Mimi Herold

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Hermine "Mimi" Herold (born Schramm , also known as Egerländer Nachtigall ; born September 2, 1925 in Plan , Czechoslovakia ; † July 20, 2015 in Aschaffenburg ) was a German folk music singer .

Life

Mimi Herold was born in 1925 as the daughter of a businessman in Plan near Marienbad and grew up with six brothers. She attended the elementary and community school in Plan and received violin and piano lessons. She also taught herself to play the accordion . After the family was expelled due to the Beneš decrees , she came to Wolnzach and settled in Aschaffenburg in 1946. There she worked in a butcher's shop in Schweinheim . In 1949 she married Franz Herold, who died in 2003.

In the 1950s she began her music career from 1953 to 1956 with performances in her own inn . In the meantime, she completed a vocal course. Herold now appeared as a singer of popular music and played the accordion. She released her first record in the early 1960s . During the 1960s to 1980s she performed 100 to 120 concerts annually and performed in Europe and North and South America. Furthermore, she appeared regularly on television, including in the superhit parade of folk music . In 1981 and 1982 she was the annual winner of the popular hit parade of Südwestfunk.

At the Egerlandtag 2005 she was awarded the Johannes-von-Tepl-Kulturpreis . Furthermore, she was the holder of the Federal Republic's Medal of Merit. She was nicknamed "Egerländer Nachtigall" in 1960 from Ernst Bartl, the national head of the Egerländer Gmoi association of expellees . Herold died in July 2015 and was buried in the Schweinheim cemetery.

Discography (selection)

  • Mimi Herold Don't imagine anything , single
  • Mimi Herold and the Egerland Musikanten Hausen, single (1972)
  • Mimi Herold and Die Rudi Schmidt Kaiserwaldsinger & Orchester: Time is Beautiful , LP (1976)
  • Mimi Herold "the Eghalanda Nachtigal" with her funk ensemble 's it's time to go , LP
  • The Egerland Nightingale Mimi Herold Liederreigen , LP (1983)
  • Mimi Herold - The Egerland Nightingale, LP
  • Mimi Herold I'm a Eghalanda Moidl , LP (1986)
  • Mimi Herold Bei Uns Im Böhmer-Land , LP (1989)
  • Mimi Herold There are always beautiful hours , LP (1992)
  • Mimi Herold Christmas is Coming LP (1992)
  • Mimi Herold die Egerländer Nachtigall When night falls on the Eger , LP (1995)

Awards

  • 1958 Federal badge of honor of the Egerland Gmoin
  • 1960 Federal emblem of the Egerland Gmoin
  • 1970 Golden badge of honor from the home district of Plan-Weseritz
  • 1973 Silver badge of honor from the Tachau home district
  • 1975 Certificate of honor for special recognition from the home district of Plan-Weseritz
  • 1977 Albert Sifter Medal
  • 1980 Certificate of thanks from the Sudeten German national team
  • 1981 Medal of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1987 Certificate of thanks and appreciation from the Sudeten German national team
  • 1991 Decoration of honor of the Sudeten German national team for 40 years of membership
  • 1992 certificate of honor, appointment as honorary member, home district Plan-Weseritz
  • 1995 Certificate of honor as honorary citizen of the city of Plan from the home district of Plan-Weseritz
  • 1995 Aschaffenburg Animal Welfare Association Honorary Certificate
  • 2005 Certificate of Honor for Honorary Member of the Karlovy Vary Section
  • 2005 entry in the Golden Book of the city of Aschaffenburg (on the occasion of her 80th birthday)
  • 2005 Award of the Federal Culture Prize from the Egerländer Gmoin
  • 2011 certificate of thanks and recognition of the Sudeten German national team for 60 years of membership

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Internet site of the home district Plan-Weseritz e. V.
  2. ↑ 29th state meeting of the Egerländer Gmoin in Hessen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Federation of Eghalanda Gmoin e. V. - Confederation of the Egerländer@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.egerlaender.de  
  3. ↑ a b Egerlandtag 2005 ( Memento of the original from October 7, 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. (PDF; 84 kB), website of the Bund der Eghalanda Gmoin e. V. - Confederation of the Egerländer @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.egerlaender.de
  4. ↑ Stolen from Mimi Herold . Main-Echo , May 27, 2009.
  5. ↑ Alexander Bruchlos: Obituary: The nightingale has fallen silent . Main-Echo , July 25, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Herald, Mimi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schramm, Hermine (maiden name); Herald, Hermione; Egerland nightingale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folk music singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH plan
DATE OF DEATH 20th July 2015
Place of death Aschaffenburg