Hans Rudolf Hartung

Hans Rudolf Hartung (born April 10, 1929 in Münster ; † February 4, 2012 in Soest ) was a German journalist and writer .

Life

After an internship at the Westfalenpost, Hartung studied law in Bonn and has worked for newspapers and magazines as well as television ( WDR ) since 1949 . In 1956 he went to the Rhineland Regional Council as a press officer , the administrative association for supra-regional tasks for the cities and districts of the Rhineland. From 1972 he was regional councilor for culture and from 1980 to 1985 he was the first regional councilor. During his tenure, important monument preservation projects were initiated in the Rhineland.

Hartung was a member of the FDP since 1972.

reception

In addition to his journalistic work, a notable oeuvre of non-fiction books emerged over the years, in which Hartung dealt with his homeland Soest. His autobiographical works also show a love of home. He re-founded the cultural magazine “Neues Rheinland” after the Second World War.

Works (selection)

Autobiographical

The big dawn. A youth in Westphalia between war and peace; Novel. Westfälischer Anzeiger VG, Hamm 1998, ISBN 3-924966-19-2 .
Are you a Rhinelander? Memories 1956 to 1985. JP Bachem publishing house, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7616-1495-0 .

Fiction

Soest in the legend. Jahn-Verlag, Soest 1994, ISBN 3-924966-04-4 .

Non-fiction

Soest in the war. Jahn-Verlag, Soest 1995, ISBN 3-924966-05-2 .
The new Soest. Developments in the first 50 years after the Second World War. Jahn-Verlag, Soest 1996, ISBN 3-924966-09-5 .
Soest. The 50s in the picture. Prolibri-Verlag, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-935263-04-X .
Soest and the Hanseatic League. Jahn-Verlag, Soest 1995, ISBN 3-924966-06-0 .
Most bliss. Verlag Ritter, Soest 1990, ISBN 3-9801714-1-8 .
Soest tours. Westfälischer Anzeiger VG, Hamm 2000, ISBN 3-924966-27-3 .
The Soest district. Images and observations. Mocker & John, Soest 1989, ISBN 3-87902-211-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ A magazine with this name first appeared from November 1919, issue 1, to May 1920, issue 12, in Mönchengladbach . The archive of this time is located in the Heinrich Heine Institute in Düsseldorf. It contains the correspondence of the editor Herbert Saekel (1891–1943) with the authors of the magazine, and others. a. Letters to and from Louise Dumont , Herbert Eulenberg , Max Halbe , Kurt Heynicke (30 letters with him 1919–1924); Hans von Hülsen , Anselm Ruest , Karl Röttger , the later völkisch author Wilhelm Schäfer , Wilhelm Schmidtbonn (with him 44 letters and cards 1919–1940); with Ernst Wiechert , Josef Winckler

personal data
SURNAME	Hartung, Hans Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Muenster
DATE OF DEATH	4th February 2012
Place of death	Soest

[1] A magazine with this name first appeared from November 1919, issue 1, to May 1920, issue 12, in Mönchengladbach . The archive of this time is located in the Heinrich Heine Institute in Düsseldorf. It contains the correspondence of the editor Herbert Saekel (1891–1943) with the authors of the magazine, and others. a. Letters to and from Louise Dumont , Herbert Eulenberg , Max Halbe , Kurt Heynicke (30 letters with him 1919–1924); Hans von Hülsen , Anselm Ruest , Karl Röttger , the later völkisch author Wilhelm Schäfer , Wilhelm Schmidtbonn (with him 44 letters and cards 1919–1940); with Ernst Wiechert , Josef Winckler