Thankmar von Münchhausen

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Thankmar Freiherr von Münchhausen (born January 12, 1932 in Breslau ) is a German journalist, author and historian.

Life

Thankmar von Münchhausen grew up in Niederschwedeldorf in Silesia. Since 1815 the von Münchhausen family had owned the Niederschwedeldorfer Stiftsgut, which once belonged to the Jesuits and which his father managed. In 1946 the family was expelled from Niederschwedeldorf and returned to their headquarters in Stolzenau on the Weser.

Münchhausen passed the Abitur in 1954 in Petershagen near Minden. In 1955 he began to study political science, sociology and history. Von Münchhausen studied in Heidelberg, Paris, Bonn and Cologne. He received his doctorate in 1962 at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg with a dissertation on "Goals and resistances of the French policy on Algeria from 1945 to 1958".

In the same year he joined the editorial team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . From 1976 to 1998 he reported from Paris as their political correspondent . During this time he published several books on the history of France and the city of Paris. After finishing his full-time job for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Münchhausen stayed in Paris, where he still lives today.

Awards

Fonts

  • Colonialism and democracy. The French policy on Algeria 1945–1962 . Weltforum-Verlag, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-8039-0133-2 .
  • Mameluks, pashas and fellahs. Reports from the kingdom of Mohammed Ali 1801–1849 . Edition Erdmann, Tübingen 1982, ISBN 3-88639-508-1 .
  • Images of the Orient. Reports and analysis . Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-7973-0481-1 .
  • Eiffels tower. Forays into the history of France . Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-7973-0736-5 .
  • Paris. History of a city from 1800 to today . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-421-05443-6 .
  • 72 days. The Paris Commune in 1871 - the first “dictatorship of the proletariat” . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-421-04440-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ All additions to Thankmar von Münchhausen 80 , in: FAZ January 12, 2012, page 5
personal data
SURNAME Münchhausen, Thankmar von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Münchhausen, Thankmar Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw