Franz Oexle
Franz Oexle (born December 10, 1922 in Überlingen ; † March 25, 2018 in Gottlieben , Thurgau , Switzerland ) was a German journalist and editor-in-chief of Südkurier .
Life
Franz Oexle grew up in Überlingen on Lake Constance. His ancestors came from the Großer Heuberg on the Swabian Alb and from Kreenheinstetten near Sigmaringen . One of his ancestors was the religious and well-known Baroque writer Abraham a Sancta Clara (Johann Ulrich Megerle).
As a soldier in World War II , Oexle was in Russia and France. After the end of the war, he studied German, philosophy, English and history in Freiburg im Breisgau , Tübingen and Basel from 1945 to 1951 . It was in 1950 at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg in Freiburg with a thesis Wieland's encounter with the Sturm und Drang to Dr. phil. PhD. In 1953/54 he was a postdoc at the University of Oregon . From 1964 he was a lecturer at the International Institute for Journalism in Developing Countries with a focus on East Asia.
Oexle joined the Konstanz daily newspaper Südkurier in 1951 and was a political editor and later head of the service. In 1966, Oexle took over the post of editor-in-chief of the Südkurier, succeeding Alfred Gerigk . In 1987 he retired and handed over to his successor Gerd Appenzeller . From 1988 to 1992 he was co-editor of the Südkurier.
In 1988 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .
Fonts
- The islands in Lake Constance: Lindau, Mainau, Reichenau , Herrsching, Luzern 1984, ISBN 3761106599 .
- Lake Constance , Siegloch Edition 1985
- Where is the journey going? Directions , Verlag des Südkurier Konstanz, 1982
- Japan - Secrets of an Economic Giant , Verlag des Südkurier Konstanz, 1982
- Journalists and the pictures in our heads. The gloss and misery of the news trade , University Press Konstanz 1993, ISBN 3879404623
- The cross-border commuter. Path of an editor-in-chief in this century (experiences from six decades 1932–1992) , Verlag des Südkurier Konstanz 1999
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Oexle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Franz Oexle in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Search for "Franz Oexle" in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Dieter Löffler: "Cosmopolitan and connected to home: On the death of the former editor-in-chief Oexle" , Südkurier of March 31, 2018
- ↑ a b c Obituary notice Franz Oexle , Südkurier from March 31, 2018
- ↑ Journalists and the pictures in our heads , Universitätsverlag Konstanz 1993
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oexle, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Überlingen , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 2018 |
| Place of death | Gottlieben , Thurgau , Switzerland |