Friedrich Löchner

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Friedrich Löchner, 1997 in Bad Wildbad

Friedrich Löchner (also Erich Ellinger ; born September 12, 1915 in Böckingen ; † February 18, 2013 in Hohentengen am Hochrhein ) was a German pedagogue , poet , author and chess player . For his cultural merits he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon in 1976 and the Badge of Honor of the State of Baden-Württemberg in 1988 .

life and work

Friedrich Löchner directed the Dammrealschule in Heilbronn from 1966 to 1979 . He is also known as a successful correspondence chess master , multiple city master and problem composer .

After training at the Heilbronn teacher training college, Löchner passed his service examinations in 1935 and 1941, and the supplementary examination in English in 1951. From 1947 he taught at the boys' middle school in German, English, music and shorthand. Löchner led the school choir, was vice-principal (1965–1966) of the Dammrealschule and in 1966 became principal . One of his students in the 1960s was the civil engineer and historian of structural engineering, Karl-Eugen Kurrer , whom he completed in 1968.

Löchner family grave (1997)

He was a great friend of classical poetry and music. Since the age of 14 he became known for his own poems and compositions. His old age pursuits were writing, reading, music and participating in senior chess tournaments. Under the pseudonym Erich Ellinger, he published various short stories, poetry, aphorisms and a Christmas play.

As the second chairman and honorary member of the Heilbronn Symphony Orchestra , he shaped Heilbronn's musical life for several decades .

His lyrical and dramatic work spanning six decades includes, in addition to many poems and aphorisms, philosophical reflections (hands, 1944) and stage plays such as “Demetrius”, “The Judgment”, “The Ring I and II”, “Mardochai”, “The Saat”, “Michael Kohlhaas” and a nativity play “Fear not”, performed several times in 1950, as well as the radio and television play “Conduct sample”. The translations of William Shakespeare's sonnets and the translation of Alfred Tennyson's Enoch Arden into German blank verse are particularly noteworthy. Many of his aphorisms are known , such as in the form of a modified "saying calendar" in the annual planner of the book supplier Herzog + Idex from Beimerstetten. The sources of truth cannot be blocked . and you can take by yourself, you have to learn to give . are remarkable.

Friedrich Löchner was close friends with the German poet Lisa Jobst and the American poet David Stewart Burch , whose poems he translated.

Matt in three moves is depicted on the tombstone of his family grave.

chess

Friedrich Löchner (84 years old), oldest participant in the correspondence chess meeting in 2000.

Löchner's hobby was chess. He was one of the founding members of the Heilbronn chess club. Even at an advanced age, he took part in international tournaments. Among other things, there were the German Senior Championships in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2006. He also played at the World Senior Championships in 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998. One of his last tournaments was the senior tournament at the Bad Chess Festival in 2010 Woerishofen .

As a correspondence chess player, he took part in many correspondence chess meetings of the German Correspondence Chess Federation , such as in 1998 in Bad Bevensen, 2000 in Bad Neustadt , 2007 in Bad Laasphe and 2008 in Reit im Winkl . A book reading with the oldest participant Friedrich Löchner (92 years) was organized there.

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Löchner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

proof

  1. ↑ Friedrich Löchner's curriculum vitae in the Heilbronn City Archives
  2. ↑ Friedrich Löchner, also: Erich Ellinger on Zitante (Christa Moll)
  3. ↑ Friedrich Löchner: You can take by yourself, you have to learn to give. ( Memento from 7 July 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on Radio RTL
  4. ↑ Puzzling tombstone with "Matt in three moves" on Voic.de
  5. ^ German correspondence chess meeting 2000 in Bad Neustadt (Saale) on TeleSchach
  6. ^ (Founding) member Friedrich Löchner died on the website of the Heilbronner Chess Club
  7. ↑ 13. Open German Senior Individual Championship 2001 on TeleSchach
  8. ^ 8th World Senior Championships , The Week in Chess by Mark Crowther
  9. ↑ Correspondence chess meeting 1998 in Bad Bevensen on TeleSchach by Gerhard Hund
  10. ↑ Correspondence chess meeting 2008 in Reit im Winkl on correspondence chess federation
personal data
SURNAME Löchner, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ellinger, Erich (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator, poet, author and chess player
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Boeckingen
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 2013
Place of death Hohentengen on the Upper Rhine