Wilhelm Ziehr

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Wilhelm Ziehr (born November 21, 1938 in Berlin ) is a German lexicographer, non-fiction author and cultural historian.

Life

Ziehr grew up in Thuringia from 1944 . In 1957 he graduated from high school in Eisenberg . There he was a co-founder of the Eisenberger Kreis . In 1958 he began studying history, German, Romance studies and art history in Tübingen and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1962/63. In 1969 he was in Tübingen at Gerhard Schulz to Dr. phil. PhD.

In 1968/69 he was editor of the 17th edition of the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie , Wiesbaden, and from 1970 to 1975 editor in chief of the book series “Weltreise” in Lucerne. He then worked for a school book publisher and as a freelance author and editor. In 1987 he co-founded the publishing house Schweizer Lexikon, Mengis und Ziehr, Lucerne . From 1996 to June 2005 he lived in Menorca . He has lived in Wilhelmshorst since 2005 .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Development of the 'Show Trial' in the Soviet Union (A Contribution to Soviet Domestic Policy 1928-1938) . Dissertation, Tübingen 1969.
  • Editing and editor-in-chief: Swiss Lexicon . Lucerne 1991–1993.
  • Editor-in-chief: Weltreise . Book series on regional geography, 15 volumes, Munich 1970–1974.
  • Editing of the Swiss Lexicon, with the Glacier Commission of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (ed.): Glaciers, snow and ice. The lexicon on glaciology, snow and avalanche research in Switzerland . Verlag Schweizer Lexikon Mengis + Ziehr, Lucerne 1993, ISBN 3-9520144-2-7 .
  • with Lothar Pabst: Diario del asedio de la fortaleza de San Felipe en la isla de Menorca . Escrito por CFH Lindemann . Institut Menorquí d'Estudis, Mahón 2004, ISBN 84-95718-23-5 .

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SURNAME Ziehr, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lexicographer, non-fiction author and cultural historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin