Peter Oliver Loew (born 1967) is a German

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, and

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, specializing in the

History of Poland The history of Poland spans over a thousand years, from medieval tribes, Christianization and monarchy; through Poland's Golden Age, expansionism and becoming one of the largest European powers; to its collapse and partitions, two world wars ...

Biography

Loew was born in

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

and studied Eastern European history,

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and

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at the University of Nuremberg,

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...

and the

Free University of 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 2001, he graduated on the historical culture of Danzig (Gdańsk) between 1793 and 1997. He is the scientific Vice-director of the Deutsches Polen-Institut (

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest city in the state of Hesse ...

)Deutsches Polen-Institut
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University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stud ...

(since 2006) and the University of Darmstadt (since 2009). Loew specializes in the history of

Polish-German relations German Polish or Polish German may refer to: * German–Polish relations *German minority in Poland The registered German minority in Poland at the 2011 national census consisted of 148,000 people, of whom 64,000 declared both German and Polish ...

, the History of Danzig,

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...

and

Pomerelia Pomerelia,, la, Pomerellia, Pomerania, pl, Pomerelia (rarely used) also known as Eastern Pomerania,, csb, Pòrénkòwô Pòmòrskô Vistula Pomerania, prior to World War II also known as Polish Pomerania, is a historical sub-region of Pome ...

Publications

* (with Jarosław Ellwart:) ''Śladami Bismarcka po Pomorzu.'' Region, Gdynia 2001, . German edition: ''Auf Bismarcks Spuren in Hinterpommern. Ein historisch-touristischer Leitfaden.'' Region, Gdynia 2003, * ''Danzig und seine Vergangenheit, 1793 bis 1997. Die Geschichtskultur einer Stadt zwischen Deutschland und Polen.'' Fibre, Osnabrück 2003, * (publ.:) ''Polen denkt Europa. Politische Texte aus zwei Jahrhunderten.'' Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2004, * ''Gdańsk literacki (1793–1945).'' Mestwin, Gdańsk 2005. * ''Gdańsk. Między mitami.'' Borussia, Olsztyn 2006. * ''Literarischer Reiseführer Danzig. Acht Stadtspaziergänge.'' Deutsches Kulturforum Östliches Europa, Potsdam 2009, * ''Das literarische Danzig 1793 bis 1945. Bausteine für eine lokale Kulturgeschichte.'' Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main u.a. 2009, *
''Danzig. Biographie einer Stadt
' C.H. Beck, München 2011,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loew, Peter Oliver 1967 births Living people Writers from Frankfurt 21st-century German historians Historians of Poland Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz German male non-fiction writers Academic staff of Technische Universität Darmstadt Free University of Berlin alumni