Wilhelm Riedner

Wilhelm Riedner (born November 4, 1877 in Kitzingen , † 1954 in Munich ) was a German librarian and historian.

Life

After graduating from secondary school in Nuremberg, Wilhelm Riedner studied modern philology, history and politics at the University of Munich . In 1900 he became a member of the Corps Palatia Munich . After completing your studies with a doctorate to become a Dr. phil. at the University of Munich in 1905 he began a career as a librarian and became library director of the Technical University of Munich. During the First World War he worked in the Political Department of the Governor General in Brussels. Riedner wrote numerous book history and historical publications.

Awards

• For his award publication How can peace and prosperity for Germany and Europe be secured through international cooperation? he received the German Peace Prize in 1924.
• The Corps Palatia Munich made him an honorary member.

Fonts

• Spenser's erudition , 1906
• Peter Schöffer's advertisement of the Decretum Gratiani and the decretals of Gregory IX. by 1472 , 1908
• Leipzig book and lecture advertisements , 1911
• Farewell to Landshut - Landshut student play from the time of the Rectorate Röschlaub in 1822 , 1913
• History of the Corps Palatia, Landshut-Munich, 1813-1913 , 1913
• The centenary of the Corps Palatia Munich from June 20 to 24, 1913 , 1913
• The latest evolution of the Walloon Movement , 1917
• Economic "peace" preparations by the Belgian government , 1917
• The internationalization of the Flemish question , 1918
• Technical University of Munich , 1941

literature

• Riedner, Wilhelm. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1530.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 111 , 1182