Hans Kals

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Hans Kals (born September 16, 1927 in Aachen , † June 4, 1989 in Meran ) was a German writer, dialect poet and economist .

Live and act

Hans Kals grew up in hair and, after graduating from elementary school, attended the trade school in Aachen from 1942 to 1944 . After the end of the war he took a job at the Aachen-Stadt tax office and became a tax inspector. He also attended the Administration and Business Academy and graduated with a diploma. In 1955 he was transferred to the regional finance office in Cologne , where he stayed until 1964.

In 1957, he was admitted to study via a detour test for talented students . In addition to his professional activities, he began law to study, but moved very quickly to the economics and made 1963 his exams. From 1964 he taught as a qualified commercial teacher at the vocational school and higher commercial school in Aachen. In 1970 he did his doctorate at the then higher business school in Mönchengladbach . His dissertation on The Social Question in Romanticism was later published as a book (Hanstein-Verlag, Cologne 1974, ISBN 3-7756-6291-X ).

Hans Kals is considered one of the co-founders of the “Economics” department at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences . He has taught there since 1971 and promoted the expansion.

In addition to his work as a professor, Hans Kals made a name for himself as a writer and dialect poet. As early as the 1960s he had translated several books from French for Herder-Verlag . This was followed by a few short stories in magazines and in 1981 the first book Ein Heldengedenken . Parallel to his studies, he had dealt with social history and psychology. This knowledge flowed into his other books, in particular Put yourself in his shoes - How to deal with your aggressions . He also wrote numerous poems and prose pieces in Aachen dialect, some of which were published in Aachen newspapers. In 1984 he was one of the founders of the Haaren / Verlautenheide home association.

Hans Kals had been married since 1962. His wife Berta Kals was a visual artist and was best known for her time-critical Christmas cribs . From this marriage there were three children. Hans Kals died in June 1989 on a lecture tour in Italy.

Fonts (selection)

literature

  • Hanns Bittmann: Erenneronge (v) to Hans Kals. Thouet Verlag, 1993, OCLC 34478242 .
  • Hair at the gates of the city of Aachen. Heimatverein Haaren / Verlautenheide, No. 5, 1990.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Hans Kals is dead. In: Aachener Nachrichten . June 6, 1989.
  2. ↑ Hair at the gates of the city of Aachen. Heimatverein Haaren / Verlautenheide, No. 5, 1990.
  3. ^ Professor and local poet. In: Aachener Nachrichten. September 16, 1987.
personal data
SURNAME Kals, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist, writer, dialect poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH June 4th 1989
Place of death Meran