Helmut Stelljes

Helmut Stelljes (2009)

Helmut Stelljes (* 1933 in Bremen ) is a German author , photographer and local historian .

Life

Helmut Stelljes spent his childhood in Worpswede in Lower Saxony and the surrounding area. After completing his school education, he studied pedagogy , sociology , psychology , mathematics , philosophy and art history . In 1981 he received his doctorate from the University of Bremen as Dr. phil. with a methodical and didactic work on mathematics lessons.

In the mid-1970s, Stelljes and his family moved to Worpswede and settled there. At first he worked mainly as a freelance author and journalist, and since the early 1990s he has also been working as a freelance photographer. In addition to some methodical and didactic work, he dealt and deals in numerous publications with his adopted home Worpswede, such as the cultural history of the “artist village” and the region, which is shaped by the Worpswede artists' colony , as well as various artist portraits. Most recently, in 2013, Stelljes published the book for children and young people The Henne and Her Duck Children , in which he experienced the "true story of a feathered blended family" and illustrated it with his own photographs .

As a photographer, Stelljes has had numerous exhibitions , such as in Worpswede (1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002), Solms (1994), Bremerhaven (1994), Heiligenhafen (1995), Bremen (1996, 1998, 2001), Osterholz-Scharmbeck (1997, 2010), Hanover (1998) and Elmshorn (2002). In addition, he took part in various photo competitions, where he won several prizes. As a photographer, Stelljes is a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK).

Stelljes has been involved in the fields of art, culture and homeland care in Worpswede since the early 1980s . In 1987 he co-founded the regional and cultural magazine Heimat-Rundblick , which has been published quarterly since then and in which regional topics from history, culture and nature are published. Stelljes has been part of the editorial team since it was founded and is active as its chairman in the support association of the Heimat-Rundblick ; He also wrote numerous articles himself and illustrated the magazine with numerous photographs. He also organizes art and cultural history tours through the artist village of Worpswede and the surrounding landscape of the Teufelsmoor, as well as guided visits to museums, galleries and artist studios and gives slide lectures on the history of the place. Stelljes is now known as the "Ambassador Worpswedes" and was awarded the Lower Saxony Cross of Merit in November 2009 for his decades of voluntary work .

Helmut Stelljes is married and lives with his wife in Worpswede. The couple have two sons.

Awards and honors

• 2009: "Cross of Merit on Ribbon" of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit
• 2014: Helmut Stelljes' children's and young people's book The Henne and Her Duck Children , which he published in 2013, was nominated in the annual “The Most Beautiful German Books” competition organized by the Book Art Foundation and included in the longlist .

Publications (selection)

Cover of the children's and young people's book Die Henne und seine Entenkinder, published in 2013

as an author

• A day in… Worpswede. VDG Weimar , Kromsdorf 2015, ISBN 978-3-89739-823-8 .
• The hen and her ducklings. A true story. Druckerpresse-Verlag , Lilienthal 2013, ISBN 978-3-9815264-1-7 (children's and young people's book; with illustrations by the author; a review by Ralf Rospek in the Osterholzer Anzeiger ).
• Still responsible for what happened today. Conversation with Jan Vogeler in February 2004. In: Heimat-Rundblick. History, culture, nature . No. 68, 1/2004 ( spring 2004 ). Druckerpresse-Verlag , ISSN  2191-4257 , pp. 7-9.
• Worpswede for walkers. 3. Edition. Bergedorf 43 publishing house, Worpswede 1991.
• Discover and experience Worpswede. People, landscape, art. Publisher M. Simmering , Lilienthal 1989.
• Evaluation of a curriculum in pre-school mathematics. Minerva publication , Munich 1981 (also dissertation , University of Bremen 1981).
• Think and act. Mathematics in the preliminary class, entry level. Westermann , Braunschweig 1977.

as the author of artist portraits

• Carl Emil Uphoff . An artist between the ages, 1885–1971. Bergedorf 43, Worpswede 1988.
• Willi Ohler, ceramist, painter, draftsman (1888–1975). Bergedorf 43 publishing house, Worpswede 1986.
• Looking for a motif from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. The painter and draftsman Paul Ernst Wilke , 1894–1971, Bremerhaven and Worpswede. Bergedorf 43 publishing house, Worpswede 1986.
• Otto Tetjus Tügel , painter poet (1892–1973). Publishing house Atelier im Bauernhaus, Fischerhude 1985.

as editor

• Agenda group “Art and Culture” of the Worpswede municipality; Helmut Stelljes (editor): Worpswede currently. Arts and crafts. Hauschild Verlag , Bremen 2005.
• Karl Jakob Hirsch (author); Helmut Stelljes (ed.): Karl Jakob Hirsch's last novel “One must do it”. A post-war manuscript. VDG Weimar, Kromsdorf 2003.
• Karl Jakob Hirsch (author); Helmut Stelljes (ed.): The old doctor. Novel. A Worpswede doctor and her time. Hauschild Verlag, Bremen 1994.
• Helmut Stelljes (Ed.): Kulturzeichen. Worpsweder lectures. Verlag M. Simmering, Lilienthal 1993.
• Otto Tetjus Tügel (texts, images); Helmut Stelljes (Ed.): I am urged to speak. Texts and pictures. Schünemann Verlag , Bremen 1992.
• Helmut Stelljes (Ed.): Worpsweder Almanach. Poetry, narration, documents. Schünemann Verlag, Bremen 1989.

as a photographer

• Worpswede and the Teufelsmoor. Verlag M. Simmering, Lilienthal 2008 (calendar).
• Worpswede, Worpswede, you are always on my mind. Photo series. Schünemann Verlag, Bremen 2007 (illustrated book; with texts by Paula Modersohn-Becker ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Helmut Stelljes in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Helmut Stelljes in the Joint Union Catalog (GVK) of the Joint Library Network ( GBV) ( clicking on the personal name opens a literature list with works by or with Helmut Stelljes in the GVK)
• Homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ralf Rospek: Schnatter is still there ( memento of the original from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Osterholzer Anzeiger of July 21, 2013; Retrieved November 2, 2013. 
2. ↑ Peter Otto: History of a feathered blended family. Author and photographer Helmut Stelljes tells the true story of a hen and her ducklings. In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt of September 27, 2013.
3. ^ Exhibition with photos by Helmut Stelljes . On: Website of the district of Osterholz (exhibition from January 25, 2010 to March 5, 2010 in the Osterholz-Scharmbeck district building ); Retrieved October 12, 2012.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Undine Zeidler: Honor for the Ambassador Worpswedes. Helmut Stelljes awarded the Cross of Merit / 30 years involved in art, culture and homeland care. In: Kurier am Sonntag , Bremen, from January 10, 2010, p. 12 ( online at www.worpswede-gewo.de; accessed on October 12, 2012).
5. ↑ See list of the most beautiful books 2014. Helmut Stelljes nominated . In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt from September 1, 2014; Retrieved December 12, 2014.
6. ↑ Note: Jan Vogeler , the son of the painter Heinrich Vogeler born in Moscow in 1923, moved to Worpswede in 2001, where Stelljes spoke to him in 2004, and died there in 2005.