Christian Amling

Christian Amling (born May 23, 1953 in Frankfurt am Main ; † February 17, 2019 in Quedlinburg ) was a German physicist , author , city ​​councilor and gallery owner in Quedlinburg.

Life

Amling, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1953, came to Quedlinburg in 1955. Between 1974 and 1979 he studied physics at the Technical University of Dresden specializing in theoretical physics . After completing his studies, he worked as a physicist in a pharmaceutical company until 1983. The years after that were characterized by the establishment of a ceramic workshop together with the ceramicist Dagmar B. Leinhos in a lonely forest house near Quedlinburg. After reunification in 1990, he organized various exhibitions in galleries, worked in local politics as a city councilor and as a member of the supervisory board of the Quedlinburger Stadtwerke. In 2005 he published the first novel, which formed the first volume of a regional series of twelve detective novels about the fictional private detective Irenäus Moll. In addition, other publications emerged, such as the volume on the Harz published by Hoffmann and Campe in 2012 . He died after a brief illness on February 17, 2019 (age: 65 years and 308 days).

Complete works

Almost all of the volumes were provided with drawings by Jochen Müller.

• 2005: Quitilinga History Land , Letterado Verlag Quedlinburg, ISBN 978-3-86289-140-5
• 2006: Odin's curse: a new case for Irenäus Moll , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-938380-46-8
• 2007: The super fruit , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-938380-62-8
• 2008: Pandora's suitcase , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-938380-81-9
• 2009: The Secret of the Minoan Lady , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-938380-96-3
• 2010: BergERZ: the revenge of Ariadne , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86289-005-7
• 2011: The Hunnish tyrant , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86289-031-6
• 2011: How did light and power come to Quedlinburg , Quedlinburg: Stadtwerke, ISBN 978-3000349058
• 2012: The Harz Mountains, German Landscapes and Large Cities , Hoffmann and Campe Hamburg , ISBN 978-3-455-50235-0
• 2012: The witch's drink , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86289-047-7
• 2013: The Cave Woman , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86289-069-9
• 2014: The stone box grave. The tenth case of Irenäus Moll , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86289-073-6
• 2015: The Black Horse , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86289-108-5 (review of the book presentation)
• 2016: The Black Prince: fantastic detective novel , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86289-126-9
• 2016: Truly no angels , in: Roland Lange (ed.): Mulled wine, snow and Harzer Knüppel: criminal Christmas stories from the Harz , Kassel: Prolibris Verlag, pp. 203–221. ISBN 978-3-95475-131-0
• 2017: Bonny and Claus , Oschersleben: Dr. Ziethen Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86289-149-8
• 2018: Leon and Ma-at: Der Kontakt , Norderstedt: Books on Demand, ISBN 978-3-7481-0880-1 (review of the book presentation)

Web links

• Christian Amling's website
• City councilor in Quedlinburg (2000–2019)
• Entry on buergerforum-qlb.de
• Entry at Hoffmann and Campe

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography on christian-amling.de (March 27, 2019).
2. ↑ Obituaries for Christian Amling (March 27, 2019).
3. ↑ André and Jenka: Christian Amling and the red wine, in: Flukeblog from November 11, 2015 (March 27, 2019).
4. ^ Rita Kunze: Christian Amling A fantastic novel, not "Fantasy" , in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of November 18, 2018 (March 27, 2019).