Ludwig Petry

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Ludwig Petry (b. 3 June 1908 in Alzey, d. 25 November 1991 in Mainz) was a German historian.

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Petry was born into lawyer's family and grew up in Darmstadt. [1] After the Matriculation examination he was studying Germans studies, history and history of arts at the University of Freiburg. [1]

Petry gained PhD in 1932. His thesis was titled Die Popplau. Eine Breslauer Kaufmannsfamilie des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts [2] He passed his habilitation in 1937. The title of his thesis was Breslau und seine Oberherren aus dem Haus Habsburg 1526-1635. Ein Beitrag zur politischen Geschichte der Stadt Breslau [1] From 1950 to 1973 he was working at the University of Mainz. [1] [2]

Petry was member of the Historische Kommission für Nassau and the Verein für schlesische Kirchengeschichte. [2] He was editor-in-chief of Zeitschrift für Ostforschung (today Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropaforschung) from 1969 to 1991. [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Petry Ludwig.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ludwig Petry in Gutenberg Biographics. Verzeichnis der Professorinnen und Professoren der Universität Mainz 1477–1973.

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