August Kracht
August Kracht (born December 12, 1906 in Benninghofen near Dortmund , † June 21, 1987 in Bad Salzuflen ) was a German journalist , writer and local researcher .
Life
August Kracht was the son of a shoemaker. After attending elementary school and high school in Hörde , he studied German , archeology and art history at the universities of Bonn , Münster and Rostock . In 1933 he earned his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Rostock with a thesis on the Westphalian author Karl Wagenfeld . Kracht then worked as a journalist in Soest , Münster , Gelsenkirchen and Recklinghausen ; then he lived as a freelance writer in Essen . During the Third Reich he worked for the magazine " Heimat und Reich ", the central organ of the National Socialist Westphalian homeland and cultural policy. Kracht was based in Iserlohn from 1960 , later in Hemer - Deilinghofen and from 1985 in Bad Salzuflen.
In addition to his journalistic work, August Kracht wrote stories and poems as well as historical and art-historical works about his Westphalian homeland.
Works
- The happy soul , Hörde 1926
- Karl Wagenfeld's philosophical poems , Rostock 1933
- Novellas , Rheda 1934 (together with Augustin Senge and Eugen Franzgrote)
- Singing in the Börde , Rheda / Westf. 1935
- The Marienloher Diary , Rheda 1936
- Olympic poems , Rheda 1936
- Soester Gloria , Soest 1953
- Schwanewert's last adventure , Münster iW 1955
- From Tödden, Kiepenkerlen and herring catchers , Münster, Westf. 1955
- Buddy - Glückauf , Münster / Westf. 1956
- Cathedrals, churches and monasteries in Westphalia , Frankfurt am Main 1965
- Stroll through Lünen , Essen-Steele 1966
- The manors of the province of Westphalia , Frankfurt a. M. 1972
- Castles and palaces in the Sauerland, Siegerland, Hellweg, industrial area , Frankfurt a. M. 1976
- Art and historical monuments in the Märkisches Kreis , Altena 1983 (together with Ulrich Barth and Elmar Hartmann)
- Selected poems , Münster 1986
- Castles, palaces, mansions in the Märkisches Kreis , Altena 1986
- Hemer House , Münster 1987
Editing
- Fritz Harkort : Fritz Harkort , Münster iW 1963
- Friedrich von Bodelschwingh : Friedrich von Bodelschwingh , Münster 1964
- Beautiful Westphalia , Frankfurt 1964
- Old Westphalia , Frankfurt am Main 1969
Web links
- Literature by and about August Kracht in the catalog of the German National Library
- August Kracht in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kracht, August |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, writer and local researcher |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Benninghofen |
DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1987 |
Place of death | Bad Salzuflen |