Alfred Brecht (graphic designer)

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Alfred Brecht (born July 10, 1904 in Gadenstedt , Peine district , † April 18, 1983 in Hanover ) was a German graphic artist and heraldist .

Life

After training as an administrative employee and businessman in Braunschweig , he moved to Hamburg . In 1934 he became the head of a business school in Breslau . During this time he also met his future wife. The marriage had four children.

The family moved to Berlin, where Brecht worked for the cigarette company Haus Bergmann before he was drafted into military service (1940–1945).

From 1946 Brecht worked as a graphic artist and heraldist. After a stay in Lehrte, he moved to Hanover, where he met his second wife. From 1961 until his death in 1983 he took over the management and chairmanship of the heraldic association "Zum Kleeblatt" . His activities included the publication and editing of the "Heraldische Schriften" (1960–1979, 1981–1983) and the management of the Lower Saxony coat of arms (1971–1977).

Works

Brecht's works include 250 family and municipal coats of arms as well as 1,500 pen drawings, etchings, watercolors and oil paintings of farms, manor houses, churches, monasteries and mills in the greater Hanover area.

In his work, Brecht paid particular attention to depicting trees. This interest is also reflected in the works he left behind.

His main field of work was later heraldry. To this end, he first dealt with the history of the commissioning locations and families before he designed a matching coat of arms in his workshop.

Designed municipal coats of arms

Hanover region Coat of arms of the Hanover region

Aligse , Almhorst , Altmerdingsen , Argestorf , Arnum , Arpke , Bantorf , Barrigsen , Benthe , Bissendorf , Dachtmissen , Dedenhausen , Dedensen , Degersen , Devese , Ditterke , Egestorf , Eltze , Everloh , Evestorf , Fuhrberg , Gehrden , Godshorn , Göxe , Goltern , Grasdorf , Großgoltern , Groß Munzel , Gümmer , District of Hanover , Harenberg , Harkenbleck , Heitlingen , Hiddestorf , Holtensen (Barsinghausen) , Holtensen (Wennigsen) , Ihme-Roloven , Immensen , Katensen , Kirchdorf , Kirchwehren , Koldingen , Krähenwinkel , Landringhausen , Langreder , Lathwehren , Lemmie , Leveste , Linderte , Lohnde , Müllingen , Nöpke , Northen , Ohlendorf , Oldhorst , Ostermunzel , Pattensen , Redderse , Talking , Rethen , Röddensen , Schillerslage , Schulenburg , Sehnde , Sorgensen , Sorsum , Steinwedel , Stemmen , Velber , Wassel , Weetzen , Wettbergen , Wichtringhausen , Wilkenburg , Winninghausen

Gifhorn district Coat of arms of the Gifhorn district Brome , Brome Municipality , Ohof
Steinburg district Coat of arms of the Steinburg district Brim , Office Krempermarsch
Heidekreis district Coat of arms of the district of Heidekreis Bomlitz
District of Peine Coat of arms of the district of Peine Abbensen , Alvesse , Bierbergen , Blumenhagen , Clauen , Eddesse , Eickenrode , Equord , Horst (Wipshausen), Ilsede , Mehrum , Oedesse , Oelerse , Ölsburg , Ohlum , Plockhorst , Rietze , Röhrse , Rötzum , Rüper , Soßmar , Stedum , Ahlemissentholz , Wendesse , Wense , Woltorf
District of Goslar Coat of arms of the district of Goslar Bündheim

Pen drawing

  • Access to the Gadenstedter manor house

literature

  • Arnold Rabbow: Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch - With Gandersheim, Gifhorn, Goslar, Helmstedt, Peine, Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel and Wolfsburg . Eckensberger & Co, Braunschweig 1977.
  • District of Hanover: Wappenbuch district of Hanover . Published by the author himself, Hanover 1985.
  • Martin Reissmann: The coats of arms of the cities, districts, offices and communities in Schleswig-Holstein . Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH u. Co. KG, Husum 1997, ISBN 3-88042-815-8 .

Web links

Commons : Alfred Brecht  - Collection of Images
Commons : Coat of arms of Alfred Brecht  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chairman and honorary members of the Heraldic Association “Zum Kleeblatt” e. V. (PDF; 182 KB) In: Internet site Zum Kleeblatt. March 14, 2018, accessed March 29, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Oliver Krebs: A black crow in focus. In: Echo website - your trusted weekly newspaper. June 4, 2012, Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Brecht, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and heraldist
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Gadenstedt , Lower Saxony
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1983
Place of death Hanover