Hans-Peter Boer

Hans-Peter Boer (born January 22, 1949 in Nottuln ) is a German crime novelist and local historian .

Life

Boer was born in Nottuln in 1949, the son of a baker. After graduating from high school in 1969 at the Paulinum in Münster, he studied at the Münster University of Education until 1972 and from 1976–1979 postgraduate studies in German and history for the teaching post of secondary level I at Wilhelms University . In the following years he worked as a teacher at the secondary school in Gescher , at the school for the learning disabled in Coesfeld , at the Anna-Katharina-Emmerick secondary school in Coesfeld, at the Ratsgymnasium Münster and finally at the Joseph-Haydn-Gymnasium in Senden . From 1982 to 1985 Boer took over the management of the Mühlenhof open-air museum in Münster . From 2005 to 2014 he was head of culture in the Münster district government . He is also chairman of the Coesfeld district home association.

author

Boer's hobby includes researching the culture, history and folklore of the Münsterland and his home village of Nottuln. Boer has written numerous specialist articles and independent works on this subject. Since 2006 he has been the author of a crime series with Commissioner Klaus Kattenstroht .

Works (selection)

Non-fiction

• North German farmhouses , with photos by Horst Zielske . Umschau-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1985, ISBN 3-524-63034-0 .
• JC Schlaun. His life, his time, his work . Aschendorff, Münster 1995, ISBN 3-402-05108-7 .
• Unknown Münsterland , with photos by Andreas Lechtape . Aschendorff, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-402-05162-1 .
• Beautiful courtyards in the Münsterland. Evidence of rural building culture from five centuries , with photos by Andreas Lechtape. Aschendorff, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-402-00434-0
• Castles and palaces in the Münsterland , with photos by Andreas Lechtape. Aschendorff, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-402-12766-7 .
• Westmünsterland , with photos by Andreas Lechtape. Aschendorff, Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-402-12961-6 .
• Gardens and parks in Münsterland , with photos by Andreas Lechtape. Aschendorff, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-402-13073-5 .

prose

• Lüninge or the true story of Jörg Dirk Schulte Westerode, his wife and three sons . Landwirtschaftsverl., Münster 1985, ISBN 3-7843-1189-X
• Niewweltieden . Aschendorff, Münster 1993, ISBN 3-402-06109-0 .

Klaus Kattenstroht

• Stubble land . Landwirtschaftsverl., Münster 2006, ISBN 978-3-7843-3387-8 .
• Schwengelrecht . Landwirtschaftsverl., Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-7843-3439-4 .
• Cake days . Landwirtschaftsverl., Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-7843-3486-8 .
• Pig moon . Landwirtschaftsverl., Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-7843-5048-6 .
• Fair crowns . Landwirtschaftsverl., Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-7843-5096-7 .
• Beam fire . Landwirtschaftsverl., Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-7843-5157-5 .
• Maiden dance . Landwirtschaftsverl., Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-7843-5219-0 .
• Desolation . Landwirtschaftsverl., Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-7843-5336-4 .

literature

• Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015. 69th year in 2 parts. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033714-3 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans-Peter Boer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Hans-Peter Boer in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
• Information on the Klaus Kattenstroht crime series (accessed on November 15, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ It's going to be a sophisticated murder. Hans-Peter Boer is Head of Culture and the inventor of Commissioner Kattenstroth in Westfälische Nachrichten , November 24, 2011 (accessed November 15, 2014)
2. ^ Department of Culture of the Münster District Government adopted ( Memento from May 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )