Harald Germer
Harald Germer (born April 18, 1952 in Aschaffenburg ) is a German artist and game designer . Germer achieved international fame in the 1990s through his Mail Art campaigns , including, for example, the 2000 Names project from 1999.
Life
After graduating from high school in 1972, Harald Germer studied physics, astronomy and art in Frankfurt am Main for a year . Then in 1973 he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . In 1978 Germer passed his first state examination in the field of art education. After a two-year legal clerkship in Kempten (Allgäu) , he passed a second state examination in the field of art education for high schools and settled in the Miltenberg district. He has been working there since 1980.
Between 1980 and 1998 Harald Germer taught art education at the Hermann-Staudinger-Gymnasium in Erlenbach . From 1998 he taught art education at the Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium in Aschaffenburg , where he also directed the school's chess group . He retired in the summer of 2016.
activities
Germer has been active as a game author and game designer since 1983. In 1987 he published the game Ayanu with Edition Guinea Fowl , which was then published again in 1989 with Franckh-Kosmos- Verlag. A year later, Germer helped design the game Heuchel & Meuchel . In 2008 Germer was one of the organizers of the game festival in Amorbach. On the occasion of the 2006 soccer world championship , Germer designed a hexagonal board for the USA for the "Ball of Nations", a project by the Chemnitz Games Museum .
In 2006 and 2007, Harald Germer was entrusted with the design of the windows of the pilgrimage churches of St. Wendelin and St. Nikolaus in Kirchzell -Breitbach. The church was rededicated in 2007. The glass windows deal with the topic of water and meditation . Since 2009 Harald Germer has been a consultant for school chess in Lower Franconia and was responsible for organizing the Lower Franconian school chess championships 2010/2011 at schools in Lower Franconia.
Web links
- Harald Germer in the Luding games database
- Homepage of Harald Germer
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Germer, Harald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and game designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aschaffenburg |