Bernd-Wilfried Kießler

Bernd-Wilfried Kießler (born February 6, 1945 in Thalberg ) is a German journalist and specialist book author .

Life

Kießler lived in Torgau (Elbe) until he was 13 , in Saarland from 1958, and in the greater Stuttgart area since 1969 .

After graduating from high school in Ottweiler / Saar in 1964 , he was admitted to the Saarland University in 1969 in the subjects of Slavic Studies and Ev. Theology for Dr. phil. PhD. His dissertation is entitled "The Heresy of the Strigol'niki".

After an internship at a newspaper in Stuttgart, he worked as an editor for various magazines before setting up his own editorial office in 1977. In 1984 he designed the customer magazine “ Via Volvo ” and headed its editorial department until it was closed in 1987.

Kießler wrote for all the well-known national West German daily newspapers and worked for twelve years at SDR in Stuttgart for radio and television on the topics of culture, social issues, church, travel, gastronomy, science and automotive technology. Among other things, he shot the television portrait " A Porsche called Piëch " about Dr. Ferdinand Piëch .

From 1990 he published non-fiction books, including company chronicles from Nissan , Daihatsu and Škoda as well as guides to French and English houseboat areas. Their most successful » Canal du Midi «, describes the navigable waters of southern France, was published five times and has been translated into English.

Since 2005 he has been involved in the writing and publication of memoirs, including those of Gerhard Woyda, the founder and long-time director of the Stuttgart Renitenztheater (" That mockers love. How I brought cabaret to the Swabians ").

Bernd-Wilfried Kießler is married and has two children.

Books

• Canal du Midi. Mediterranean Toulouse. 1990, 5th edition 2008, ISBN 978-3-89225-172-9
• Nissan automobiles. On the way to harmony. 1990, ISBN 3-517-01182-7
• Alsace-Lorraine. Inland Water Guide. 1991, 2nd edition, 1997, ISBN 3-89225-179-7
• Daihatsu Automobile. Experience for the future. 1992, 2nd expanded edition 2004, ISBN 3-00-013508-1
• The Norfolk Broads. On rivers and lakes in the south east of England. 1994, ISBN 3-89225-289-0
• Skoda automobiles. Future through tradition. 1995, ISBN 3-7688-0902-1
• The Saône. Corre-Lyon. 1997 ,. ISBN 3-89225-363-3
• The Canal du Midi. A cruiser's guide. (English), London 2009, ISBN 978-1-40-811273-1
• Co-author: Marianne Ziefle - the swan landlady. Highlights from an eventful life. 2005, 2nd edition 2009, ISBN 3-00-016326-3
• Co-author: Heinz Müller - Vom Auerhahn, who flew in a backpack. Stories about Besenfeld. 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-021470-7
• Co-author: Gerhard Woyda - whom the scoffers love. How I brought cabaret to the Swabians. 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-020545-3
• Co-author: Jochen Mass - On the ideal line to freedom. 2009, ISBN 978-3-79-770549-5
• Co-author: Jochen Mass - Mille Miglia Revisited. (English), 2009, ISBN 978-3-79-770550-1

Television films

• The day before yesterday, yesterday, today. In the footsteps of Einstein's ancestors , 1986
• A Porsche called Piëch. Portrait of Dr. Ferdinand Piëch , 1988
• Marble, glass and contradiction. City partnership Sindelfingen-Torgau , 1989
• Goodbye, Peniche! Ride on a French barge , 1991

Web links

• Own website