Heinrich Pleticha

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Heinrich August Pleticha (born September 9, 1924 in Warnsdorf , Czechoslovakia ; † October 14, 2010 in Würzburg ) was a German writer and editor of numerous books, mostly historical non-fiction books for both young people and adults.

In World War II Heinrich Pleticha was wounded twice. As a displaced person, he moved to Bavaria . In Erlangen he studied history , German and geography and did his doctorate with Anton Ernstberger . He then worked as a teacher and from 1974 to 1986 was director ( senior director ) at the musical Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium in Würzburg . In 1986 he was appointed honorary professor at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg .

Pleticha's almost 100 books reached a total circulation of more than five million copies. He has received several literary prizes for his work, including a. 1974 with the Friedrich Bödecker Prize . He was appointed a full member of the Sudeten German Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1982 and was awarded the Great Sudeten German Culture Prize in 1991 . In addition, he was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit , in 1986 the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class and the Medal of Merit Pro meritis of the Ministry of Culture .

Works (selection)

author
  • We've been living for five seconds (1958, with Georg Popp and Walter Anders)
  • Knights, castles and tournaments (1961)
  • Citizen, farmer, beggar
  • Landsknecht, Bundschuh, mercenary
  • Immortal Prague
  • The shine of the empire
  • Wanderer, are you coming to Prague
  • Franconia and Bohemia (1990)
  • Columbus. Person. Time. Posterity (1977)
  • The great book of ballads (with Otfried Preußler and Friedrich Hechelmann)
  • The German-language adventure book in the 20th century . In: The New Library . Journal for the public libraries in Bavaria . Born in 1994, No. 1 , ISSN  0028-3126 , p. 1-8 .
editor
  • First hand story
  • First-hand cultural history
  • First-hand history (together with Carlo Schmid )
  • First-hand history of discovery (together with Heinrich Harrer )
  • German history (in twelve volumes)
  • World history (in 14 volumes)
  • The drive to nowhere
  • The classic Weimar
  • Gustav Freytag : Pictures from the German Past (in 3 volumes, commented and illustrated)

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Pleticha, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pleticha, Heinrich August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Warnsdorf
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 2010
Place of death Wurzburg