Gerlinde Countess of Westphalen

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Dr. Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen in the library of Großbodungen Castle (2016)

Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen (* 25. March 1966 in Simmern as Gerlinde summer ) is a German gallery owner , publicist and curator .

Life

Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen was born as Gerlinde Sommer in Simmern in 1966 . She grew up with two siblings in her parents' house in Hinzerath , a district of the Morbach community in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district . After graduating from the Nikolaus-von-Kues-Gymnasium in Bernkastel-Kues in 1985, she studied German , philosophy and political science at the universities of Trier , Cologne and Berlin from 1985 to 1991 . 1991 completion of studies with diploma in political science at the Free University of Berlin .

From 1988 to 1992 she had various activities, including working for the Joachim Ringelnatz letter edition (University of Cologne; Chair of Modern Literature), the textbook project “Parliamentary Teaching” (University of Cologne and FU Berlin), and the structural commission for political science and sociology at the university Potsdam . From 1992 to 1997 she was a research assistant at the University of Halle-Wittenberg , Institute for Political Science (Chair for Political Philosophy ).

1996 followed by the doctorate to Dr. phil. at the University of Halle-Wittenberg , with Richard Saage and Gerhard Göhler .

Coat of arms of the von Westphalen

Together with her husband Raban Graf von Westphalen , she founded the "Galerie in der Burg" ( GbR ) in 1998 to hold exhibitions and cultural events. In the first few years, the gallery was housed in Großbodungen Castle. Due to the great demand for events, the gallery was re-established in 2005 in the Großbodungen Kemenate , which belongs to the castle . More than 400 events and 60 exhibitions were held in the gallery by the end of 2018. Were shown u. a. Art shows by Jost Heyder , Max Lingner , Gerd Mackensen , Otto Paetz , Ronald Paris , Heinz Scharr and Willi Sitte . On December 31, 2018, the “Gallery in the Castle” and the associated café in the bower were closed.

From 1999 to 2004 Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen was a member of the district council of the Eichsfeld district for the SPD . In 2009 she was in the district council for the FREE VOTERS . After the successful election in 2014, she resigned there and joined the DIE LINKE parliamentary group as an intern . In addition, she was a member of the supervisory board of the Eichsfeldwerke in Heilbad Heiligenstadt from 2016 to 2019 and deputy chairwoman of the Thuringian regional group of the German Castle Association from 2017 to 2019 .

Today Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen is no longer primarily involved in politics. She is now working as a freelance journalist , as well as in the field of cultural consulting and cultural management .

Voluntary engagement (selection)

The castle Großbodungen
The Kemenate Großbodungen

Publications (selection)

All publications - unless otherwise noted - published under the maiden name "Gerlinde Sommer"

  • The non-technical parts of the study in the engineering education system in Germany with special consideration of the technology assessment. Evaluation of an empirical survey. (= Working papers of the Society for Technology Assessment - GfT -Heft 1). Cologne 1991.
  • Academy of the German Association of Officials for Vocational Training (Ed.): Technology design in local government. Bonn 1992.
  • Non-technical parts of the German engineering course. In: Else Fricke (Ed.), Interdisciplinary Technology Research and Engineering Education. Concepts and experiences from Germany, Austria and the USA (= Forum humane Technikgestaltung 6, published by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung ). Bonn 1992, p. 27 ff.
  • Responsibility as a democratic constitutional principle: basic rights, representation, popular sovereignty and separation of powers. In: Raban Graf von Westphalen (ed.), Parliamentary teaching. The parliamentary system of government in the technical age. Munich 1993, p. 4 ff .; 2. Looked through. 1996 edition.
  • Organization of parliaments - historical bases and current developments. In: Raban Graf von Westphalen (ed.), Parliamentary teaching. The parliamentary system of government in the technical age. Munich 1993, p. 81 ff.
  • Problems of industrial society. In: Raban Graf von Westphalen (ed.), Parliamentary teaching. The parliamentary system of government in the technical age. Munich 1993, p. 529 ff.
  • German Engineering Education in Transition? The Role and Function of Non-technical Studies. In: Technology in Society, Vol. 15 (1993), p. 449 ff.
  • Technology assessment as an instrument of political technology control. Attempt to take stock of 1994. In: Raban Graf von Westphalen (Ed.), Technology assessment as a political task. Munich, 2nd edition 1994, p. 434 ff.
  • Dictatorships in Comparison. For Walter Euchner's 60th birthday. In: PVS 35 (1994)
  • On the significance of the dictatorships in the 20th century for the present. In: Richard Saage (ed.), The failure of dictatorial legitimation patterns and the future viability of democracy. Berlin 1995, p. 347 ff.
  • Institutional responsibility. Foundations of a theory of political institutions. Munich 1997.
  • The history of the castle and village of Grossbodungen. Großbodungen 1997 (published under: Gerlinde von Westphalen).
  • Technology and institutional responsibility. In: Raban Graf von Westphalen (Ed.), Technology Assessment as a Political Task. Munich, 3., gänzl. rev. and exp. 1997 edition.
  • On the edge of the Eichsfeld - the castle in Grossbodungen. In: Burgen und Schlösser 39/1998, p. 35 ff. (Published under: Gerlinde von Westphalen).
  • Sieyes: What is the third state. In: Franco Volpi / Maria Koettnitz (eds.), Large work dictionary of philosophy. Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner Verlag 1999.
  • Ed. / Author: Citizenship Lexicon. Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag , October 1999.
  • Responsibility as a democratic state principle. In: Raban Graf von Westphalen (ed.), German government system. Munich: Oldenbourg Verlag 2001, p. 99 ff.
  • The state as legal personality - considerations on Maurice Hauriou's institutional model. In: Martin Kühnel u. a. (Ed.): Festschrift for Richard Saage for his 60th birthday. Halle / Saale 2001, p. 211 ff.
  • The last princess: Anna Luise von Schwarzburg. Jena: Jenzig Verlag 2005, 4th updated edition 2015. (published under: Gerlinde Gräfin von Westphalen).
  • From 2007 to 2010 articles on Thuringian culture in TOPMAGAZIN THUERINGEN Erfurt. (published under: Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen).
  • The castle in Großbodungen. History of a monument in Eichsfeld. 2011 (published under: Gerlinde Gräfin von Westphalen).
  • Raban Graf von Westphalen / Gerlinde Gräfin von Westphalen (ed.): Two women from Helmern : the painter Wisa Gräfin von Westphalen and the abbess Benedicta Freiin von Spiegel-Peckelsheim OSB. Großbodungen 2018, in: Bodunger Contributions, Issue 16, ISSN 1610-8698.

Publications without daily updates.

Exhibitions (selection)

Countess von Westphalen was a curator a . a. the following exhibitions:

  • 2003: Cistercian monasteries in Europe - on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the death of Bernhard von Clairvaux
  • 2004: The Tabulae Anatomicae by the anatomist and Goethe friend Justus Christian Loder
  • 2004: The last princess - Anna Luise von Schwarzburg (sub-project of the Thuringian state exhibition on residential culture)
  • 2006: Dangerous works - magazines and books of the GDR opposition
  • 2007: Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia : Reality is only formed in memory (sub-project of the Thuringian State Exhibition on St. Elisabeth)
  • 2008: Angels in Art History
  • 2009: The utopian Indian cities of the Jesuits in the primeval forests of South America
  • 2009: Art from the GDR
  • 2010: Pottery in Thuringia
  • 2012: SIAM 1862 - Exhibition on the occasion of 150 years of Thai-German diplomatic relations
  • 2015: German colonies in the South Seas
  • 2017: Reformation - departure into modern times

Prizes and awards

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Topic of the dissertation : Institutional responsibility. A contribution to the theory of political institutions.
  2. ↑ cf. Landlust (May / June 2011 edition)
  3. ↑ together with J. Schiffer
  4. ↑ cooperation
  5. ↑ a b c d e together with Raban Graf von Westphalen
  6. ↑ together with Martin Kühnel
  7. ^ Together with Raban Graf von Westphalen, in association with 157 authors. (Funded by the German Research Foundation )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b CV: Dr. Gerlinde Countess von Westphalen, b. Gerlinde Sommer ( Großbodungen March 5, 2019)
  2. ↑ An exhibition review 1998–2018 meinAnzeiger.de (edition February 3, 2018)
  3. ^ Elections in Thuringia. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
  4. ↑ District council elections and city council elections for independent cities in Thuringia in 2009 - final result. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  5. ↑ District council elections and city council elections of the independent cities in Thuringia 2014 - final result. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ Free voters Eichsfeld debated their problems in Niederorschel. Retrieved May 14, 2019 .
  7. ↑ German Castle Association → Thuringia Regional Group Accessed on March 5, 2019.
  8. ↑ Top Magazin Thuringia.Retrieved on March 5, 2019.
  9. ↑ Burgen Monument Prize for Castle and Kemenate Großbodungen in: Thüringische Landeszeitung (edition April 1, 2012)
  10. ↑ Emily Roebling Prize. Accessed March 5, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Westphalen, Gerlinde Countess of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westphalen, Gerlinde von; Sommer, Gerlinde (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gallery owner, publicist and curator
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Simmer