, Hugendubel Verlag / Munich
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -Personlichkeit, published in 1982, MZ Verlag / Regensburg
  • Maximilian II of Bavaria
  • Konrad von Megenberg. Canon in Regensburg, author of the first natural history in German (1309–1374). Book publisher of the Mittelbayerische Zeitung, Regensburg 1991.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe personality and work, part 2, Hellas and Rome, published in 1991, MZ Verlag / Regensburg
  • Goethe and Schopenhauer, published in 2000, Universitätsverlag Regensburg
  • Franz von Pocci -Der Kasperlgraf, year of publication 2001, Lectura Verlag / Nürnberg
  • Moritz von Schwind , year of publication 2001, Lectura Verlag / Nürnberg
  • Hans Thoma , Karl Stauffer-Bern - painter in Munich, published 2001, Lectura Verlag / Nürnberg
personal data
SURNAME Dirrigl, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist, author, historian and educator
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Neunburg vorm Wald
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 2002
Place of death regensburg