Heimo Ertl

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Heimo Ertl (born October 6, 1943 in Uder ) is a German English scholar and sculptor. From 1998 to 2007 he was director of the Caritas-Pirckheimer-Haus (CPH) in Nuremberg and the Academy of the Archdiocese of Bamberg located there .

life and work

School and university

Ertl received his education in 1949 at the primary school in Uder, from 1950 to 1954 (after the return of his father from Soviet captivity) at the elementary school St. Josef in Ingolstadt and from 1954 to 1964 (Abitur) at the Christoph-Scheiner-Gymnasium there . From 1964 to 1966 he did military service. He left the Bundeswehr as a first lieutenant in the reserve.

From 1966 he studied English, German, philosophy and education at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and at the University of London (Westfield College). In addition, he was from 1969 to 1970 teaching assistant at Kirkcaldy High School in Kirkcaldy , Scotland . In 1972 he passed the state examination for teaching German and English at grammar schools in Erlangen and was lecturer in the German Department at St. Andrews University from 1973 to 1974 . From 1974 to 1984 he was a research assistant to Karl Josef Höltgen at the Institute for English and American Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (1976 doctorate, 1984 habilitation). In 1984 he was appointed private lecturer (teaching position: Australian, New Zealand and Indo-English literature). In 1985 he gave guest lectures and seminars on Australian and English literature at universities in Australia. From 1992 to 2007 he was an adjunct professor for English literature in Erlangen.

Catholic Academy

From 1984 to 1998 Ertl was deputy director of the Caritas-Pirckheimer-Haus (CPH) Nuremberg and the Academy of the Archdiocese of Bamberg Caritas-Pirckheimer-Haus, Nuremberg, then director of both institutions until 2007. From 1985 to 2016 he was a member of the Archbishopric Ecumenical Commission of the Archdiocese of Bamberg, from 1995 to 2000 head of the working group "Catholic Social Teaching" in the Working Group on Catholic Social Educational Institutions (AKSB) and from 1995 to 2005 deputy chairman of the leading group of the Catholic Academies in Germany.

art

Ertl has been working as a freelance artist (sculptor) in Effeltrich since 2007 and has created several sculptures in public spaces. Since 2003 he has been deputy chairman of the Oskar Koller Foundation in Erlangen.

Works

English studies

  • The sanctimonious saints. The image of the Puritans in the distorting mirror of satirical and polemical literature of the 17th century. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1977 ( European University Theses. 14. Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature. 49).
  • "Dignity in Simplicity". Studies on the prose literature of English Methodism in the 18th century. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1988 ( Anglia book series. 27).

Editorial activity

Emil Wachter

  • with Jörg Dantscher, Bernhard Rupprecht : Emil Wachter . Saul and David. Pictures of stories from the Bible. CPH, Nuremberg 1987.
  • with Hugo Stoll: Emil Wachter. World and man. Painting and inks. CPH, Nuremberg 1996.
  • with Johannes Jeran, Luitgar Göller: Emil Wachter. Apocalypse and the world of Patmos (= publications of the Archbishop's Ordinariate Bamberg, Department of Art and Culture. Volume 7). Nuremberg / Bamberg 2000.
  • with Emil Wachter Foundation Karlsruhe: Emil Wachter. Encounters. CPH, Nuremberg 2000.

More art

  • Catalog for the exhibition Australian Graphics and Literature. University Library, September 12-26, 1983. Erlangen 1983.
  • Catalog for the photo exhibition by Jutta Malnic, rock paintings of Australian aborigines. CPH, Nuremberg 1985.
  • Edited and translator from English with Joe Übelmesser: When gods were still on earth. Images and stories of the Warli people. CPH, Nuremberg 1986. 2nd edition 1990.
  • Edited and translator from English with Joe Übelmesser: Lebendige Flamme - bubbly source. Solomon Raj. Batik and meditation. CPH, Nuremberg and Missionsprokur SJ Nuremberg 1988.
  • with Hugo Stoll: Michael Blum. Flowers, landscapes, fairy tales and religious images. CPH, Nuremberg 1990.
  • Trail of Hope - Bethlehem. Willi Biegler's cribs with meditative texts by Annette Soete. CPH, Nuremberg 1990. 2nd edition 1992.
  • with Hugo Stoll: Karel Franta. Paintings and illustrations. With an essay and poem by Reiner Kunze . CPH, Nuremberg 1992.
  • with Hugo Stoll: Graphics for the Bible. Color etchings, etchings, assembly prints. Catalog raisonné from 1988–1994 by Alfred Finsterer . Academy of the Archdiocese of Bamberg Caritas-Pirckheimer-Haus, Nuremberg 1994.
  • with Sabine Hannesen, Norbert Jung: Change of perspective. "Ave Maria" - The Annunciation to Mary in modern works of art. Catalog for the special exhibition in the Diocesan Museum Bamberg from 22.3. until July 28, 2013. Diocesan Museum Bamberg, Bamberg 2013.

Further editing activities

  • with Hugo Stoll: Otto von Bamberg (1102–1139). Lectures on the anniversary year by Egon Boshof, Klaus Guth and Franz Machilek. CPH, Nuremberg 1989.
  • with Walter Kerber, Michael Hainz: An overview of Catholic social teaching. Hundred years of social proclamation of the Church. Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 1991.
  • with Marianne Heimbach-Steins , Heinz-Günther Schöttler : Religions in dialogue. Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Bamberg 2003.

Sculptural works

  • Ossenritter (bronze, 2009). Location: Uder, Park an der Leine.
  • Ossenritter (bronze and steel, 2010). Location: Uder, Riedelsburg parish hall, Schulgasse.
  • Effeltricher Georgi-Ritt (bronze, 2010). Location: Effeltrich, Pfarrhof St. Georg, Zur Kirchenburg.
  • Shock moment. The Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel to Mary (bronze and steel, 2011). Location: Eckental , Eckenhaid district, Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception.
  • Martin Weinrich (bronze, 2015, unveiling 2016). Location: Uder, in front of the club building of the home club "Martin Weinrich", Martin-Weinrich-Platz, Hauptstrasse.

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personal data
SURNAME Ertl, Heimo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German English scholar and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Uder