Tobias C. Bringmann (born 18 October 1970) is a German historian and association official.

Life

Born in

Lindau Lindau (german: Lindau (Bodensee), ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major town and island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the county ('' Landkreis ...

, he initially worked as a newsreader, editor and foreign correspondent for Radio Lindau, Radio Belcanto in Munich and

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. He studied history, art history and law at

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approx ...

and

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

. His 1996 dissertation (supervised by Hans Fenske) was on the question of duels in internal conflict in the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, involving research in the

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among previously unpublished letters, diaries and minutes of the Reichstag. They led him to the conclusion that debates on the legality of duels gave a window on the social perceptions of the Reichstag during the

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. He also researched the Kotze Affair in the same archive, leading him to conclude that the letters which had drawn

Leberecht von Kotze Lebrecht may refer to: * Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1622-1669), a German prince of the House of Ascania * Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym (1669-1727),a German prince of the House of Ascania * Lebrecht Blücher Dreves (1816-1870), a ...

into scandal were by Princess Charlotte of Prussia. From 1999 to 2009 he was press spokesman for the

CDU Baden-Württemberg The CDU Baden-Württemberg is the political party with the most members in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the second largest state party (in German, ''Landespartei'' or ''Landesverband'') of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany ...

and since 1 February 2009 he has been managing director of the Verband kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU) for the Landesgruppe Baden-Württemberg. In 2018–2019 he volunteered in the inner circle of the

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, which set up a "digital impulse network of liberal Christian Democrats" against right-wing activities within the CDU. He then withdrew from the CDU when

Friedrich Merz Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German lawyer and politician, serving as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 31 January 2022 and as leader of the Union parliamentary group as well as the Leader o ...

was elected its party leader.

Works

* ''Das Duell Vering-Salomon''. In: ''Einst und Jetzt. Jahrbuch des Vereins für corpsstudentische Geschichtsforschung'', Bd. 40 (1995), S. 83–126. * ''Reichstag und Zweikampf. Die Duellfrage als innenpolitischer Konflikt des deutschen Kaiserreichs 1871–1918.'' HochschulVerlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1997.

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'', 12. November 1997. * ''Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815–1963. Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer.'' Saur, München 2001, ISBN 978-3-598-11431-1.

References

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