Gerhard Raff

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Gerhard Raff (2003) with his "Wirtemberg" trilogy (four volumes since 2015)

Gerhard Raff (born August 13, 1946 in Stuttgart - Degerloch ) is a German historian and writer and was co-owner of the now closed Landhege publishing house.

Life

Education

Gerhard Raff studied history and Protestant theology at the University of Tübingen and received his doctorate there in 1984 under Hansmartin Decker-Hauff with a thesis on the origins of the House of Württemberg , which was published in 1988 under the title "Hie gut Wirtemberg allewege I: The House of Württemberg by Count Ulrich the founder bis Herzog Ludwig ”and was continued with three subsequent volumes in the period that followed.

Freelance writer

Gerhard Raff lives as a freelance writer in Stuttgart-Degerloch . For his Swabian stories, which were published in the Stuttgarter Zeitung and published as a book in 1985 under the title “Herr, schmeiß Hirn ra!”, He was awarded the Thaddäus Troll Prize in the same year .

Since 2002 he has been a member of the Stauferfreunde committee and since 2004 a member of the scientific advisory board of the magazine " Suevica - Contributions to Swabian Literature - and Intellectual History".

Works

  • Chronicle of the City of Stuttgart 1954–1960 , Stuttgart 1978
  • Lord, throw your brain! , Stuttgart / Leipzig 1985, ISBN 3-421-06257-9
  • Hie gut Wirtemberg allways I: The House of Württemberg from Count Ulrich the founder to Duke Ludwig . With an introduction by Hansmartin Decker-Hauff. Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-89850-110-8
  • Hie gut Wirtemberg allewege II: The House of Württemberg from Duke Friedrich I to Duke Eberhard III. With the lines Stuttgart, Mömpelgard, Weiltingen, Neuenbürg, Neuenstadt am Kocher and Oels in Schlesien, Degerloch 1993, ISBN 3-89850-108-6
  • More brain! , Stuttgart / Leipzig 1995, with illustrations by Loriot , ISBN 3-421-05016-3
  • Raffs rarities , Munich 1998, ISBN 3-421-05162-3
  • The Swabian History , Stuttgart / Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-89850-020-9
  • Hie gut Wirtemberg allewege III: The House of Württemberg from Duke Wilhelm Ludwig to Duke Friedrich Karl . With the Stuttgart, Winnental, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Neuenbürg, Mömpelgard and Oels, Bernstadt and Juliusburg lines in Silesia and Weiltingen. Degerloch 2002, ISBN 3-89850-084-5
  • Iron ration for fearless and loyal Württemberg residents , Stuttgart / Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-89850-102-7
  • The third brain , Stuttgart / Leipzig 2005. 2nd edition: Landhege-Verlag, Schwaigern 2012, ISBN 978-3-943066-05-0
  • The Gschicht vom Mose ond de Ten Commandments , Landhege-Verlag, Schwaigern 2011, ISBN 978-3-943066-03-6
  • Swabian jewels , Landhege-Verlag, Schwaigern 2012, ISBN 978-3-943066-05-0
  • Gerhard Raff can also speak High German , Landhege-Verlag, Schwaigern 2013, ISBN 978-3-943066-22-7
  • Hie gut Wirtemberg allewege IV: The House of Württemberg from Duke Eberhard Ludwig to Duke Carl Alexander with special consideration of Christina Wilhelmina von Grävenitz. With the Stuttgart and Winnental lines. Landhege-Verlag, Schwaigern 2015, ISBN 978-3-943066-39-5

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f https://www.gerhardraff.de/
  2. ^ Peter Koblank: Landhege-Verlag closed on stauferstelen.net. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Geschichts- und Kulturverein Köngen eV: Awarding of the Daniel Pfisterer Prize 2010 to Dr. phil. Gerhard Raff on geschichtsverein-koengen.de. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ schwäbische mund.art eV: Award ceremony to Dr. Gerhard Raff on mund-art.de. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Holger Gayer: Gepriesener Benefizschwätzer , in: stuttgarter-zeitung.de of October 27, 2013. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.

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personal data
SURNAME Raff, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart-Degerloch