Ludwig Schmitz-Kallenberg

Ludwig Schmitz-Kallenberg (10 June 1867, in Rheydt – 22 April 1937, in Münster) was a German archivist and historian of Westphalia.

He studied history at the University of Freiburg, Münster Academy and Leipzig University, receiving his doctorate in 1891. In 1893 he took a study trip to Rome via a scholarship from the Görres Society, and from 1896 worked as an archivist for the Historical Commission for Westphalia. In 1899 he became a lecturer at Münster, where in 1918 he was named an honorary full professor. From 1921 to 1932 he served as director of the state archives in Münster.

He was an editor of journals Westfalen (1909–25) and Westfälische Zeitschrift (1923–25), and from 1915 to 1926 edited the Geschichtliche Darstellungen und Quellen ("Historical Representations and Sources").