Julius Weizsäcker


Julius Ludwig Friedrich Weizsäcker was a German historian. He specialized in medieval history and early modern history. A member of the distinguished Weizsäcker family, his brother was the Protestant theologian Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker.
He studied theology and history at the University of Tübingen, obtaining his habilitation in 1859. He was successively a professor of history at the universities of Erlangen, Tübingen, Strasbourg, Göttingen and Berlin.

Published works

Der Kampf gegen den Chorepiskopat des fränkischen Reiches im 9. Jahrhundert, 1859 - The struggle against the Chorepiscopate of the Frankish Empire in the 9th century.Der Rheinische Bund von 1254, 1879 - The Rhenish League of 1254.
He was an editor of the Reichstagsakten.