Hans Heigert
Hans Heigert (born March 21, 1925 in Mainz ; † November 17, 2007 in Munich ) was one of the most popular and high-profile political journalists in Germany due to his work as a presenter of the television program " Report " and as editor-in-chief of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . As a committed Christian he was a member of the Bund New Germany .
Career
Heigert came from a Catholic family. During the Second World War he served as a young soldier in the tank troops, was captured by the American troops in the Salzkammergut and released in June 1945. In autumn 1945 he began studying economics and business administration at the Technical University in Stuttgart , which he continued at the University of Heidelberg . He added the subjects of sociology , law and philosophy . He heard philosophy from Karl Jaspers , sociology from Alfred Weber and law from Gustav Radbruch . After receiving his doctorate from the philosophical faculty in 1949, he began - on Weber's recommendation - a traineeship at the Deutsche Zeitung in Stuttgart, where he was then political editor until 1956.
- 1956–1960 head of youth radio at Bayerischer Rundfunk
- 1961–1969 editor-in-chief at Bavarian television, head of the program "Report Munich"
On April 1, 1969, Hans Heigert was accepted as a senior editor in the journalistic management team of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. After Hermann Proebst's death in 1970, he was promoted to the top of the editorial board in the newly formed, equal five-person staff. As editor-in-chief, Heigert represented the Süddeutsche Zeitung to the outside world.
- 1984–1989 “Senior Editor” at the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- 1989–1993 President of the Goethe Institute
Works (selection)
- Germany's false dreams or: the seduced nation. Christian Wegner Verlag, Hamburg 1967.
- Youth without norms? A generation in search. (Ed.) Writings of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria, Vol. 82, 1978. ISBN 3491775868 .
Prices (selection)
- 1967: Golden Camera
- 1969: Theodor Heuss Prize
- 1971: Theodor Wolff Prize
- 1974: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1974: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Heigert in the catalog of the German National Library
- "Hans Heigert, former head of the" Süddeutsche Zeitung ", is dead" , Die Welt , November 23, 2007.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topic of the dissertation: Romanticism, the students and German reality. A sociological-political study on state mysticism and national myth in the German bourgeoisie . Dissertation Heidelberg, 1949
Werner Friedmann (1951–1960) | Hermann Proebst (1960–1970) | Hans Heigert (1970–1984) | Dieter Schröder (1985–1995) | Hans Werner Kilz (1996-2010) | Kurt Kister (2011–2015) | Kurt Kister & Wolfgang Krach 2015–2020 | Wolfgang Krach & Judith Wittwer (since 2020)
Kurt Magnus (1951–1962) | Max Grasmann (1962–1963) | Peter Pfeiffer (1963–1971) | Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1971–1977) | Klaus von Bismarck (1977–1989) | Hans Heigert (1989–1993) | Hilmar Hoffmann (1993-2001) | Jutta Limbach (2002–2008) | Klaus-Dieter Lehmann (since 2008)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heigert, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 2007 |
| Place of death | Munich |