Harald von Koenigswald

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Harald von Koenigswald (born March 21, 1906 in Karlsruhe , † October 16, 1971 in Deidesheim ) was a German writer.

At the age of 25, he married Helene von Falkenhausen (1900–1987). In September 1941 their son Wighart von Koenigswald was born in Potsdam, where he has lived since 1936 .

Koenigswald published short stories, essays and novels in the 1930s. He was u. a. friends with Jochen Klepper , Reinhold Schneider and Werner Bergengruen . He also wrote in the monarchist White Papers himself , as did his father-in-law Friedrich von Falkenhausen . Armin Mohler counts him in “The Conservative Revolution ” among those people whom he describes as the “Prussian and Eastern mystics of this anti-democratic movement”.

After the war he was u. a. Editor of the “Kulturhefte” of the Ministry of Social Affairs in North Rhine-Westphalia for the ideal reinforcement of the expellees .

As the editor of various diary entries by Udo von Alvensleben-Wittenmoor , he has published his significant art and contemporary historical considerations. However, his commentary on the records differs from Alvensleben's cosmopolitan approach.

Works

  • Eroica. Middle East Series. The Middle East , Berlin 1931
  • Die and become. From the letters and war diary sheets of Lieutenant Bernhard von der Marwitz. WG Korn, Breslau 1931
  • Turn of fate: Prussia's path from Kolin to Leuthen . Korn, Breslau 1932
  • Revolution 1918 , Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Breslau 1933
  • Sickingen's last feud , Leipzig 1934
  • Potsdam : testimony to an idea , Munich 1936
  • Duty and Faith. Portrait of a Prussian life. Friedrich August Ludwig von der Marwitz , Leipzig 1936
  • The transformed face , Berlin 1938
  • The king. Three episodes: Frederick the Great . Berlin 1938
  • Shadow of fame. Stories , Berlin 1939
  • Saint Elisabeth , Düsseldorf 1953
  • A light is calling us. Christmas Tales from the East , Berlin 1956
  • Birger Forell : Life and Work in the Years 1933-1958 , Berlin 1962
  • The nonviolent. Poetry in the Resistance to National Socialism , Herborn 1962
  • In the red shadow. Everyday Life in Central Germany , Munich 1964
  • Reflection on Prussia. Authority and freedom. Yesterday and Tomorrow , 1964
  • Central German picture book , Berlin 1965
  • Prussian Reader , 1966
  • as edited by Udo von Alvensleben-Wittenmoor (compiled from diary entries): Visits before the sinking, aristocratic seats between Altmark and Masuria (Ullstein Verlag, 1968); Walls in the Current of Time, Castles and Fates in Low Germany (1969); Palaces and destinies, manors and castles between the Danube and the Rhine (1970) and loud farewells. Diary during the war (1971)

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ Baron Helene von Falkenhausen
  2. ↑ Maria Theodora Baroness von dem Bottlenberg-Landsberg: Karl Ludwig Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg. 1902-1945. A picture of life . Lukas, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-931836-94-0 , pp. 150-153
  3. ↑ H. v. K. under B 209.6 in all editions of the book
  4. ↑ does not refer to Beethoven's symphony. Author writes about Bernhard von der Marwitz and Götz von Seckendorff ; the publisher's name does not refer to the region east of the Mediterranean Sea, which is the only one designated today, but to the immediate vicinity of Germany in the east, now called East Central Europe
  5. ↑ The book describes Berlin before the demolition work for the new capital Germania
personal data
SURNAME Koenigswald, Harald von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1971
Place of death Deidesheim