Dolf Sternberger (originally Adolf Sternberger; 28 July 1907 in Wiesbaden – 27 July 1989 in Frankfurt/Main) was a German philosopher and political scientist at the University of Heidelberg. Dolf Sternberger is known for his concept of citizenship in contemporary German political thought, and for coining the term "constitutional patriotism" (Verfassungspatriotismus) in 1979, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany. Notes References Bernhard Vogel: Dolf Sternberger und die Politische Wissenschaft. Heidelberg 2008. External links "Sprachkritik", Nazism, and the German Conscience: the Career of Dolf Sternberger Dolf-Sternberger-Gesellschaft e.V. 20th-century German philosophers 1907 births 1989 deaths German political scientists Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Academic staff of Heidelberg University German male writers Hessischer Rundfunk people Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung people German magazine founders 20th-century political scientists