Alois Weimer

Alois Weimer (born June 1, 1930 in Waldernbach ; † March 22, 2016 ) was a German teacher and author of numerous non-fiction books, such as travel guides .

Life

Alois Weimer was the son of a farmer in the Westerwald . He attended the Gymnasium Philippinum Weilburg and studied in Frankfurt German .

In May 1955 he married Wilhelmine "Helma" Kuhn from South Moravia , who is also a teacher. From 1958 to 1992 Alois Weimer was a teacher at the Grimmelshausen Gymnasium in Gelnhausen . He completed his habilitation on Augustinian theology in medieval poetry and has meanwhile also taught in Portugal at the German School in Porto and at the philosophical faculty of the Catholic University of Portugal in Braga . The couple's son is the journalist Wolfram Weimer .

Alois Weimer was also a freelancer for the travel paper of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .

Publications

As an author

• Portugal: Traveling with insider tips , Ostfildern: Mairs Geographischer Verlag , 2002, ISBN 978-3-8297-0166-2

Translations into French, Spanish, Finnish, Hungarian and Dutch

• Galicia: Travel with insider tips , Ostfildern: Mairs Geographischer Verlag, 1997, ISBN 978-3-89525-303-4

Translation into Dutch

As editor

• Brittany: a travel book , Hamburg: Ellert & Richter Verlag , 2008, ISBN 978-3-8319-0307-8
• Prayers of the poets: great testimonies from 12 centuries , Düsseldorf: Patmos , 2006, ISBN 978-3-491-72506-5
• Between vines and lines: a wine reading book , Frankfurt / Main: Frankfurter Allgemeine Buch , 2001, ISBN 978-3-933180-57-5
• Winning with Goethe: a literary reading book for managers , Frankfurt / Main: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , business books publishing division, 1995, ISBN 978-3-929368-42-0
• With Plato to profit: a philosophy reading book for managers , Frankfurt / Main: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, publishing area business books, 1995, ISBN 978-3-929368-29-1

Web links

• Short biography at Ellert & Richter Verlag
• Literature by and about Alois Weimer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Alois Weimer  in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 1933 L 254 Weimer, Alois 1930. In: August Schnell; Hans-Georg Böhme: Matriculation of the Philippinum grammar school in Wielburg, 1540-1940. With list of pupils 1940-1950, Volume 3. 1950, p. 512.
2. ↑ A farewell that is never ending. Obituary in the Gelnhäuser Tageblatt , March 24, 2016
3. ↑ ^{a b} Mae and Pai's Day of Honor. Helma and Alois Weimer celebrate their diamond wedding today. Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung , May 29, 2015.
4. ↑ ^{a b} The editors. In: specifically , Neuer Konkret Verlag, 1996, p. 63. ISBN 978-3-894-58139-8 .
5. ^ Mourning for Dr. Alois Weimer. Grimmelshausen-Gymnasium, March 24, 2016.
6. ↑ Imprint. ( Memento of the original of February 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. gebetescout.de; accessed on February 6, 2016.
7. ↑ Wolfram Weimer in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)