Michael Doeberl (15 January 1861,

Waldsassen Waldsassen (; Northern Bavarian: ''Woidsassen'') is a town in the district of Tirschenreuth in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria. Geography Waldsassen is the northernmost municipality of the Upper Palatinate region. In the northeast, it borde ...

– 24 March 1928,

Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the Oberbayern region, which borders Austria. Nearby is Ger ...

) was a German

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

who specialized in

Bavarian history The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman Empire to its status as an independent kingdom and finally as a large '' Bundesland'' (sta ...

. He studied

philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

and history at the

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

, obtaining his doctorate from the

University of Erlangen A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

in 1887. In 1894, he received his habilitation and in 1905 became an honorary professor. From 1917 to 1928, he held the chair of Bavarian history at the University of Munich. He was the founding chairman of the ''Gründungsvorsitzenden der Kommission für bayerische Landesgeschichte'' (Commission for Bavarian Regional History). The ''Michael Doeberl Preis'' is an annual award issued by the ''Institut für Bayerische Geschichte''.

Selected works

* ''Bayern und Frankreich vornehmlich unter Kurfürst Ferdinand Maria''. 2 volumes, München 1900–1903 – Bavaria and France: mainly under

Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria Ferdinand Maria (31 October 1636 – 26 May 1679) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. The Elector modernized the army and introduced Bavaria's first government code. Besides encouragin ...

. * ''Entwicklungsgeschichte Bayerns'', (Historical development of Bavaria) 3 volumes; R. Oldenbourg, München 1906–1931. ** Band 1, ''Von den ältesten Zeiten bis zum Westfälischen Frieden''. 1906 – From the earliest times up to the

Peace of Westphalia The Peace of Westphalia (, ) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire ...

. ** Band 2, ''Vom Westfälischen Frieden bis zum Tode König Maximilians I'', (1. u. 2. Aufl.) 1912 – The Peace of Westphalia up until the death of

King Maximilian I of Bavaria Maximilian I Joseph (; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) from 1806 to 1825. He was a ...

. ** Band 3, ''Vom Regierungsantritt König Ludwigs I. bis zum Tode König Ludwigs II. mit einem Ausblick auf die innere Entwicklung Bayerns unter dem Prinzregenten Luitpold'', (edition by Max Spindler) – From the accession of

King Ludwig I of Bavaria Ludwig I or Louis I (; 25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's indu ...

to the death of

King Ludwig II Ludwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886), also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King (), was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke ...

; with a view on the inner development of Bavaria under Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria. * ''Bayern und Deutschland'', (Bavaria and Germany) 3 volumes; München und Berlin 1922–1926. ** Band 1, ''Bayern und die deutsche Frage in der Epoche des Frankfurter Parlaments''. – Bavaria and the German question during the era of the

Frankfurt Parliament The Frankfurt National Assembly () was the first freely elected parliament for all German Confederation, German states, including the German-populated areas of the Austrian Empire, elected on 1 May 1848 (see German federal election, 1848). The ...

. ** Band 2, ''Bayern und die Bismarckische Reichsgründung''. 1925 – Bavaria and the Bismarckian founding of the Reich. ** Band 3, ''Bayern und das preußische Unionsprojekt'' – Bavaria and the Prussian Union project. * ''König Ludwig I. der zweite gründer der Ludwig-Maximilians-universität'', 1926 – King Ludwig I, the second founder of Ludwig-Maximilian University.Michael Doeberl
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doeberl, Michael 1861 births 1928 deaths Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich 20th-century German historians People from Tirschenreuth (district) 19th-century German historians