Joseph Andreas Buchner (28 November 1776, in Altheim – 13 December 1854, in

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) was a German historian. He was the author of a highly regarded multi-volume work on

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. Karl Theodor von Heigel
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He studied

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at the Georgianum in Munich, and was ordained as a priest in 1799. From 1804 he taught classes in philosophy at the lyceum in Dillingen, then in 1811 relocated as a professor of history to the lyceum in

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. In 1825 he became a member of the

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, and during the following year, was named a professor of Bavarian history at the

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Selected works

* ''Geschichte von Baiern'' (10 volumes 1820–55) – History of Bavaria. * ''Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Geschichte'' (1826) – Textbook of general history. * ''Neue Beiträge zur vaterländischen Geschichte, Geographie und Statistik : eine Fortsetzung der Westenrieder'schen Beiträge über dieselben Gegenstände'' (with Lorenz Zierl, 1832) – New contributions to national history, geography and statistics: a continuation of Lorenz von Westenrieder's contributions on the same subjects. * ''Ueber die Einwohner Deutschlands im zweyten Jahrhundert der christlichen Zeitrechnung'' (1838) – On the inhabitants of Germany in the second century of the Christian chronology. * ''Krieg des Herzogs Ludwig des Reichen mit Markgraf Albrecht Achilles von Brandenburg vom Jahr 1458-1462'' (1842) – War of

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with Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg from the year 1458 to 1462. * ''Landtafel der vier Rentämter des Fürstenthums Bayern zu Anfang der Regierung des Herzogs Maximilian I'' (1848) – Landtafel of the four of the principality of Bavaria at the beginning of the reign of Duke Maximilian I. * ''Der letzte Landtag der altbayerischen Landstände im Jahre 1669'' (1851) – The last

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of the old Bavarian provinces in 1669.Most widely held works by Andreas Buchner
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchner, Andreas 1776 births 1854 deaths People from Landshut (district) Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich 19th-century German historians People from the Kingdom of Bavaria