Hans-Dieter Musch

Hans-Dieter Musch (born February 15, 1934 in Berlin ) is a journalist and book author.

Growing up in the Rheinpfalz ( Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ) and in Baden-Württemberg ( Heilbronn am Neckar), Musch worked as a newspaper proofreader after an apprenticeship as a book printer (1950) . From 1960 he was a publisher and editor as well as the writer of a press service specializing in "colorful", and freelance for numerous German newspapers. From 1965 he was local editor at the Schwetzinger Zeitung , 1967/69 press officer for the television of the Süddeutscher Rundfunk (Südfunk), Stuttgart. In 1969/70 he was editor for “for special use” (zbV) at the television magazine Gong in Nuremberg, then after Gruner + Jahr took over the publishing house for a while, he was transferred to Stuttgart to set up and manage an external office for the magazine. From 1975 he was press officer in the district of Böblingen ; from 1 January 1978 then press officer of the city of Gütersloh same time, from mid-1978 managing director of the tourist office Gütersloh. He has been retired since April 1998.

Although he had no studies, Musch became interested in art and history from an early age. Perhaps that explains why, as an editor at "Gong", he published a series about former broadcasters from the Süddeutscher Rundfunk. During his work as press officer for the district of Böblingen, the district administrator very quickly entrusted him with a kind of post as "art officer": Musch selected works of art for old people's homes and a district hospital, organized the festivities around school inaugurations and launched the series "Art in the district office" Life. It is thanks to his initiative that so much space was created in the newly built district administration that exhibitions could take place there. For some time, Musch volunteered to oversee the public relations work of the association for the rescue of the Herrenberg collegiate church .

As managing director of the Gütersloh tourist association, he initiated the “Gütersloh Summer” series of events and the “Gütersloh Ham Market” that takes place in autumn and picks up on Westphalian traditions. The historically interested journalist worked as a chronicler for the city. The symbol of the city, the Gütersloh carter , is also a child of Musch's ingenuity. The carting trade played a major role in Gütersloh in the 18th and 19th centuries.

In Gütersloh, Musch initiated the creation of a previously non-existent city ​​archive through a letter to the editor in the three daily newspapers . It was created in 1984. He offered the visual artists in the city the opportunity to exhibit in the partner cities in France, Great Britain and Poland. This resulted in a lively cultural exchange. For a few years, based on an idea by Musch, another artist was able to design the city's greeting card for the New Year.

Musch is married to Christa geb. Henkel (* 1943 in Gläsendorf / Silesia) and has two adult children, Martin (* 1972) and Barbara (* 1973).

Previous honorary positions

Musch was an assessor on the board of the journalists' association Ostwestfalen-Lippe and the support association of this association, a founding member of the International Association of German-speaking Media (IADM), Cologne, and editor of their press service as well as an employee of SBS -Radio Australia for more than a decade .

Publications

• Kurt Schatz: In the shadow of the hammer and sickle. Heilbronn 1957 (as publisher).
• Schönbuch and Gäu. Theiss, Stuttgart 1976.
• Gütersloh in Westphalia. Flöttmann, Gütersloh 1978.
• with others: Gütersloh Chronicle. Vol. 2-6 (1975-2014). Flöttmann, Gütersloh 1985 ff.
• Gütersloh sketches. Flöttmann, Gütersloh 1985.
• Gütersloher tell history. Flöttmann, Gütersloh 1985 (as editor on behalf of the city of Gütersloh).
• Gütersloh - the city. Flöttmann, Gütersloh 1992.
• The children's graves in Gütersloh. City of Gütersloh, Gütersloh 1993 (as editor).
• The Minden-Ravensberger. The yearbook in East Westphalia. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld / Gütersloh (since 1997 and until 2009 as sole editor).
• Displaced and arrived. Memories of displacement, escape and imprisonment. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2007 (as editor for the Volkshochschule Gütersloh), ISBN 978-3-89534-712-2 .
• You know what? Memories of the old Gütersloh. Flöttmann, Gütersloh 2011, ISBN 978-3-87231-126-9 .
• As if it was yesterday. Gütersloher rummage in their memories. Graphics company and publishing house Rehling, Rietberg, 2015, ISBN 978-3-924088-16-3 .