Klaus Mlynek

Klaus Mlynek (born 16 January 1936)[1] is a German historian and scientific archivist, a former director of the City of Hanover Archive,[2][3][4]: 702  and one of the editors and authors of the Hannover City Lexicon, [de ] an encyclopedia of Hanover.

[4] Born in Poznań, Poland, Mlynek studied history, history of Christianity and history of law at the University of Jena and archival science at the Institute of Archival Science, [de ] completing the state examination (Staatsexamen) in 1957.

He received his scientific archivist diploma the following year, and his doctorate in 1961.

[1] His research focused on aspects of Hanover's urban history.

Notably, Mlynek worked on a number of publications with Waldemar R. Röhrbein, the director of the Hanover Historical Museum from 1976 to 1997.