Werner Knopp
Werner Knopp (born January 31, 1931 in Braunschweig ; † January 4, 2019 ) was a German legal scholar . From 1970 to 1974 he was rector of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and from 1977 to 1998 president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin .
Life
The Lutheran baptized Werner Knopp was founded in 1931 as the son of an architect born in Brunswick and attended the Gaußschule . After graduating from high school, Knopp studied law at the TH Braunschweig and at the University of Heidelberg . In 1957 he was promoted to Dr. jur. doctorate and in 1968 he completed his habilitation under Wolfgang Hefermehl in law and political science . In the meantime he conducted historical studies at St Antony's College , Oxford from 1958 to 1960 .
He then moved to the Westphalian Wilhelms University, where he held the professorship for civil , commercial and economic law from 1969 to 1977 . From 1969 to 1980 he was the founding rector of the Institute for Foreign and International Private and Business Law . In addition, he was Rector of the University from 1970 to 1974 and President of the West German Rectors' Conference from 1974 to 1977 .
From July 1977 until his retirement in 1998 Werner Knopp was President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
honors and awards
- 1982: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1987: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1998: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Knopp in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Werner Knopp in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Search for "Werner Knopp" in the German Digital Library
- Wolf Jobst Siedler : Werner Knopp: A bourgeois gentleman in a non-bourgeois era. on tagesspiegel.de (from January 30, 2001).
Individual evidence
- ^ Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz press release from January 7, 2019: Deep mourning for Werner Knopp , accessed on January 8, 2019.
- ↑ Biography on munzinger.de, accessed on January 16, 2013.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Heinz Rollhäuser | Rector of the University of Münster 1970–1974 |
Wolfgang Hoffmann |
Hans-Georg Wormit (1967–1977) | Werner Knopp (1977–1998) | Klaus-Dieter Lehmann (1998–2008) | Hermann Parzinger (since 2008)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knopp, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal scholar, Rector of the University of Münster, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 2019 |