Rolf Wirtgen

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Rolf Wirtgen (born December 22, 1954 in Neuwied ) is a German military historian . From 2002 to 2012 he was chairman of the German Society for Heereskunde and has been head of the Defense Technology Study Collection in Koblenz since 1995 .

Life

Wirtgen was born as the son of the military historian Arnold Wirtgen , the founder of the Defense Technology Study Collection Koblenz (WTS). He attended the Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium Neuwied and, after graduating from high school in 1975 , studied history , art history and sociology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. During his studies he was an intern at the Military History Museum in Vienna, the Royal Danish Armory Museum in Copenhagen and the Military History Museum in Rastatt . From 1983 to 1984 he did basic military service in the Bundeswehr. In 1986, he was at Werner Hahlweg at Münster University with a thesis on military affairs and automatic weapon to Dr. phil. PhD.

From 1985 to 1988 he was editor and head of department at the Deutsches Waffen-Journal . In 1988 he entered the higher service at the Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB), today he is government director . He became an employee and from 1995 head of the WTS. In addition, he published several papers on scientific weapons science for the Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement and is the author of articles in the Zeitschrift für Heereskunde .

He acted as scientific secretary to the advisory board of the Werner Hahlweg Prize for Military History and Defense Sciences and, as a successor to his father, was Chairman of the German Society for Heereskunde from 2002 to 2012.

Fonts (selection)

  • History and technology of automatic weapons in Germany . Volume 1: From the beginnings to 1871 (= Defense technology and scientific weapon science , Volume 1). Mittler, Herford u. a. 1987, ISBN 3-8132-0262-3 .
  • Uniforms in the NATO countries 1900 to today . Mittler, Herford u. a. 1989, ISBN 3-8132-0331-X .
  • The needle gun. A military-technical revolution in the 19th century . Mittler, Herford u. a. 1991, ISBN 3-8132-0378-6 .
  • Ed .: Under Nassau's flags. Equipment and armament of the ducal Nassau military and its traditional groups. Catalog for the 2001 special exhibition in the military engineering study collection of the BWB . Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement, Koblenz 2001, ISBN 3-927038-62-8 .
  • Ed .: Catalog for the special exhibition “100 Years of Visor Developments”. Supplemented with data sheets on the telescopic sights of the special exhibition "Precision Rifles" and on the optical aiming devices of the current permanent exhibition . Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement, Koblenz 2003, ISBN 3-927038-63-6 .
  • Ed .: The repair of the Bergepanther. Overview and progress report April 2004 . Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement, Koblenz 2004, ISBN 3-927038-65-2 .
  • Ed .: Uniforms - Armament - Equipment. Catalog for the special exhibition of the Defense Technical Study Collection . Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement, Koblenz 2004, ISBN 3-927038-64-4 .
  • Ed .: The development of the machine gun. From the hand tube to the universal machine gun. Brochure for the special exhibition 2005 at the Defense Technical Study Collection . Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement, Koblenz 2005, ISBN 3-927038-66-0 .
  • Ed .: Exhibits of the Defense Technical Study Collection. Presented at the open house at the Wehrtechnischen Dienststelle (WTD 51) in Koblenz on July 16 and 17, 2005 and at the 5th Koblenz Museum Night on September 3, 2005 . Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement, Koblenz 2006, ISBN 978-3-927038-67-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Rolf Wirtgen: History and technology of automatic weapons in Germany , 1987, p. 182 (curriculum vitae).
  2. ↑ a b Udo Lander: The Prussian handguns. Models, manufactories, rifle factories 1814 to 1856. Flintlock and percussion weapons (= military technology and scientific weapon science , Volume 16). Bernard & Graefe, Bonn 2004, ISBN 3-7637-6250-7 , p. 347.
  3. ^ Rolf Wirtgen: History and Technology of Automatic Weapons in Germany , 1987, p. 13.
  4. ↑ Contact , WTS, accessed on May 25, 2014.
  5. ^ Rainer Leng : Ars belli. German tactical and war-technical illuminated manuscripts and treatises in the 15th and 16th centuries . Reichert, Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 3-89500-261-5 , SV
personal data
SURNAME Wirtgen, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuwied