Konrad Mannert (April 17, 1756 – September 27, 1834) was a

Prussian Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

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and

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. Mannert was born in

Altdorf bei Nürnberg Altdorf bei Nürnberg (, ) is a town in south-eastern Germany. It is situated 25 km east of Nuremberg, in the district Nürnberger Land. Its name literally means “Altdorf near Nuremberg”, to distinguish it from other Altdorfs. History A ...

, where he did his studies. In 1784 he became a teacher at the Sebaldusschule in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

, and in 1788 at the Ägidiusgymnasium there. In 1796 he became professor of history at the

University of Altdorf The University of Altdorf () was a university in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, a small town outside the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. It was founded in 1578 and received university privileges in 1622 and was closed in 1809 by Maximilian I Joseph of Ba ...

, in 1805 at the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one o ...

, in 1807 at the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: link=no, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of ...

(then in Landshut), and from 1826 at the same university in its new location in

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. He died in Munich in 1834. His historical work was known in particular for its focus on studying

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Works

* ''Kompendium der deutschen Reichsgeschichte'', Nuremberg, 1803 – Compendium of German Reich history. * ''Älteste Geschichte Bojariens'', Sulzbach, 1807 – Oldest Bojarian history. * ''Kaiser Ludwig IV.'', Landshut, 1812 –

Emperor Louis IV Louis IV (german: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328. Louis' election as king of Germany ...

* ''Geographie der Griechen und Römer'', Nuremberg, 1795–1825, 10 volumes – Geography of the Greeks and Romans. * ''Tabula Peutingeriana'', Munich, 1824 –

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. * ''Geschichte Bayerns'', Leipzig, 1826, 2 volumes – Bavarian history. * ''Geschichte der alten Deutschen, besonders der Franken'', Stuttgart, 1829–1832, 2 volumes – History of the ancient Germans, especially the

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mannert, Konrad 1756 births 1834 deaths People from Altdorf bei Nürnberg 18th-century German historians German geographers Academic staff of the University of Altdorf Academic staff of the University of Würzburg Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich German male non-fiction writers 19th-century German historians