Hermann Schwerdtfeger (journalist)

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Hermann Schwerdtfeger (born October 18, 1903 in Stuttgart ; † November 27, 1988 ) was a German journalist and publisher . He was 1946 to 1971 the first editor in Heilbronn appearing daily newspaper Heilbronner Stimme and together with Paul Distelbarth also its founding publisher.

Life

Schwerdtfeger came from Stuttgart in 1929 to Schwäbisch Hall for the Haller Tagblatt , of which he was the sole editor for the next few years. After the so-called " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , he was dismissed for political reasons in May 1933 and retired with his wife to the hamlet of Vohenlohe , which belongs to Abstatt ( district of Heilbronn ) , where he lived from growing fruit and vegetables and running a large beekeeping until 1946 built up.

When the American military government was looking for license holders for a new Heilbronn licensed newspaper in 1946 , Fritz Ulrich Schwerdtfeger suggested them . Together with Paul Distelbarth , whom he did not know before, he received the license to publish a newspaper and thus became a co-founder of the Heilbronner Voice , which first appeared on March 28, 1946. While Distelbarth mainly took care of the commercial side, Schwerdtfeger became the first editor-in-chief of the new newspaper and remained so until March 28, 1971. Schwerdtfeger's successor as editor-in-chief was his long-time deputy, Karl Hohmann , while Schwerdtfeger subsequently acted as the newspaper's editor.

As a staunch Democrat and Republican, the editor-in-chief Schwerdtfeger, for example, tolerated the word prince only as a proper name (as with the NSU Prinz ) in his newspaper, while otherwise the term king's son was to be used instead . In his editorials he fought for freedom, peace, humanity and tolerance as well as against collectivism and the omnipotence and superiority of the state. He hated "chattering". He exemplified frugality and modesty and warned of the dangers of an affluent society. Throughout his life he dealt intensively with Schopenhauer and Eastern philosophy and, in retirement, devoted himself entirely to philosophical studies and thinking about the meaning of the world. As editor, he wrote Christmas observations every year, which took up the title page of the Christmas edition of Heilbronn's voice . Over the years, several compilations with reflections and essays by Schwerdtfeger have appeared.

Schwerdtfeger lived in Heilbronn, was married and had a daughter (* 1943) and a son (* 1945). He died at the age of 85 and was cremated on December 1, 1988 in close family circle in Heilbronn .

Works

  • Insights for those who can see , [1970]
  • From the background of things , [1973]
  • From the Hydra World , 1985

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Föll: Chronicle of the city of Heilbronn . Volume X: 1970-1974. Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1999, ISBN 3-928990-68-3 , p. 102 (= publications of the archive of the city of Heilbronn . Volume 38).
  2. ↑ Werner Distelbarth (db): Hermann Schwerdtfeger dead. In: Heilbronner Voice , December 2, 1988
  3. ^ Entry on insights for those with insight in the HEUSS database of the Heilbronn City Archives
  4. ^ Entry on From the background of things in the HEUSS database of the Heilbronn City Archives
  5. ↑ Entry on Von der Hydra Welt in the HEUSS database of the Heilbronn City Archives

literature

  • Uwe Jacobi : The voice of the region. Heilbronn Voice Today, a journey through 60 years of Heilbronn Voice, press history 1744–1945 in the Unterland, Hohenlohe and Kraichgau . Verlag Heilbronner Demokratie, Heilbronn 2006, ISBN 3-921923-24-7 , p. 34.
  • Werner Thunert : Hermann Schwerdtfeger 85 years. In: Heilbronner Voice , October 18, 1988.

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personal data
SURNAME Schwerdtfeger, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1988