Helmut Seebach
Helmut Seebach (born August 17, 1954 in Annweiler am Trifels - Queichhambach ) is a German folklorist , historian and cultural worker .
Career
Seebach graduated from the home school Annweiler am Trifels and from 1975 studied German, political science, journalism and folklore at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz .
From 1982 to 1985 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Historical Regional Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. In 1983 he founded the Bachstelz-Verlag and since then has been active as an author and publisher on social, economic, historical and folklore topics, primarily in the Palatinate, as well as in the Odenwald and Bavaria.
From 1985 to 1994 he worked as a journalist for EPF, ZDF, SWR and SR (radio), as well as a freelance newspaper journalist and media educator for the Rhineland-Palatinate State Film Service in Mainz. In addition, he became head of department for folklore at the Studium Generale Palatinum of the Palatinate adult education center.
In addition, Seebach is active as a cultural worker with several institutions in his hometown Queichhambach: 1. Public bookcase in the Palatinate, 1. Literamat der Pfalz, Platz der Literatur, “Kulturscheune im Bachstelznest”.
Works (selection)
Seebach has written more than 50 books, most of them in his own Bachstelz publishing house. The publishing program is geared towards an analytically critical description of the Palatinate's homeland and, in addition to numerous monographs, includes several Palatinate series:
- From the ass notch to the customs books: the necknames, neck verses and neck narratives of the Palatinate villages, cities and landscapes, one contribution. on folklore and regional studies of the Palatinate , caricatures and cardboard: Walter Bengel , Bachstelz-Verlag Seebach, publishing house for Palatinate literature, Annweiler-Queichhambach 1983, ISBN 3-924115-01-7 .
- Old crafts and trades in the Palatinate (4 volumes).
- Old festivals in the Palatinate (4 volumes).
- Contributions to the history of the Trifels (3 issues).
- Folklore articles on the cultural history of the Palatinate (4 booklets).
- On the history of the southern Palatinate (3 volumes).
- Switzerland - Palatinate - Pennsylvania. Origin and development of the Palatinate and Palatinate - a cultural and scientific foundation . Bachstelz, Mainz-Gonsenheim 2015, ISBN 978-3-924115-38-8 .
- The secret imagery of Pietism. Christian life between the Reformation and the Inquisition. Rock and carving drawings - folk art - house building - costume. Bachstelz, Mainz-Gonsenheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-924115-39-5 .
- The Swiss Reformation - a transnational cultural trend. Traditional hikes Alps - Scandinavia. For the reorientation of European ethnology . Bachstelz, Mainz-Gonsenheim 2017, ISBN 978-3-924115-40-1 .
Awards
- 2003: Pamina Culture Prize from europalz MundArt Germersheim eV
- 2004: Sponsorship award for local research from the District Association of the Palatinate.
Web links
- 60th birthday of Helmut Seebach: Tireless Palatinate researcher , on the Pfalz-Express from August 17, 2014
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seebach, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German folklorist, historian and cultural worker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Annweiler am Trifels - Queichhambach |