Haug von Kuenheim

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Haug Gilg Georg von Kuenheim (born May 29, 1934 in Königsberg ) is a German journalist and author .

Life

Von Kuenheim comes from the Alsatian nobility from Kienheim near Truchtersheim, who emigrated to East Prussia in the 15th century . Eberhard von Kuenheim , former CEO of BMW AG, is his cousin. His parents were Wilhelm von Kuenheim (1887–1972) and his second wife Jeanne Sarasin (1906–2003). His marriage to Friederike Countess zu Solms-Wildenfels (* 1942) remained childless.

He studied law and political science at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken. After passing his first state examination in law , he began working as a trainee at the daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel in Berlin in 1961 . In 1963 he moved to the weekly newspaper Die Zeit in Hamburg. He was a political editor , was responsible for the Länderspiegel , headed the Modern Life department , became a member of the editor-in-chief and was in charge of the service . From 1987 to 1988 he was briefly editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . Most recently he was again deputy editor-in-chief of Zeit and head of Zeitmagazin . He was also the editor of the ZEITpunkte magazine . After his retirement he wrote columns for the Hamburg weekly newspaper. From 2001 to 2007 he was an advisor to the editorial team of WZB-Mitteilungen .

He was considered a close confidante of the editor Marion Countess Dönhoff and published a. a. a biography about her. Together with Theo Sommer , he edited the correspondence between Marion Countess Dönhoff and the publisher Gerd Bucerius .

In September 2014 it became known that von Kuenheim was one of the founding members of the New Liberals , a party that has split off from the FDP .

Fonts (selection)

  • Marion Dönhoff (= Rororo, 50625). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-499-50625-4 . (4th edition, 2003)
  • With Hans Joachim Budeit: Brick. The most beautiful brick buildings between the Elbe and Oder . Bucher, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7658-1206-4 .
  • Ed. With Theo Sommer : A little sad, your Marion. Marion Gräfin Dönhoff and Gerd Bucerius, an exchange of letters from five decades . Siedler, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-88680-798-3 . (2nd edition, 2005, btb)
  • East Prussia. In the footsteps of Marion Countess Dönhoff . Photographed by Hans Joachim Kürtz. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-8319-0140-6 . (3rd edition, 2007)
  • With Karl-Heinz Janßen , Theo Sommer: Die ZEIT. History of a weekly newspaper from 1946 to the present day . Siedler, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-88680-847-5 .
  • Carl Hagenbeck (= Hamburg heads). Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8319-0182-1 .
  • License No. 7. The history of the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung . Edition Braus, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89466-310-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stiftung Deutsches Adelsarchiv (Hrsg.): Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels . Starke, Limburg 2001, p. 255.
  2. ↑ a b c d Ingo von Münch : Haug von Kuenheim - someone who keeps curiosity. Focus on people . In: Die Welt , February 6, 2003.
  3. ^ A b c Haug von Kuenheim: A handrail for all thoughts of an older member of our society . In: WZB-Mitteilungen , Issue 122, December 2008, pp. 58–59 (PDF) ( Memento from February 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  4. ^ "New Liberals" founded . handelsblatt.com, September 16, 2014, accessed September 17, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Kuenheim, Haug von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuenheim, Haug Gilg Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg