Paul Leidinger (historian)

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Paul Leidinger (born September 4, 1932 in Werl ) is a German historian and history teacher. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Münster .

Life

Paul Leidinger studied history , German , philosophy and Catholic theology from 1953 to 1958 . Then he entered the school service. Most recently he worked as director of studies at the Laurentianum High School in Warendorf until 1978 . In addition, from 1964 to 1976 he was in charge of the city and district archives in Warendorf . From 1972 to 1986 he was chairman of the state association of North Rhine-Westphalian history teachers and from 1986 to 1988 national chairman of the association of history teachers in Germany .

In 1963 he received his doctorate from the University of Münster. The habilitation followed in 1972 at the Pedagogical University of Westphalia-Lippe in Münster. There he taught from 1972 to 1978 as a private lecturer. In 1978 he was appointed professor for recent and recent history and didactics of history at the University of Education in Münster. After its integration into the University of Münster, he taught there from 1980 to 1997.

In 1972 he was a founder and until 1986 the main director of the magazine " Geschichte, Politik und seine Didaktik ". In the 1970s and 1980s he took part in the German-Polish textbook discussions. Between 1977 and 1982 he was a member of the specialist commission for the reorganization of the study and examination regulations for history at the Ministry of Culture and Science in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Leidinger is a full member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia (since 1972) and was a member of the board of directors of the Association for History and Archeology of Westphalia (Münster Department) . From 1996 to 2018 he was President of the German-Turkish Society Münster from 1916.

His main research interests are the Westphalian regional history, and he is particularly regarded as an expert on the Counts of Werl , educational and cultural history, history didactics, environmental history and German, European and Turkish contemporary history.

Honors

  • Brigitta Thomas, Louise Bielzer (ed.): Diversity in unity. European history and Westphalian history, Festschrift for Paul Leidinger . Munich 2002.
  • Hans-Joachim Behr (archivist) , Johann Zilien (ed.): History in Westphalia - preserving, researching, conveying. Festschrift for Paul Leidinger on his 70th birthday (= sources and research on the history of the Warendorf district, vol. 40). Warendorf 2002.

Fonts (selection)

  • From the Carolingian mission during the Staufer period, contributions to the early and high medieval history of Westphalia from 8th – 13th centuries. Century (= sources and research on the history of the Warendorf district, vol. 50). District History Association Beckum-Warendorf eV, Warendorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-920836-99-7 . In it pp. 663–686: List of publications 1964–2012, edited by Brigitta Thomas.
  • Studies on the history of the Counts of Werl. A contribution to the history of the High Middle Ages . Association for the History and Archeology of Westphalia, Dept. Paderborn, Paderborn 1965.
  • as editor: History of the City of Warendorf . Ardey-Verlag, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-87023-179-3
    • Vol. 1: Prehistory and early history, Middle Ages, early modern times (before 1800)
    • Vol. 2: The city of Warendorf in the 19th and 20th centuries. Politics, economy, churches
  • as editor: German refugees and expellees in Westphalia and Lippe after 1945. Contributions to their history and German-Polish understanding (= sources and research on the history of the Warendorf district, vol. 46). Aschendorff, Münster 2011. ISBN 978-3-402-12915-9 .

literature

  • Harm Klueting (ed.): The Duchy of Westphalia. Volume 1: The Electorate of Cologne Duchy of Westphalia from the beginnings of Cologne rule in southern Westphalia to secularization in 1803. Aschendorff, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-402-12827-5 , pp. 923-924: Short biography and excerpt from Leidinger's list of publications.

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personal data
SURNAME Leidinger, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor, historian and didactician
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Werl