Lorenz Hubert Weinrich (born 20 August 1929) is a German historian.

Life

Weinrich was born in

Salzwedel Salzwedel (, officially known as Hansestadt Salzwedel; Low German: ''Soltwedel'') is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, and has a population of approximately 21,500. Salz ...

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. He started studying history and

classical philology Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

Freie Universität Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

in 1948, and he earned his doctoral degree in 1954 with a study on

Wala of Corbie Wala (c. 755 – 31 August 836) was a son of Bernard, son of Charles Martel, and one of the principal advisers of his cousin Charlemagne, of Charlemagne's son Louis the Pious, and of Louis's son Lothair I. He succeeded his brother Adalard as abbo ...

. Afterwards he worked as a teacher at different schools in

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and, starting in 1957, also at the Freie Universität Berlin. In 1967/1968 he was visiting scholar for

Medieval Latin Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying degrees. Latin functione ...

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. He habilitated in 1971 at Freie Universität Berlin in history. In 1973 and 1974 he taught

Gregorian chant Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainsong, plainchant, a form of monophony, monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek (language), Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed ma ...

and at liturgy chant at the Episcopal University for Church Music Berlin. In 1980 he lectured at

Universität des Saarlandes Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in s ...

in Saarbrücken. From 1987 to 1989 he was

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of the faculty of history at Freie Universität Berlin. In 1975 Weinrich was invested into the

Order of the Holy Sepulchre The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, links=yes, OESSH), also called Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under ...

. Since 1979 he has been Commander of the order. In 2013 he was appointed to commander of the Order of St. Sylvesters with star. 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'').'' 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 ''.'' Weinrich conducted the Gregorian

scholae Scholae ( el, Σχολαί) is a Latin word, literally meaning "schools" (from the singular ''schola'', ''school'' or ''group'') that was used in the late Roman Empire to signify a unit of Imperial Guards. The unit survived in the Byzantine Empire ...

of the Roman Catholic parish

Mater Dolorosa Our Lady of Sorrows ( la, Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), Our Lady of Dolours, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows ( la, Mater Dolorosa, link=no), and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names ...

Lankwitz Lankwitz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Steglitz. History The locality was first mentioned in 1239 with the name of ''Lanko ...

from 1952 to 2002. 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.Satzung der Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz
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Publications (selection)

Monographs * ''Wala – Graf, Mönch und Rebell''. Lübeck und Hamburg 1963 (Karolingische Studien Heft 386) * ''Das ungarische Paulinerkloster Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rom (1404–1579).'' Berliner historische Studien. Band 12, Ordensstudien, Berlin, Duncker und Humblot 1998. . Edits and translations * together with Herbert Helbig: ''Urkunden und erzählende Quellen zur deutschen Ostsiedlung im Mittelalter''. Darmstadt 1968. * ''Quellen zur deutschen Verfassungs-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte bis 1250'' (= ''Ausgewählte Quellen zur deutschen Geschichte des Mittelalters''. Band 32). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1977, . * ''Toleranz und Brüderlichkeit: 30 Jahre Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin.'' Berlin, Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit 1979. * ''Quellen zur Verfassungsgeschichte des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches im Spätmittelalter (1250–1500).'' Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gedächtnisausgabe 33, Darmstadt 1983, . * ''Pfarrkirche und Gemeinde Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz 1912–1987'', Berlin 1987. * together with Jürgen Miethke: ''Quellen zur Kirchenreform im Zeitalter der großen Konzilien des 15. Jahrhunderts. Erster Teil: Die Konzilien von Pisa (1409) und Konstanz (1414–1418).'' (Ausgewählte Quellen zur deutschen Geschichte des Mittelalters, Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gedächtnisausgabe 38a). Darmstadt 1995. * ''Quellen zur Reichsreform im Spätmittelalter.'' Ausgewählte Quellen zur deutschen Geschichte des Mittelalters. Band 39. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2001, . * ''Heiligenleben zur deutsch-slawischen Geschichte. Adalbert von Prag und Otto von Bamberg.'' Ausgewählte Quellen zur deutschen Geschichte des Mittelalters. Band 23. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2005, . Papers * ''Laurentius-Verehrung in Ottonischer Zeit.'' In: ''Jahrbuch für die Geschichte Mittel- und Ostdeutschlands'', Band 21. 1972. * ''Der Slawenaufstand von 983 in der Darstellung des Bischofs Thietmar von Merseburg.'' In: Dieter Berg, Hans-Werner Goetz (Hrsg.): ''Historiographia Mediaevalis. Studien zur Geschichtsschreibung und Quellenkunde des Mittelalters. Festschrift für Franz-Josef Schmale zum 65. Geburtstag''. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1988, S. 77–87.

References

External links

Lorenz Weinrich, Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz
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