Hanspeter Oschwald

Hanspeter Oschwald (born February 12, 1943 in Waldkirch im Breisgau; † June 27, 2015 ) was a German journalist and non-fiction author. He was best known for his many years of work as a correspondent for dpa in Italy and France as well as Focus foreign director and most recently from 2001 to 2008 as head of the Burda journalism school in Offenburg.

Life

After completing an internship at the Catholic daily newspaper Deutsches Volksblatt, Schwabenverlag, Stuttgart, Oschwald took over the press and advertising work for the Catholic International Building Order, Worms. After that he was dpa editor in Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Hamburg for almost 23 years as well as dpa foreign correspondent for six years in Rome and over eight years in Paris. After returning to Germany in 1988, first head of foreign policy, Die Welt in Bonn, then for eight years foreign head of Focus in Munich.

From 2001 until his retirement in 2008, he headed the Burda Journalism School he initiated in Offenburg. In 2005 he took on a teaching position at the France Center of the University of Freiburg on the subjects of the self-image of journalists, research and press law in Germany and France. He also produced several TV documentaries on church issues.

Oschwald lived in Zell am Harmersbach in the Ortenau district on the western edge of the Black Forest. He also had a second home in Rome.

Fonts

• Four-poster bed and monastery cell Bruckmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7654-5531-5
• In the name of the holy father. How fundamentalist powers control the Vatican Heyne, Munich 2010 ISBN 978-3453167247
• Mao's pious grandsons of China Christians on the move Pattloch, Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3-629-02187-8
• Pius XII. : the last deputy; the Pope, the Church and society divide Gütersloh 2008 ISBN 978-3-579-06986-9
• Spies in the Vatican: the popes in the sights of the secret services (with Werner Kaltefleiter) Pattloch, Munich 2006. ISBN 978-3-629-02126-7
• Temporary monastery. Answers to the 50 most frequently asked questions . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau; Basel; Vienna 2005. ISBN 3-451-05625-9
• The German Pope. Where does Benedict XVI lead? the church? Piper, Munich et al. 2005. ISBN 978-3-492-24792-4
• The Germans in the Vatican. A Report Herder, 2003 ISBN 3-451-05309-8
• Believe in Germany. The lexicon on religions and denominations (together with Klaus M. Lange) Meyers Lexikonredaktion in cooperation with FOCUS-Magazin-Verl.-GmbH, Mannheim et al., 2001 ISBN 3-411-07971-1
• One against the mafia. Leoluca Orlando , Mayor of Palermo 191 S., Herder, Freiburg u. a. 1997 (Herder / Spektrum, 4598)
• Giulio Andreotti - Rise and Fall of a Mighty One. Biography. Herder 1996 ISBN 3-451-04519-2
• Bible, mysticism and politics: the community of Sant'Egidio Herder, 1996 141 pp. ISBN 3-451-26494-3
• Abbé Pierre : Challenge for the Established Herder 1995 ISBN 3-451-04415-3
• Time for monasteries , Bucher, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7658-1326-5
• Time for monasteries , Bruckmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7654-4872-0
• The monastery holiday guide Herder, Freiburg 2000, ISBN 3-451-04838-8
• Vatican - The company of Gottes Piper, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-492-03997-9
• Identity from below, Knecht Frankfurt 1999, ISBN 978-3782008204

Web links

• Literature by and about Hanspeter Oschwald in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Hanspeter Oschwald at perlentaucher.de
• "He is literally kept away" Author Oschwald on Benedict XVI. and wrong decisions by the Vatican

Individual evidence

1. ^ Head of the Burda School of Journalism, Offenburg
2. ↑ https://kress.de/koepfe/kresskoepfe-detail/profil/10440-hanspeter-oschwald.html
3. ^ Norbert Copray in Publik-Forum (08/2010): Review of the book about Catholic fundamentalists
4. ^ Review of the book Pius XII
5. ↑ Review by Ulrike Hollender