Harald Polenz

Harald Polenz (born March 5, 1949 in Volkringhausen , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German journalist and author .

Life

Polenz began training as a typesetter in 1964 in a young adult book publisher with a commercial printer , which he successfully completed three years later. He then worked for two years as a typesetter and another two years as a proofreader . He also worked for two decades as a journalist for daily newspapers, most recently in the role of editor-in-chief. During this time he wrote biographies about theater makers and circus artists, as well as popular science books in the fields of archeology and paleontology , travel guides about cities and landscapes as diverse as the Emsland and Rome . For the WDR television he shot articles in the features section . For six years he was head of communications at the Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet in Essen.

In his editorial office "wortbüro" he was responsible for the editorial offices of several customer magazines for 10 years.

Since the early 2000s, he has been teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts and is teaching hand typesetting to the students .

Polenz published a whole series of books on the home. After living and working for a long time in his home town of Balve , he published in 1980 on the history of the former office and the town of Balve . In addition, Polenz spent some years of his youth in the nearby Oelinghausen monastery . Together with Wilfried Michel, he wrote the book Kloster Oelinghausen and the historical organs 1174–1804 .

Publications (selection)

Illustration in Horst Castle. A renaissance monument is saved

• On the history of the former office and the city of Balve , Balve 1980
• All year round all over the Märkischer Kreis. Tips for the Whole Family , 1985, ISBN 978-3-924-456-38-2
• Oelinghausen Monastery and the historic organs , together with Willfried Michel, Iserlohn 1989, ISBN 978-3-922-885-44-3
• The most beautiful fairy tales from the farm , 1990, ISBN 978-3-784-312-78-1
• The theater versions of Roberto Ciulli: "Fragments" , together with Heinz N Jocks , Frank Raddatz and Helmut Schäfer, 1991, ISBN 978-3-928-843-00-3
• Schloss Horst - A Renaissance monument is saved: The documentation , together with Elmar Alshut, 1992, ISBN 978-3-928-843-01-0
• Have four legs, be my friend , 1996, ISBN 978-3-929-834-01-7
• The most beautiful fairy tales from the farm. Stories, Stories, and Fairy Tales , March 1997, ISBN 978-3-784-313-42-9
• Lower Saxony - Culinary forays , together with Renate Kissel, 1999, ISBN 978-3-893-931-80-4
• Lust for stones , 1999, ISBN 978-3-89393-180-4
• Not just pig: Memories of Jean Alberto Hoppe, the “swine hoppe” , April 1, 2000, ISBN 978-3-929-834-03-1
• Rome, see and enjoy , 2000, ISBN 978-3-929-834-03-1
• Gods, Graves, Mine Gold: Archeology in the Ruhr Area , 2000, ISBN 978-3-884-749-01-2
• The second river state of Westphalia - Unna an Lippe and Ruhr district , January 1, 2002, ISBN 978-3-898-610-35-3
• Der Pott mixes, distillery stories and cocktails from the Ruhr area , 2002, ISBN 978-3-898-611-45-9
• Saurians - ammonites - giant ferns: Germany in the Cretaceous Period , September 2004, ISBN 978-3-806-218-87-9
• The Ruhr Area Package , 3 volumes, together with Günter Drozdzewski, 2004, ISBN 978-3-898-614-91-7
• Unearthed history. Searching for archaeological traces in the Hönnetal , July 22, 2005, ISBN 978-3-898-614-03-0
• Beautiful North Rhine-Westphalia: Monuments: Witnesses to the Past from Prehistoric Times to Industrial Times , September 20, 2007, ISBN 978-3-898-618-12-0
• Owl heads, sea lilies and pterosaurs: Geo travel guide to limestone, lime mining and the fossils of the Hönnetal , October 13, 2008, ISBN 978-3-837-500-89-9

Individual evidence

1. ^ Polenz, Harald - Folkwang Heterotopia . In: Folkwang Heterotopia . ( folkwang-heterotopia.de [accessed December 4, 2017]).
2. ^ Oelinghausen, News. Retrieved December 5, 2017 .