Ulrich in the courtyard

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Ulrich Im Hof (born August 14, 1917 in St. Gallen ; † July 29, 2001 in Köniz ; authorized to reside in Basel and Schaffhausen ) was a Swiss historian .

Life

The son of a lawyer studied history and German at the University of Basel , a. a. with Werner Kaegi . During his studies, Im Hof ​​became a member of the Zofingia . It was in 1944 with a dissertation on Isaac Iselin doctorate .

Until 1968 he worked as a high school teacher in St. Gallen, Basel and Bern . He was chairman of the association of Swiss history teachers and chairman of the working committee for advanced training courses in citizenship education . From 1965 he was a member of the Council of the General History Research Society of Switzerland .

In 1965 he was at the University of Bern habilitation , where he in 1968 for extraordinary and in 1970 full professor for Swiss history of the early modern period was appointed. In 1982 he retired .

He was particularly concerned with the 18th century, the history of universities and socializing in the ancien régime .

He was married to the escape assistant and human rights activist Anne-Marie Im Hof-Piguet .

Fonts (selection)

  • Isaak Iselin: His life and the development of his thinking up to the writing of the "history of mankind" from 1764. 2 volumes. Schwabe, Basel 1947. (Dissertation)
  • Isaak Iselin and the Late Enlightenment. Francke, Munich / Bern 1967. (Habilitation thesis)
  • Enlightenment in Switzerland. Francke, Bern 1970.
  • History of Switzerland. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1974 ( Urban Pocket Books. Vol. 188). 8th edition: Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-019912-5 .
  • The Sociable Century: Society and Societies in the Age of Enlightenment. Beck, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-406-08708-6 .
  • The Swiss Myth: Identity, Nation, History 1291–1991. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-85823-270-X .
  • The Europe of the Enlightenment. Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-37091-8 ( Europe building. ).

literature

  • Nicolai Bernard, Quirinus Reichen (Ed.): Society and societies. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Professor Dr. Ulrich in the courtyard. Wyss, Bern 1982, ISBN 3-7285-0046-1 .
  • Beatrix Mesmer : Obituary Ulrich Im Hof ​​(1917–2001). In: Bern journal for history. 63rd year (2001), issue 4, p. 57 f. ( online ).
  • Im Hof, Ulrich , in: Friedhelm Golücke : Author's lexicon for student and university history. SH-Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-89498-130-X . Pp. 154-155.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lucienne Hubler: In the courtyard, Ulrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME In the yard, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 2001
Place of death Koeniz