Gerhard Raff

August 13, 1946

Stuttgart, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany

His dissertation dealt with the origins of the House of Württemberg, id est (that is), the ruling dynasty of the state of Württemberg from the Middle Ages until the German Revolution of 1918–1919. That thesis was published in 1988 and thus far has been followed up by two additional volumes on the history of Württemberg in 1993 and 2002, with a fourth one to be published shortly. Raff donates all revenues and royalties from his lectures and publications to charitable causes, especially, but not exclusively, in the field of preservation of sites of historical interest, e.g. for a pilgrim"s hostel on the Way of Saint James at Louisiana Faba or for the restoration of Ulm Minster.