Sylvia Krauss-Meyl

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Sylvia Krauss-Meyl (born July 12, 1951 in Munich ) is a German historian , archivist and author . She was archive director in the Bavarian main state archive in Munich.

Live and act

After high school and high school in Unna , Sylvia Krauss-Meyl studied history , Romance studies and philosophy at the University of Münster and at the Sorbonne in Paris . After the state examination for the higher teaching, she moved in 1976 to the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich , where they 1985 Eberhard Weis with a thesis on the political relations between Bavaria and France in 1814 / 15-1840 doctorate .

In 1976 she took on a project position in the Bavarian Archives Administration and then completed her traineeship training at the Bavarian Archives School from 1978 to 1981. After the second state examination , she entered the higher state archive service in 1981 . Since then she has been responsible for the acquisition, processing and archiving of political legacies and private archives at the Bavarian Main State Archives in Munich . From 2008 to 2016 she headed Dept. V “Legacies and Collections” of the Bavarian Main State Archives. Since 2017 she has been running a consultancy for private archives in Munich, where she offers advice, appraisal, mediation and organization of written personal papers and family archives .

From 2007 to 2010 she was also seconded part-time to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , where she was in charge of the academy archive and in 2009 she curated the exhibition for the 250th anniversary of the Academy. In 2010 she was awarded the Silver Medal of Merit of the Academy of Sciences.

Krauss-Meyl is an author of historical non-fiction books. Her main research interests and topics are: Bavarian history, history of Bavarian-French relations, women's history, history of science .

Sylvia Krauss-Meyl is married and has two sons.  

Publications (selection)

Monographs
  • Political relations between Bavaria and France, 1814 / 15–1840. (= Series of publications on Bavarian national history , vol. 8), Munich 1987.
  • The royal family's "enfant terrible". Maria Leopoldine, Bavaria's last Electress. Regensburg 1997, 3rd edition 2013.
  • The most famous woman in two centuries. Maria Aurora Countess von Königsmarck (1662–1728). Regensburg 2002, 3rd edition 2012.
  • Legacies in the Bavarian Main State Archives 1800 to the present day (= Bayerische Archivinventare , Vol. 53), ed. from the General Directorate of the Bavarian State Archives. Munich 2005, 2nd edition 2019.
  • Bright minds. The history of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences 1759–2009 (with Reinhard Heydenreuter). (= Exhibition catalogs of the Bavarian State Archives , No. 51). Munich 2009.
  • The Octoberfest. Two Centuries Mirror of the Zeitgeist (= Little Munich Stories ), Regensburg 2015.
Articles in magazines and books
  • with Josef Anker: The Presidents of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. In: Worlds of Knowledge. The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and the scientific collections of Bavaria. 250 years of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Edited by Dietmar Willoweit with the assistance of Tobias Schönauer. Munich 2009, pp. 120–146.
  • Princess Therese of Bavaria. In: Dietmar Willoweit (ed.): Thinker, researcher and discoverer. A history of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in historical portraits. Munich 2009, pp. 189-204.
  • The scientific and technical commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. In: Journal for Bavarian State History , vol. 72, issue 2, 2009, pp. 537-570.
  • Hugo Meyl (1867–1939), art dealer and fine spirit in Munich. In: Ostasiatische Zeitschrift , No. 23, 2012, pp. 40–53.
  • Portrait of the Bavarian Queen Marie Therese, written by her daughter Gundelinde. In: Wittelsbacher studies. Festgabe for Duke Franz on the 80th birthday. Munich 2013, pp. 929–950.         
  • 1800: Will Bavaria become a republic? In: Revolution in Munich 1800, 1848, 1918, 1933, 1968 (= Little Munich Stories ), Regensburg 2014, pp. 10–40.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Weiser: Hitler and the estate of Wolfgang Wagner , in: Nordbayerischer Kurier , July 28, 2016, accessed on November 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Gerhard Eisenkolb: Unsuccessful, so guilty , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 4, 2016, accessed on November 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Jakob Wetzel: Why you have to take the Oktoberfest seriously. Review, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , December 21, 2015, accessed on February 1, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Krauss-Meyl, Sylvia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, archivist and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich