Joseph Andreas Buchner (28 November 1776, in
Altheim – 13 December 1854, in
Munich) was a German historian. He was the author of a highly regarded multi-volume work on
Bavarian history.[1][2]
He studied
theology 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
Regensburg. In 1825 he became a member of the
Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and during the following year, was named a professor of Bavarian history at the
University of Munich.[1]
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.
Landtafel der vier Rentämter des Fürstenthums Bayern zu Anfang der Regierung des Herzogs Maximilian I (1848) –
Landtafel of the four
rentamts [
bar;
de;
es] 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
Landtag of the old Bavarian provinces in 1669.[3]