Ulrich P. Ecker

Ulrich Peter Ecker (born March 30, 1951 in Duisburg ) is a German historian and archivist .

Ulrich P. Ecker studied Romance studies and history in Düsseldorf , Montpellier and Freiburg . After completing his doctorate in medieval history in Freiburg in 1981, he completed his training as a senior archive service. From 1983 on, Ecker worked in the Freiburg City Archives , which he headed from 2002 to 2016. As a lecturer, Ecker teaches at the Center for Key Qualifications at the University of Freiburg , and at times he also held a teaching position at the Administration and Business Academy .

Ecker is the author of publications on the history of the city of Freiburg and the history of southwest Germany and the publisher of publications from the archive of the city of Freiburg i. Br. From 1994 to 2007 Ecker was the editor of the magazine of the Breisgau history association "Schau-ins-Land" .

From 1999 to 2010 he was chairman of the Breisgau history association Schau-ins-Land . In 2009 he was appointed a member of the Alemannic Institute in Freiburg . He is also a member of the working group for urban history research.

In his free time, Ecker is an artist. Ecker is married and has one son.

Publications (selection)

• The history of the St. Johannes-Baptista Monastery of the Dominican Sisters in Kirchheim unter Teck. Dissertation Freiburg i. Br. 1985.
• Freiburg 1944–1994, Destruction and Reconstruction: Book accompanying the exhibition by the City Archives and Augustinian Museum on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the destruction of Freiburg in the aerial warfare on November 27, 1944. Waldkircher Verlag, Waldkirch 1994, ISBN 3-87885-293-2 .
• Bernd Spitzmüller: "... but life was unimaginably difficult". The history of the forced laborers in Freiburg during the Second World War. With contributions by Ulrich P. Ecker. City Archives, Freiburg i. Br. 2004, ISBN 3-923272-30-8 .
• Karl Friedrich Ludwig Drais of Sauerbronn. In: Klaus-Werner Benz (Ed.): 200 years of civil culture. The Museum Society Freiburg i. Br. EV An anniversary band. Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 2006, ISBN 978-3-451-24391-2 , pp. 95 ff.
• with Christiane Pfanz-Sponagel: The history of the Freiburg municipal council under National Socialism. Schillinger, Freiburg (Breisgau) 2008, ISBN 978-3-89155-336-7 .

literature

• Julia Littmann: The head of the city archive is retiring after 33 years. New archive rooms are more important to him than the upcoming city birthday. In: Badische Zeitung , August 4, 2016 ( online )