Background
Thiergen, Peter was born on October 17, 1939 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Hans and Johanna (Schulze) Thiergen.
Thiergen, Peter was born on October 17, 1939 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Hans and Johanna (Schulze) Thiergen.
Abitur, Weilburg/Lahn, Federal Republic Germany, 1960. Staatsexamen, University Marburg/Lahn, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy and Habilitation, University Bonn/Rhein, 1976.
Assistant University Bonn/Rhein, 1966-1978. Professor University Hamburg, 1978, University Frankfurt/Main, 1979-1981. Professor Slavic studies University Basel, Switzerland, since 1981, director department Slavic studies Switzerland, 1981-1987.
Professor, director Slavic studies University Bamberg, Federal Republic Germany, since 1987.
Member Bavarian Academy of Sciences (Munich), Saxonian Academy of Sciences (Leipzig).
Married Heiderose Wick, 1964. Children: Andreas, Michael.