Peter-Michael Hahn

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Peter-Michael Hahn (born February 17, 1951 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German historian who deals in particular with Prussian history.

Peter-Michael Hahn studied history and economics in Düsseldorf and Berlin from 1970 to 1974 . From 1975 to 1980 he was a research assistant to Gerd Heinrich at the Department of Historical Regional Studies at the Berlin University of Education . From 1980 to 1983 Hahn worked as a research assistant at the Free University of Berlin. In 1977 he received his doctorate in Düsseldorf with an article on the Brandenburg nobility in the 16th century that was supervised by Klaus Müller . From 1983 to 1989 Hahn was a university assistant for historical regional studies at the Free University of Berlin. In 1986 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on the manorial penetration of the rural area between the Elbe and Aller from 1300 to 1700. From 1989 to 1990 he was senior assistant for the history of the early modern period at the Free University of Berlin. Hahn taught from 1992 to 2016 as a professor for regional history with a focus on Brandenburg-Prussia at the University of Potsdam . His chair was renamed the Chair of General History of the Early Modern Age when Matthias Asche was appointed to his new position .

The focus of research and teaching is the problem of court culture and symbolism within the Upper Saxon Empire (Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringian and Anhalt small states), especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. The courtly sign language and symbolism in the field of material culture and architecture as well as - in general - the expansion of a residential landscape were examined. In addition, the political and social conditions in Brandenburg-Prussia are of particular interest. In 2009 he published a concise account of the history of the Mark Brandenburg from its beginnings to the present state. He wants to emphasize "the contribution of the local authorities in the formation of territorial rulers" and thus present "the regional uniqueness" and "the foundations of territorial identity".

Hahn is actively involved in the Rudolstadt working group , of which he is chairman. He wrote several books on Brandenburg , Prussia and Potsdam .

Fonts

Monographs

  • Structure and function of the Brandenburg nobility in the 16th century (= historical and educational studies. Vol. 9). Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1979, ISBN 3-7678-0473-5 (At the same time: Düsseldorf, Universität, Dissertation, 1977).
  • Princely territorial sovereignty and local aristocratic power. The lordly penetration of the rural area between the Elbe and Aller 1300–1700 (= publications of the Historical Commission in Berlin. Vol. 72). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1989, ISBN 3-11-012118-2 (also: Berlin, Free University, habilitation paper, 1986).
  • The judicial practice of the old-class society in the age of "absolutism". The expertise of the Helmstedt Faculty of Law for the Brandenburg-Prussian territories 1675–1710 (= writings on legal history. H. 44). Duncker et al. Humblot, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-428-06585-9 .
  • The chaos of war and official business. Distant noble worlds around the middle of the 17th century in the mirror image of personal records (= sources and studies on the history and culture of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Old Empire. Vol. 4). Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 1996, ISBN 3-930850-37-0 .
  • with Udo Geiseler: One hundred years in the service of the economy. The Potsdam Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1898–1998. Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Potsdam 1998.
  • History of Potsdam. From the beginning to the present. Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-50351-9 .
  • Frederick the Great and the German Nation. History as a Political Argument. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-017952-3 .
  • History of Brandenburg. Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-58350-6 .

Editorships

  • with Ulrich Schütte: Signs and Space. Equipment and courtly ceremonies in the German castles of the early modern period (= Rudolstadt research on residential culture. Vol. 3). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2006, ISBN 3-422-06403-6 .
  • with Hellmut Lorenz : mansions in Brandenburg and Niederlausitz. Commented new edition of Alexander Duncker's (1857–1883) works of views. 2 volumes. Nicolai, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-87584-024-0 .
  • with Hellmut Lorenz: splendor and glory. Noble-princely life worlds in the 17th and 18th centuries (= sources and studies on the history and culture of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Old Kingdom. Vol. 5). Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 1998, ISBN 3-932981-06-5 .
  • with Hellmut Lorenz: Forms of the visualization of domination. Studies on the nobility, princes and palace construction from the 16th to the 18th century (= sources and studies on the history and culture of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Old Kingdom. Vol. 6). Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 1998, ISBN 3-932981-42-1 .
  • with Hellmut Lorenz: Studies on the baroque building culture in Berlin-Brandenburg (= sources and studies on the history and culture of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Old Reich. Vol. 3). Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 1996, ISBN 3-930850-24-9 .
  • with Kristina Hübener and Julius H. Schoeps : Potsdam. Märkische small town - European residence. Reminiscences of a thousand-year history (= Potsdam historical studies. Vol. 1). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-05-002672-3 .

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Enno Bünz : New beginnings, traditions, breaks: 25 years of regional historical research in the Free State of Saxony and in Central Germany. In: sheets for German national history. 154 (2018), pp. 3–32, here: p. 18.
  2. ^ Peter-Michael Hahn: History of Brandenburg. Munich 2009. See the review by Werner Vogel in: Yearbook for the History of Central and Eastern Germany 56, 2010, pp. 268–270.
personal data
SURNAME Hahn, Peter-Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchengladbach