Gottfried Rehm

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Gottfried Rehm (born October 17, 1926 in Poppenhausen , Fulda district ; † August 8, 2020 in Fulda ) was a German pedagogue and author of specialist and non-fiction books on organ, music and local history. He published poems, short stories and novels under the pseudonym Gustav Damann .

Life

After graduating from high school, Gottfried Rehm studied at the Pedagogical Institute in Jugenheim near Darmstadt and at the Missouri State University in Kirksville (USA). After completing his studies, he worked as a teacher in Fulda and Gersfeld from 1950 to 1966 . He then worked as a lecturer until 1973 and then until his retirement as a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Fulda in the pedagogy (music) department. From 1977 he was a scientific member of the Historical Commission for Hesse . At the end of 2011, Rehm was recognized by the International Valentin Rathgeber Society , of which he was an honorary member, for his many years of service.

Rehm was married and had three children.

Activity as an author

Gottfried Rehm wrote numerous writings and books about his childhood and youth in the Rhön and Rhön legends as well as on the music history of Fulda and the Rhön, especially on organs . Sabrina Mehler calls him a witty and entertaining author in the Fuldaer Zeitung , who also let his readers benefit from his extensive knowledge of the region in the Buchenbl Blätter , the newspaper's local history supplement.

In 2001, the Goethe Society Frankfurt am Main selected Rehm's poem "Hope" for an edition project.

Honors

  • Sponsorship award from the city of Fulda for home and foreigners
  • In 2013, Rehm received the “Rhön Culture Prize” from the Rhön Club .

Works

  • The organs of the city of Fulda, the districts of Fulda, Hünfeld and Schlüchtern. 4 volumes. Pape-Verlag, Wolfenbüttel / Berlin 1966/1970/1975/1978.
  • Hexentanz on the Danzwiesen: legends from the Hessian, Thuringian and Bavarian Rhön in new versions. Rhön-Verlag, Hünfeld 1996.
  • Life in the Rhön: Contributions to the history and folklore of our homeland. Rhön-Verlag, Hünfeld 1996.
  • Schbass must be: cheerful and contemplative things from Fulda and the Rhön. Rhön-Verlag, Hünfeld 1997.
  • Musikantenleben: Contributions to the music history of Fulda and the Rhön in the 18th and 19th centuries (= publication by the Fuldaer Geschichtsverein. Vol. 61). Parzeller, Fulda 1997.
  • Home and foreign countries: stories, poems, novels. Rhön-Verlag, Hünfeld 1998.
  • People in the Rhön: Contributions to the history and folklore of our homeland. Rhön-Verlag, Hünfeld 1999.
  • Land and people in the Ulstertal: Contributions to the history and folklore of the former Bavarian regional court district of Hilders. Rhön-Verlag, Hünfeld 2000.
  • (Ed.) Rhön land in God's hands: religious texts from Fulda and the Rhön. Rhön-Verlag, Hünfeld 2000.
  • Signs of life: stories, poems, sketches. Rhön-Verlag, Hünfeld 2001.
  • The Rhön in "old times". Videel, Niebüll 2002.

literature

Berthold Gaß (Ed.) On the threshold of classical music - Valentin Ratgeber. Festschrift for Gottfried Rehm on his 85th birthday . Akamedon Verlag, Pfaffenhofen 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Sabrina Mehler: A proven connoisseur of our homeland , Fuldaer Zeitung from August 12, 2020, p. 10.
  2. ↑ Michael Mott : Honor for the Rathgeber connoisseur / society distinguishes Gottfried Rehm for many years of service. In: Fuldaer Zeitung , February 29, 2012, p. 13.
personal data
SURNAME Rehm, Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Damann, Gustav (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Poppenhausen
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2020
Place of death Fulda