Michael Schattenhofer

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Michael Schattenhofer (born October 7, 1915 in Beilngries ; † January 30, 1992 in Munich ) was a German historian and archivist .

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Schattenhofer graduated from high school in Regensburg in 1935 . From 1937 he studied German and history at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1944 he received his doctorate under Karl Alexander von Müller . From 1946 until his retirement, he worked at the Munich City Archives , initially as a research assistant and from 1951 as an archivist after taking the major archive examination . In 1958 he was appointed head of the city archives. In 1967 he became a member of the Commission for Bavarian State History at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . From 1947 he was a member of the Historic Association of Upper Bavaria and from 1960 to 1984 its chairman. From 1961 to 1982, 26 volumes of the club magazine Oberbayerisches Archiv were published under his editorship , whereby he shared this honorary position with Ludwig Morenz from 1965 to 1981. From 1966 to 1980 he headed the working group of Bavarian city archivists.

In 1976, Schattenhofer was awarded the Bavarian Poet Thaler . In 1985 the Historical Association for Upper Bavaria appointed him honorary chairman. In 1990 he received the “Bene merenti” medal from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. He was also awarded the Munich Glow Medal .

He planned the expansion of the magazine area and the redesign of administration, user and exhibition rooms and brought it forward in the implementation. He gave the archive system important impulses. Schattenhofer published numerous books and articles on the history of the state capital Munich and the city of Beilngries . Together with Karl Bosl , he launched a series of dissertations on Bavarian state and Munich urban history; supported by editor Walter Grasser, almost 100 doctoral students were supported in fulfilling the printing requirement.

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  • Beilngries. Chronicle of the nine-centenary of the market award. Kallmünz, 1953.
  • Old Munich views. 12 reproductions after hand-colored lithographs from the period 1825/40. Munich, 1959.
  • The monk in the coat of arms: from the past and present of Catholic Munich. Munich, 1960.
  • The Marian column in Munich. Munich, 1970.
  • The old town hall in Munich its structural development and its significance in terms of urban history. Munich, 1972.
  • The Luitpoldblock through the ages. Munich, 1975.
  • Giesing, Au, Haidhausen. Old villages to the right of the Isar at the gates of Munich. Munich, 1979.
  • From churches, electors & coffee makers etcetera from Munich's past. Munich, 1974.
  • 100 years of the Munich tram. 1876-1976. Munich, 1976.
  • Munich 1870–1910. Lucerne and Frankfurt / M., 1980
  • Chronicle of the City of Munich 1945–1948. Munich, 1980
  • The English Garden 1789–1989. Munich, 1982.
  • Contributions to the history of the city of Munich. Munich, 1984
  • Suresnes Castle in Schwabing. Munich, 1990.
  • Munich: 1870–1910. Munich, 1999.
  • Economic history of Munich from the beginning to the present . Munich, 2011

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  1. ↑ Medal Bene merenti , badw.de
personal data
SURNAME Schattenhofer, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Beilngries
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1992
Place of death Munich