Ulrich von Hehl

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Ulrich von Hehl (born 19 October 1947) is a German historian and university professor. [1] He has published extensively, mostly on German history in the twentieth century, and with a particular focus on the role played by the Roman Catholic church and its interaction with politics. [2] [3]

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Life

Ulrich von Hehl was born into a Roman Catholic family in Viersen, a manufacturing town in the extreme west of Germany's British occupation zone located between the Dutch frontier and Düsseldorf. [4] Between 1958 and 1959 he attended the Gymnasium (school) in Viersen, before moving on to the Moltkeplatz Gymnasium (school) at Krefeld roughly 15 miles (24 km) to the northeast of Viersen, which he attended till successfully completing his school career in 1966. There followed a period of military service after which, between 1969 and 1974, he studied History and Germanistics at the University of Bonn. [1] His doctorate followed in 1977. His dissertation concerned the Catholic Church and National Socialism in the Archbishopric of Cologne during the twelve Nazi years. [5] and was supervised by Konrad Repgen. He pursued a career in history for a period, heading up the Commission for Contemporary History in Bonn. [6] with which he has been associated since 1977. He received his habilitation (higher academic qualification) in 1987, still from Bonn University, for a piece of biographical work on Chancellor Wilhelm Marx (1863-1946). [7] In 1989/90 he briefly occupied a teaching chair at the University of Augsburg. [4] Moving east, between 1992 and 2013 he held a professorship in contemporary and latest history at Leipzig University, retiring in April 2013. [8]

Work

Ulrich von Hehl's research focus covers Catholicism in Germany, the "Weimar" period and aspects of the Nazi years. [9] His various memberships include a place on the Academic Advisory Board of the Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ("House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany"). He is also deputy board chairman of the Horst Springer Foundation for Contemporary and Latest History in Saxony. He has been involved in preparing the fourth volume, covering the period from 1914, of a four volume History of the City of Leipzig, produced in 2015 to celebrate the city's anniversary. [10]


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References

  1. 1 2 "Prof. Dr. Ulrich von Hehl". Historisches Seminar ... Forschungsschwerpunkte: Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus, Geschichte der Weimarer Republik und des Kaiserreichs, Universitätsgeschichte, Stadtgeschichte Leipzigs, Katholizismusforschung. Universität Leipzig (Dekanat der Fakultät für Geschichte, Kunst- und Orientwissenschaften). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Works by and about Ulrich von Hehl". Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Internationaler Editorial Board - SZRKG: Prof. Ulrich von Hehl". Universität Freiburg Schweiz (Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Kirchengeschichte (ZSKG) / Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Religions- und Kulturgeschichte (SZRKG)). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Ulrich von Hehl" (PDF). Catalogus Professorum Lipsiensium. Universität Leipzig. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Hehl, Ulrich von (1977). Katholische Kirche und Nationalsozialismus im Erzbistum Köln 1933–1945. ISSN   0341-289X.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ "Organisation" (PDF). Kommission für Zeitgeschichte, Bonn. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Hehl, Ulrich von (1987). Wilhelm Marx 1863–1946. Eine politische Biographie.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ "Der Lehrstuhl für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte wird mit der Emeritierung von Prof. von Hehl zum 01.04.2013 aufgelöst". Universität Leipzig. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Ulrich von Hehl (5 May 1988). "Die Kontroverse um den Reichstagsbrand". Für Konrad Repgen. Vierteljahrsheft für Zeitgeschichte.
  10. ↑ "... Prof. Dr. Ulrich von Hehl". Die Herausgeber der Wissenschaftlichen Stadtgeschichte ... Der Oberbürgermeister i.A. Stadt Leipzig. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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