Chrysostom Zodel
Chrysostomus Zodel (born October 10, 1920 in Kleinweiler-Hofen , † September 2, 1998 in Leutkirch im Allgäu ) was a German journalist .
Career
Zodel first attended as a boarder of the St. Ottilien Archabbey connected Rhabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium St. Ottilien before he as a soldier in World War II participated. After returning from British captivity, he became a journalist for the Stuttgarter Nachrichten in 1947 and was its editor-in-chief from 1960 to 1963 .
Subsequently, until his retirement in 1988 he was editor-in-chief of the Schwäbische Zeitung, which appears in Leutkirch im Allgäu . Under Zodel's leadership, the Schwäbische Zeitung was a respected regional newspaper with a conservative orientation.
Awards
- 1969: Theodor Wolff Prize
- 1981: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1988: Merit Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg
literature
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical data of Chrysostomus Zodel in: Wer ist Wer - Das deutsche Who's Who 2000/2001 . 39th edition, Schmidt-Römhild, Verlagsgruppe Beleke, Lübeck 2000, p. 1581, ISBN 978-3-7950-2029-3 .
- ↑ BDZV Internal: Mourning for Chrysostom Zodel. 4th September 1998
- ↑ List of medal recipients 1975–2019. (PDF; 180 kB) State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, p. 31 , accessed on June 12, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zodel, Chrysostom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kleinweiler-Hofen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1998 |
| Place of death | Leutkirch in the Allgäu |