Franz Freisleder

Franz Freisleder, 2010

Franz Freisleder (born February 22, 1931 in Munich ) is a Bavarian writer and journalist.

Franz Freisleder grew up in the Schwabing district of Munich . After graduating from high school, which he obtained in 1951, he studied theater studies and journalism. In 1956 he came to the Süddeutsche Zeitung , where he later worked for a long time as head of the local affairs department and editor-in-chief of the Münchner Stadtanzeiger. In the 1970s to 1990s he was often heard and seen on radio and television with his own contributions on "white-blue" topics. He has been retired since 1996.

Franz Freisleder is best known for his 14 books so far, some of which he wrote in poetry - often in dialect - and partly in prose. In it he describes life in Bavaria, especially in Munich, in a varied mix of the past, the present, the cultural history and the self-experienced. Particularly popular: His history of Bavaria from the Stone Age to today in the form of a dialect poem. Most recent work: Under the title "Meine Münchner Kindheit" (My Munich Childhood), memories of the youth of the Nazi period and the first occupation.

Freisleder is one of the Munich tower clerks . From 1996 to 2000 he was president of the Münchner Trabrenn- und Zuchtverein eV

Awards

• 1974 " Munich shines " medal in silver
• 1981 Tukan Prize for Literature from the City of Munich
• 1985 Bavarian poet thaler for services to the Bavarian culture of the Munich tower writers
• 1987 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
• 1990 Theodor Wolff Prize for journalists
• 1992 Bavarian Order of Merit
• 1998 Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
• 2001 district gold medal for the district of Upper Bavaria

Works

• Speaking of which, Gstanzln without music . Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1971 (with five drawings by Ernst Hürlimann ).
• Boarisch higriebn or Bavarian informed . Rosenheimer Verlagshaus , Rosenheim 1975, ISBN 3-475-52105-9 .
• Looked at the mouth and the heart. Poems in Upper Bavarian dialect . Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1976, ISBN 3-475-52173-3 .
• Bavarian Gschicht in Poem . Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1984, ISBN 3-475-52427-9 .
• Bavarian history told in Bavarian style . second, expanded edition. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1998, ISBN 3-475-52919-X .
• Bavarian Gschicht in Poem . third, expanded edition. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-475-54074-5 .
• My Munich childhood . Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-475-54150-6 .
• Verserl instead of Bleamerl or rhyming instead of flowers . Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1983, ISBN 978-3-475-52412-7 (with drawings by Ernst Hürlimann).
• We don't care, chats about Bavaria . Ludwig Verlag, 1983, ISBN 3-7787-3228-5 .
• The skin is rough and the core is often tender. My Bayern mirror . Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1990, ISBN 978-3-475-52658-9 .
• Between church and tavern. A declaration of love to the province . Turmschreiber Verlag, Pfaffenhofen 1994, ISBN 978-3-930156-17-7 .
• Instructions for the last Bavaria, an endangered species introduces itself . Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1998, ISBN 3-475-52928-9 .
• Bavarian history told in Boarisch . 2nd Edition. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1998, ISBN 3-475-52919-X .
• It's foolish there . Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, Rosenheim 1999, ISBN 3-475-52966-1 (dialect poems).
• My Munich mosaic . Verlag Bayerland, Dachau 2006, ISBN 3-89251-364-3 .
• Bavarian Gschicht im Gedicht, Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, 2011 ISBN 978-3-475-54074-5
• Bayern samma, Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, 2015 ISBN 978-3-475-54486-6

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Freisleder in the catalog of the German National Library
• Munich tower scribe authors