Wolfgang von Wartburg

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Wolfgang von Wartburg (born October 3, 1914 in Zurich ; † November 7, 1997 in Unterentfelden ) was a Swiss historian .

Life

Wolfgang von Wartburg, son of the Romance scholar Walther von Wartburg , studied history, German and Romance languages ​​in Leipzig , Montpellier , Paris and Bern . In 1944 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil. and in 1952 his habilitation . From 1942 to 1961 he worked as an assistant teacher and from 1961 to 1980 as the main teacher of history and German at the Aarau Cantonal School . In 1948/49 he was a private lecturer at the Humboldt University in Berlin . From 1965 he worked as an associate professor at the University of Basel .

Wolfgang von Wartburg represented a right-wing conservative, pointedly anti-communist attitude. He belonged to the "Campaign for freedom of expression - against UN paternalism" (AfM), which fought against the inclusion of the racism penal norm in the penal code.

In addition, von Wartburg was interested in educational policy issues. In 1970 he was co-founder and first president of the Swiss Society for Educational Issues.

Fonts (selection)

  • Three years of Bernese foreign policy 1519–1522, Affoltern am Albis 1944 (= Diss. Bern)
  • World view and life plan of the young Philipp Emanuel Fellenberg. A contribution to the intellectual history of the late 18th century, Bern 1949
  • History of Switzerland , Munich 1951
  • Zurich and the French Revolution. The examination of a patriarchal society with the ideological and political influences of the French Revolution, Basel 1956 (revision of the habilitation thesis)
  • Revolutionary figures of the 19th and 20th centuries, Bern 1958 (2nd edition 1974)
  • On the nature and importance of communism, Reinach 1962
  • From the spirit of education. Ideas for the establishment of a modern education system, Schaffhausen 1977
  • The neutrality of Switzerland and its future, Schaffhausen 1992
  • The European dimension of Switzerland. On the history of Switzerland and its position in Europe, Schaffhausen 1996
  • The great Helveticians. Important personalities in turbulent times, 1798–1815, Schaffhausen 1997

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personal data
SURNAME Wartburg, Wolfgang von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1997
Place of death Unterentfelden