Josef Joachim Menzel (born 19 June 1933 in Miłowice, Opole Voivodeship, died 29 August 2020 in Mainz) was a German historian.
He was born on June 19, 1933, in Mühlsdorf near Neustadt, Germany (nowadays Miłowice, Opole Voivodeship, Poland).
[2] Later Menzel worked at the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung.
The topic of his habilitation thesis was Die schlesischen Lokationsurkunden des 13.
[2] Menzel taught medieval history and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Mainz until 1998.