Horst Ihling
Horst Ihling (born July 1932 in Eisenach ) is a German engineer and non-fiction author.
Life
In his parents' business in Bad Salzungen , he came into contact with a wide variety of vehicles at an early age. His school education ended in 1951 when he graduated from high school, after which he began an apprenticeship as a locksmith at the Eisenach automobile plant . As one of the best in his class, he received a delegation to university in 1954, which he completed in 1959 as a graduate engineer. At the Eisenach automobile plant, he was initially employed in the main technology department and in 1961 became a research assistant to the director of technology.His tasks included numerous projects for the preparation of the Wartburg 353 car 1977 Head of the Public Relations and International Cooperation Department . In this function, he was a travel cadre and reported regularly on all rally and sporting events in Germany and abroad, in which representatives of BSG Motor Eisenach and the Eisenach motorsport team participated. During his professional career, he wrote the first non-fiction books for VEB Verlag Technik from 1963 on the subject of automobile construction and specifically on the products of the Eisenach automobile plant, the Wartburg and its predecessors, which were published in more than twenty editions and seven languages. Ihling published numerous articles on Eisenach vehicle construction as editor of the GDR magazine motor vehicle technology , and after 1989 also in automobile journals and magazines of the Federal Republic. After his retirement in 1991, which occurred at the same time as the closure of the Eisenach automobile plant, Ihling devoted himself entirely to researching the history of motor racing and Eisenach automobile construction. In addition to writing specialist books, Ihling also acted as the initiator and sponsor of the Eisenach Automobile Museum.
Works (selection)
- I drive a Wartburg , Transpress-Verlag
- Wartburg, how do I help myself , VEB Verlag Technik
- How do I help myself? - Skoda 105/120 , VEB Verlag Technik
- Guidebook Wartburg , Transpress-Verlag (1988)
- Cars from Eisenach , Motorbuch-Verlag Stuttgart, 1998
- Wartburg 311 - 312 , Schrader Verlag, 1999
- Wartburg-Automobile , Verlag Schrader, 2000
- Autoland Thuringia , Verlag Schrader, 2002
- Car construction in Eisenach , Verlag Sutton, 2003
- 50 Years Rallye Wartburg , Verlag Sutton, 2005
- Opel in Eisenach , Verlag Sutton, 2006
- Car racing in the GDR , Verlag Bild und Heimat, 2006
- Gasoline in the Blood , Sutton Publishing, 2010
- GDR legend Wartburg , Schneider Text, 2010
- Historic BMW sidecars , Schneider Media, 2012
- Secret developments and other Eisenacher automobile stories , HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 2016
- In the sign of the castle , Verlag Nestler, 2017
- Legendary rallies - The GDR touring car championship , HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co.KG., 2018
- Eisenacher motor vehicles of post-war production , Ideenteufel-Verlag, 2019
Web links
- Horst Ihling in the catalog of the German National Library
- Horst Ihling in the contemporary witness portal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst Ihling is celebrating his 80th birthday , Thüringer Allgemeine, July 25, 2012, accessed on January 21, 2019
- ↑ Short biography on Verlagshaus.de, accessed on January 21, 2019
- ↑ Prof. HG Lauenroth. Dipl.-Ing. Horst Ihling on his 50th birthday. - In: Motor vehicle technology 9/1982 p. 284
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ihling, Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and non-fiction author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisenach |