Ferdinand Scherf

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Ferdinand Scherf (born in 1943 in Mayen), is a German professor and historian. From 1970 to 2007 he was a teacher at the Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium in Mainz and editor of local historical works.

Life[]

After studying history and German language and literature in Bonn and Mainz, Scherf began his career in February 1970 as a teacher of history and German at the Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium, whose deputy headmaster he became in 1986 and where he remained until his retirement in 2007. It is thanks to his commitment that Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium has won the "Bundeswettbewerb Geschichte" (Federal History Competition) nine times, which has been held by the President of Germany since 1973.

Scherf is active in the  [de]. With his colleague Helmut Link, he published two writings "Begegnungen mit dem Judentum". In 1996, together with Franz Dumont and , the editorial work on an overall presentation of the  [de] began. Their publication in 1998 filled a gap in the documentation of the city history.

Awards[]

In 2007, Scherf was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his merits as a long-standing tutor of the history competition of the Federal President.

Writings[]

  • with Franz Dumont and Friedrich Schütz: Mainz – Die Geschichte der Stadt.[1] Zabern, Mainz, 1998 ISBN 3-8053-2000-0
  • with Franz Dumont: Mainz – Menschen, Bauten, Ereignisse: Eine Stadtgeschichte.[2] Zabern, Mainz 2010 ISBN 978-3-8053-4247-6
  • Gymnasium Moguntinum 70, 2007. Blätter des Freundes und Förderkreises des Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasiums Mainz.
  • with M. Hensel-Grobe and F. Dumont (ed.): Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium Mainz – Die Geschichte der Schule.[3] Rutzen, Ruhpolding, Mainz 2007.

References[]

  1. ^ Mainz – Die Geschichte der Stadt on WorldCat
  2. ^ Mainz – Menschen, Bauten, Ereignisse: Eine Stadtgeschichte on WorldCat
  3. ^ Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium Mainz – Die Geschichte der Schule on WorldCat

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