Ludwig Petry

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

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

Petry gained PhD in 1932. His thesis was titled ''Die Popplau. Eine Breslauer Kaufmannsfamilie des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts'' 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'' From 1950 to 1973 he was working at the University of Mainz.

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