Curriculum Vitae – Prof. Dr. Franz Irsigler
| 18.09.1941 | Born in Großuretschlag, District of Krumau / Czechoslovakia |
| 1952-1961 | Attended the Humanist Gymnasium (Grammar School) in Burghausen and Pfarrkirchen |
| 1961 | Abitur (University entrance qualification) |
| 1961-1963 | Military service in the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) |
| 1963-1968 | Studied History and Sociology in Munich and Saarbrücken |
| 19.07.1968 | Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Saarbrücken |
| 01.08.1968-31.03.1974 | Research Assistant at the Institute for Historical Regional Studies of the Rhineland at the University of Bonn |
| 01.04.1974-30.09.1974 | Acting Professor (C3 position) at the University of Bielefeld |
| 12.09. bzw. 02.10.1974 | Appointed as Academic Councilor and Professor; assigned to the previously represented position |
| 15.07.1974 | Habilitation 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 |
| 01.03.1975-29.02.1976 | Dean of the Faculty of History at the University of Bielefeld |
| 1977 | Declined an offer of a professorship at the University of Osnabrück |
| 01.04.1977 | Appointed to the Chair of Historical Regional Studies at the University of Trier |
| 1985 | Declined 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" |