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Werner Mägdefrau (born January 24, 1931 in Schwarza ) is a German historian specializing in the history of Thuringia .

Life

Werner Mägdefrau studied history, German literature and education at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena from 1949 to 1953 . From 1954 he was a research assistant there, and in 1955 with the work "The conception of the Middle Ages in the Historical Yearbook of the Gorres-Gesellschaft " Dr. phil. PhD. After working as a lecturer in the history of the Middle Ages and regional history at the University of Jena since 1969, he completed his habilitation there in 1971 with the thesis “Revolutionary communal movements and late medieval civil struggles in the cities of the Thuringian Tri-City Association . A contribution to the regional history of Thuringia and to the development of the feudal German urban system ” .

From 1974 he taught and researched there as a full professor for the history of the Middle Ages until his retirement in 1991. A focus of his research is the regional history of Thuringia, whereby his works are partly influenced by the standpoint of historical materialism represented in the GDR .

Fonts

• The conception of the Middle Ages in the historical yearbook of the Görres Society. Jena 1955 (Jena, University, typed dissertation, August 9, 1955).
• Revolutionary communal movements and late medieval civil struggles in the cities of the Thuringian Tri-City League. A contribution to the regional history of Thuringia and the development of the feudal German urban system. 5 volumes. Jena 1971 (Jena, University, Dissertation B, 1971; short version as: The Thuringian Association of Cities in the Middle Ages. Böhlau, Weimar 1977).
• with Frank Gratz: The beginnings of the Reformation and the Thuringian cities. Haag and Herchen, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-86137-411-0 .
• The Landgraviate of Thuringia 1130 to 1247 (= Factum. Backgrounds and discussions. Vol. 3, ZDB -ID 2438096-9 ). State Center for Political Education Thuringia, Erfurt 1996.
• Medieval castles and fortifications in Thuringia. (11th - 13th century) (= Thuringia yesterday and today. Vol. 4). State Center for Political Education Thuringia, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 3-931426-16-5 .
• Thuringia in the Middle Ages. Structures and developments between 1130 and 1310 (= Thuringia yesterday and today. Vol. 7). State Center for Political Education Thuringia, Erfurt 1999, ISBN 3-931426-26-2 .
• Kings and Landgraves in the Late Middle Ages. Thuringia and the empire from Conrad IV to Frederick the arguable (= Thuringia yesterday and today. Vol. 9). State Center for Political Education Thuringia, Erfurt 2000, ISBN 3-931426-40-8 .
• Thuringia in the Middle Ages. 5 volumes. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2000–2013;
  • Volume 1: Thuringia in the early Middle Ages. From the Thuringian Kingdom to the end of the Saxon Empire 531–1024. = Thuringia in the early Middle Ages 531-1024. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2003, ISBN 3-936030-98-7 ;
  • Volume 2: Medieval Thuringia. From the 11th century to the establishment of the Landgraviate in the 12th century. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2000, ISBN 3-932554-49-3 ;
  • Volume 3: Thuringia in the Middle Ages 1130–1310. from the Ludowingers to the Wettins. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-152-8 ;
  • Volume 4: Thuringia in the late Middle Ages 1310–1482 / 85. On the life and work of German kings and Saxon-Thuringian landgraves from Friedrich the Freidigen to Sigmund to Wilhelm III., The Brave. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2012, ISBN 978-3-86777-335-5 ;
  • Volume 5: Thuringia and the Empire on the Threshold of Modern Times 1482 / 85–1517 / 19. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2013, ISBN 978-3-86777-463-5 .
• with Rainer Lämmerhirt and Dana Lämmerhirt : Thuringian castles and fortifications in the Middle Ages. A trip to the Middle Ages. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2001, ISBN 3-934748-43-0 .
• Thuringian cities and city federations in the Middle Ages. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2002, ISBN 3-936030-34-0 .

literature

• Maidwoman, Werner. In: Collegium Politicum at the University of Hamburg. Historiography Working Group (Ed.): Historians in Central Germany . Ferd. Dümmerls Verlag, Bonn et al. 1965, p. 55 f.

Web links

• Literature by and about Werner Mägdefrau in the catalog of the German National Library