Ellinor Holland

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Ellinor Holland , born Frenzel (* 12. September 1928 in Dresden , † 17th December 2010 in Augsburg ) was a German journalist , owner of the media Pressedruck and publisher and editor of the Augsburger Allgemeine (AZ), their home newspapers and the Local newspaper .

Life

Ellinor Holland was born in Dresden in 1928. She remained the only child of the journalist and later founder of the "Schwäbische Landeszeitung" Curt Frenzel and his wife Charlotte.

Her father came to Augsburg at the end of the World War and founded the “Schwäbische Landeszeitung” with “License No. 7” from the American occupying power. The daily newspaper first appeared on October 30, 1945. Wife and daughter followed in early December 1945. Ellinor Frenzel attended the Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium in Augsburg . After graduating from high school in 1947, she began studying newspaper sciences in Munich. At the same time, she was able to work in the Augsburg newspaper editorial team. She deepened her knowledge abroad and was given a chance as an intern in the Paris office of the dpa . After this time she went to the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) in Essen. Here she met her professional colleague Günter Holland . Both married on June 15, 1956. The newlyweds moved to Paris, where he wrote articles as a correspondent for the WAZ, the “Schwäbische Landeszeitung” and other papers and she wrote articles as a correspondent for her father's daily newspaper.

The "Schwäbische Landeszeitung" had meanwhile changed its title to "Augsburger Allgemeine". In April 1962, the father wished they both returned to Augsburg and entrusted Günter Holland with the post of "Duty Chief". On December 11, 1965, the "Augsburger Allgemeine" appealed to its readership for financial donations for those in need in the region. The appeal was a great success. From the donations, the readers' aid organization “Kartei der Not” grew , to which Ellinor Holland took care from the beginning and which she continuously accompanied, supported and led to bloom.

After the death of her father Curt Frenzel, Holland joined the management of the Pressedruck media group in 1970 and ran the company together with her husband, who became editor-in-chief of the “Augsburger Allgemeine”. Under her leadership, the newspaper with its distribution area in Bavarian Swabia became one of the major regional newspapers in Germany and the publishing house became a leading company in the German media industry. After the husband's death on August 13, 2006, their daughters Ellinor and Alexandra took over as partners.

The publisher has always faced the challenges of a modern newspaper publisher. At the beginning of the 1980s, the construction of a new publishing house in the Augsburg district of Lechhausen was realized with the latest rotary printing press. The old building in the city center had become too narrow. By developing and offering local radio and television, the former newspaper publisher advanced over time under Ellinor Holland's leadership to become the Pressedruck media group, which also expanded into the mail business.

The newspaper publisher died on December 17, 2010 after a serious illness.

Card index of distress

In 1965 Holland founded the media group Pressedruck's readers' aid organization, “Kartei der Not” , which she managed until her death. In doing so, she helped people who got into trouble through no fault of their own. Around 30 million euros had been collected by the time she died.

Whirl around "Aphrodite"

Ellinor Holland wanted to donate a fountain monument to the city of Augsburg and its citizens in a generous gesture. She acquired the sculpture "Aphrodite" from the renowned painter and sculptor Markus Lüpertz . Public funds were to be used for the new magnificent Augsburg fountain . Augsburg's Ulrichplatz, for which there were plans to redesign it, was planned as the location. The aesthetic of the work of art was clearly controversial in Augsburg in the city council and among citizens. A trial installation in the Augsburg town hall did not lead to a change of opinion. The Lord Mayor Paul Wengert finally announced the waiver of the gift, which annoyed the donor. The paid work of art finally found a home in the inner courtyard of the media building of the “Augsburger Allgemeine”.

Ellinor Holland Art Prize

In 2010 the “Landsberger Tagblatt”, a local newspaper of the “Augsburger Allgemeine”, awarded the Ellinor Holland Art Prize for the first time. It is named after the late publisher who, in addition to her social commitment in the “Kartei der Not”, had a weakness for art. The first prize winner was the wood sculptor Andreas Kuhnlein from Unterwössen.

honors and awards

Elinor Holland received numerous awards, among others

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine from December 20, 2010: "A life for the newspaper"
  2. ↑ grzabka.com: Save Augsburg! ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on December 21, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grzabka.com
  3. ↑ Landsberger Tagblatt dated August 31, 2010: Ellinor Holland Art Prize will be presented for the first time , requested on December 21, 2010
  4. ↑ Chiemgau-online.de: Art Prize for Andreas Kuhnlein , requested on December 21, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Holland, Ellinor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frenzel, Ellinor (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and editor
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 2010
Place of death augsburg