Professorship for Medieval and Early Modern German Literature and Language in Bavaria at the University of Augsburg’s Faculty of Philology and History

The professorship is dedicated to German literature and language in Bavaria. The focus is on literature and language in the area of present-day Bavaria, from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period. This is the only Bavarian professorship with this title.

Prof. Dr. Klaus Wolf has held the W2 Professorship for Medieval and Early Modern German Literature and Language in Bavaria at the University of Augsburg’s Faculty of Philology and History since 1 October 2012. His main research interests are: the history of Bavarian literature from its beginnings to the present, dialect literature, the history of the Jews in Bavaria, the chancery language of Ludwig the Bavarian and the history of language in Bavaria.

• The objects of the "Professorship for Medieval and Early Modern German Literature and Language" available on bavarikon

Collections with participation of the "Professorship for Medieval and Early Modern German Literature and Language" available on bavarikon

• Urban music culture in Upper German imperial towns between 1500 and 1800 – town musicians (town pipers) in Rothenburg o. d. Tauber, Nördlingen, and Dinkelsbühl
  
• „Wir Ludwig von Gottes Gnaden“. A comparison of the German-language charters of Ludwig the Bavarian

The exhibitions with participation of the "Professorship for Medieval and Early Modern German Literature and Language" available on bavarikon

• Town musicians in Nördlingen, Dinkelsbühl and Rothenburg ob der Tauber between 1500 and 1800
  
• „Wir Ludwig von Gottes Gnaden“. A Comparison of the German-language charters of Ludwig the Bavarian