Frank Rönicke

Frank Rönicke is a German journalist, photographer and non-fiction author.

Life

Rönicke grew up in the GDR and came to the West in 1987. His wife and daughter, Katrin Rönicke , who later became known as a feminist blogger and author , were only able to travel to him from Saxony-Anhalt to Igersheim in Baden-Württemberg in 1989, before the fall of the Wall .

Focus

Rönicke published a number of non-fiction books on militaria and engine topics, especially in the Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, which belongs to the Paul Pietsch publishing group. Typical titles are bestsellers such as Heroes of Labor and Merited Activists on GDR commercial vehicles and German military motorcycles . He is co-author of Siegfried Rauch's book Men and Motorcycles on German motorcycle development. The publisher certifies that he has expertise in particular with two-stroke engines (wheels). The publisher also states that he can "fall back on an extensive photo archive for his books". German motorcycles since 1960 is considered to be a clear, comprehensive overview in words and pictures of this aspect of German vehicle history. He has also published on the Austrian Puch motorcycles.

Rönicke's reflections on the Trabant two-stroke vehicle and the history of technology in Eisenach and Zwickau as the automotive center of the former GDR also met with a positive response . The book Trabant - Legende auf Wheels is considered proof of his expertise in this vehicle.

Fonts (selection)

• Motorcycles of the Eastern Bloc , Volume 2: Czechoslovakia, Hungary 1945–1990 . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, 1st edition, ISBN 978-3-613-03215-6 .
• German motorcycles , two volumes, I: German motorcycles. Since 1960 , 2006, II: German motorcycles. 1945–1960 , 2005, both Stuttgart: Motorbuch-Verlag.
• Siegfried Rauch , Frank Rönicke: Men and motorcycles: a century of German motorcycle development. Stuttgart: Motorbuch-Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-02947-7 .
• Type compass GDR motorcycles: since 1945 . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-613-02404-7 .
• Type compass German military motorcycles since 1905. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-613-03215-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Frank Rönicke in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ daughter's blog entry in May 2011
2. ↑ Information on Frank Rönicke at Paul Pietsch Verlage website .
3. ↑ M. Lehmann-Pape 2010 ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2011 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. 
4. ^ Frank Rönicke: Puch. Motorcycles 1900-1987 . Motorbuch Verlag (2009), ISBN 978-3-613-03102-9
5. ↑ Review: Non-fiction books on Auto Ost, Boris Schmidt , FAZ , September 1, 1998.
6. ↑ Entry on the VW Autostadt web portal