Barbara Höpping

Barbara Höpping (born January 21, 1946 in Dortmund ) is a German journalist .

After graduating from Schiller-Gymnasium Dortmund in 1966, Barbara Höpping studied theater studies, art history, German literature and philosophy at the University of Cologne. She switched to journalism after taking her intermediate examination. For over forty years she was in charge of the cultural department in the Lünen local editorial team of the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung / Westfälische Rundschau . Höpping also writes catalogs, municipal image publications and book projects.

In the years 2009–2013 Barbara Höpping was chairwoman of the Förderverein Theater Lünen eV On her initiative, the Förderverein organized the “Lüner Maskenball ” in the Venetian in the year 2010 as the cultural capital of the Ruhr area and in 2011 and 2013 in the foyer of the Heinz Hilpert Theater in Lünen Style. The three events received nationwide coverage in the press, radio and television.

Publications (in selection)

• Barbara Höpping: En Passant: The Graphic Cabinet. In: Wolfgang Balzer, Peter Freudenthal, Dirk Husemann u. a .: HochHinHaus. Departure and architecture. 50 years Lünen Town Hall. Förderverein für Kunst und Kultur Lünen eV , Lünen 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032095-8 , pp. 160–163.

• Barbara Höpping among others: People in Selm, Bork and Cappenberg. 242 Selmer personalities. Edited by the City of Selm Foundation. Selm: Lonnemann 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-050029-9 ; there author of the following portraits: Chris Andrews ; Stefanie Angelkorte; Horst Appuhn; Theo Bleckmann; Günter Boas ; Lore boas; Tobias Bredohl; Mirijam Contzen ; Heinz Cymontkowski; Johann Michael Fritz ; Rolf Fritz; Alfred Gockel; Franz Hillenkamp ; Petra Kersting; Rosemarie Kindler-Hagenbrock; Klaus Mischke; Markus Mußinghoff; Martin Neugebauer; Thomas Ohm; Gerta Overbeck-Schenk; Liv Passburg; Udo Petrick; Gilbert Pink; Marko Pogacnik; Anna pupil; Hans Black; Holger Schwitalla; Michael Steinbrecher ; Christa Strauss; Wolfgang Surrey; Christoph Tiemann; Werner Warsinsky ; Bernhard Well.

• Barbara Höpping (conception, editing, text): The Bauverein zu Lünen. A cooperative's reader. Chronicle 1996–2016. Volume II, Bauverein zu Lünen, Lünen 2016. (200 pages)

• Barbara Höpping: The Lüner Hansetuch. Art catalog (Stadtkunst 3, published by the Förderverein für Kunst und Kultur Lünen eV). Förderverein für Kunst und Kultur Lünen eV, Lünen 2017. (96 pages; 1st edition. 1991, OCLC 75263509 )

• Förderverein Theater Lünen eV (Ed.): A stage with obstinacy. 60 years of Theater Lünen. Edited by Barbara Höpping, Hans-Jürgen Korn, Peter Freudenthal, Wolfgang Olschewski, Jutta Wieloch, Dirk Husemann. (= Series of publications by the Lünen City Archives. 20). City archive Lünen 2018, Lünen ISBN 978-3-00-060068-5 . there the contributions: opening and namesake - the godfather came from the direction (pp. 45–51); Roberto Ciulli : “ Hilpert loved being punctual” (pp. 52–55); Sculptures and paintings - pieces of art before the performance (pp. 95–105); Kryptobar - When the corks popped in the cellar (pp. 121–127); Schedules 1958–1969 - The euphoria of the first years (pp. 135–155); Spielplan 1970–1999 - Between Art and Commerce (pp. 159–173); Schedules 2000–2018 - Wind before the Abyss (pp. 175–190); European Weeks - Global Climate in the Theater City (pp. 193–197); Musik im Hilpert - Sinfoniker, a hit from Lünen (pp. 199–207); Independent ensembles - temporarily at home in Hilpert (pp. 208–225); The studio stage - classics in small format (pp. 226–233); Performances of a different kind - A stage for everyone (pp. 239–260); Permanent guests in the audience - The seats that mean the world (pp. 261–267); Behind the scenes - the stage is a construction site (pp. 268–279).
• Heimatverein Bork (ed.): It was like that back then ...! Seven people from Bork remember. [Irmgard Röttger, Agnes Schomaker, Maria Henrika Wortmann, Heinrich Bauhaus, Rolf Heidinger, Wilhelm Kortenbusch, Heinrich Otto]. Text editing by Barbara Höpping. Image selection: Barbara Höpping / Fredy Niklowitz. Schmidt, Lünen 2019. (96 pages)