Curriculum Vitae – Prof. Dr. Franz Irsigler

18.09.1941Born in Großuretschlag, District of Krumau / Czechoslovakia
1952-1961Attended the Humanist Gymnasium (Grammar School) in Burghausen and Pfarrkirchen
1961Abitur (University entrance qualification)
1961-1963Military service in the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces)
1963-1968Studied History and Sociology in Munich and Saarbrücken
19.07.1968Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Saarbrücken
01.08.1968-31.03.1974Research Assistant at the Institute for Historical Regional Studies of the Rhineland at the University of Bonn
01.04.1974-30.09.1974Acting Professor (C3 position) at the University of Bielefeld
12.09. bzw. 02.10.1974Appointed as Academic Councilor and Professor; 
assigned to the previously represented position
15.07.1974Habilitation at the University of Bonn with the thesis „Die wirtschaftliche Stellung der Stadt Köln im 14. und 15. Jahrhundert. Strukturanalyse einer spätmittelalterlichen Exportgewerbe- und Fernhandelsstadt“;
Granted Venia legendi (authorization to teach) in Medieval and Modern History
01.03.1975-29.02.1976Dean of the Faculty of History at the University of Bielefeld
1977Declined an offer of a professorship at the University of Osnabrück
01.04.1977Appointed to the Chair of Historical Regional Studies at the University of Trier
1985Declined an offer of a professorship at the Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin)
1987-1990,
1994-1997,
2000-2002
Spokesperson of the Collaborative Research Centre 235: „Zwischen Maas und Rhein: Beziehungen, Begegnungen und Konflikte in einem europäischen Kernraum von der Spätantike bis ins 19. Jahrhundert"