Lorenz Weinrich | |
|---|---|
 Weinrich in May 2015 | |
| Born | 20 August 1929 Salzwedel, Germany |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Freie Universität Berlin |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | German history |
Lorenz Hubert Weinrich (born 20 August 1929) is a German historian.
Weinrich was born in Salzwedel,Altmark. He started studying history and classical philology at Freie Universität Berlin in 1948,and he earned his doctoral degree in 1954 with a study on Wala of Corbie. Afterwards,he worked as a teacher at different schools in Berlin and,starting in 1957,also at the Freie Universität Berlin. In 1967/1968 he was a visiting scholar for Medieval Latin at University of Chicago. He habilitated in 1971 at Freie Universität Berlin in history. In 1973 and 1974 he taught Gregorian chant and liturgy chant at the Episcopal University for Church Music Berlin. In 1980 he lectured at Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken. From 1987 to 1989 he was Dean of the faculty of history at Freie Universität Berlin.
In 1975 Weinrich was invested into the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Since 1979 he has been Commander of the order. In 2013 he was appointed to commander of the Order of St. Sylvesters with star. [1] [2]
Since 1977 Weinrich has been a member,and from 1979 and 1980 vice chair,and from 1980 to 1992 chair,of the board of the association Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin (Association for Christian Jewish co-operation in Berlin). [3] In 1986 he was elected as a board member of the Deutscher Koordinierungsrat der Gesellschaften für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit and 1987 he was its chair. In this capacity he presented the Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal to Yehudi Menuhin in 1989. [4]
Weinrich conducted the Gregorian scholae of the Roman Catholic parish Mater Dolorosa in Lankwitz from 1952 to 2002. [5] He was a member of the Pastoral council for decades and until 2007 he was member of the management board of the parish. In this capacity he was co-founder of the foundation Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz in 2006. [6]
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