Born in
Twistringen, from 1920 to 1926 Requadt studied law in Göttingen, Heidelberg, Munich and Cologne before switching to
German studies, history, philosophy and sociology. After the
doctorate in 1926 with
Ernst Bertram at the
University of Cologne and
habilitation in 1944 with at the
University of Rostock, he was
privatdozent at the
University of Mainz from 1947 to 1950, where he taught as professor of German philology from 1950 to 1970. Requadt died in Mainz at the age of 81. == Publications ==