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He was born at Ranzau in Holstein . He studied Philology at the universities of Bonn , Göttingen and Berlin , and in 1843 he began to work upon the '' Monumenta Germaniae Historica ''. In 1855 he was appointed archivist at Breslau ; in 1862 he became professor of history at Heidelberg , and ten years later professor at Berlin, where he was a member of the directing body of the ''Monumenta'' and a member of the Academy. He died at Frankfurt . Wattenbach was distinguished by his thorough knowledge of the chronicles and other original documents of the middle ages, and his most valuable work was done in this field. REFERENCES
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