Horst Rankl

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Horst Rankl (born January 2, 1940 in Hartmanitz in the Bohemian Forest ) is a Bavarian writer , director and actor .

Career

His main job was a civil servant. From 1957 to 1974 he was employed by the Federal Border Police and federal authorities. After that he worked for the city of Rosenheim until his retirement on January 31, 2005, most recently as head of the main office.

From 1978 to 2003, Rankl was state theater director in the Association of Bavarian Amateur Theaters and was responsible for the training and further education of the member clubs. The association comprises 680 clubs with around 56,000 active players. He has been President of the Association of Bavarian Amateur Theaters since 2003. Rankl looks after the association's office together with several part-time employees in Rosenheim. Rankl has also been the 1st chairman of the Theater Rosenheim since 1999 , as well as initiator and director of the historical city games in Rosenheim.

Awards

  • Golden badge of honor from the Association of German Amateur Theaters
  • Golden badge of honor of the Association of Bavarian Amateur Theaters
  • Golden badge of honor from Theater Rosenheim
  • Decoration of honor of the Bavarian Prime Minister
  • Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
  • Culture award from the Business Association Rosenheim
  • Euregio Inntal Prize 2009 (cross-border cooperation between Bavaria and Tyrol)
  • Bavarian Order of Merit 2012
  • Medal of Honor in Silver - District Upper Bavaria 2015
  • Golden Citizen Medal of the City of Rosenheim 2016
  • Golden Mask - Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater 2019

Novels

  • In the Game of Powers (1999)
  • The Trial of the Medicus (2001)
  • Bavarian-Austrian fateful years. 1703 Tyrol's revenge. (2005)
  • Bavarian-Austrian fateful years. 1704 The Final Battle (2005)
  • Bavarian-Austrian fateful years. 1705 Freedom Lost (2005)

Leading roles

  • Peppone in "Don Camillo and Peppone"
  • Twine in "Lumpazivagabundus"
  • Schnoferl in "Girls from the suburbs"
  • Heinrich Meisel in "The Spanish Fly"
  • "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick", title role
  • "Jedermann" in The Bavarian Everyman
  • Milkman Tevje in "Anatevka"
  • "The Dyer and His Twin Brother", title role
  • "Pseudolus" in "conditions like in ancient Rome"
  • "Titus Feuerfuchs" title role in Nestroy's Talisman
  • "Der Pfennigfuchser", game based on Molière's "The Miser", title role
  • "The adventures of the good soldier Schweijk", title role
  • "Goggolore" title role in the play "da Goggolore"

Historical city games Rosenheim

  • 1995 Production: "The Rosenheim Salt War", author: CORenner
  • 1997 Production: "Die Schwedenplag am Inn", author: CORenner
  • 1999 Author and production: "In the game of powers" - The Landshut War of Succession
  • 2001 Author and production: "The Trial of the Medicus" - A Polish doctor in 1658 in Rosenheim
  • 2003 Editing and production: "Der Rosenheimer Salzkrieg", author: CORenner
  • 2005 Author and production: "1705" - War of the Spanish Succession
  • 2008 Author and production: "In the Game of Powers" -
  • 2013 Author and production: "Grenzland" - The story of a wealthy carter in the 19th century, performed as a joint production by Theater Rosenheim and Stadttheater Kufstein in Rosenheim and Kufstein
  • 2016 Author and production: "Martin Papin" - a story about a Walschen immigrant in the Rosenheim market in 1561
  • 2018 Production and adaptation of the play from 1997: "Die Schwedenplag" - episodes from Rosenheim during the 30 years war

More open-air plays for other stages

  • 2000 Author: "Samerberger Spiel - 2000 years between Inn and Chiemgau" performed by Theater Grainbach am Samerberg
  • 2004 Author: "Samerberger Spiel - From War to Peace" - played by the Theater am Samerberg
  • 2004 Author: "Hofleiten" - A true story from the history of Stephanskirchen around 1860 - played by the young farmers' group of Stephanskirchen
  • 2008 Author: "A rascal named Ludwig" - freely dramatized scenes from the life of the young Ludwig Thoma - played by the Prien Theater
  • 2008 Author: “Puech” - history and stories of a village - played by the Buch am Buchrain theater group
  • 2010 Author: "Thomas Gillitzer" - The dream of happiness - the true story from millionaire to beggar - played by the Stephanskirchen theater community at the 2010 State Garden Show in Rosenheim
  • 2010 Author: "Sliusheim" - history and stories of a city - played by the theater group "G'filder Bühne, Unterschleißheim
  • 2014 Author: "Samerberger Spiel -" - played by the Theater am Samerberg

Other plays

  • 2003 Author: "The White Lie" - Dramatized story of the death of the martyr St. Emmeram
  • 2005 Author: "The Witches' Night" - short game at Kufstein Castle
  • 2005 Author: "Storming of Kufstein Castle 1705" - short game based on the novel "Bavarian-Austrian fateful years"
  • 2007 Author: "Saint Benedict of Nursia" - played by the Bad Endorf Volkstheater
  • 2010 Author: "Mother Teresa" - the benefactress of Calcutta - played by the Bad Endorf Volkstheater
  • 2010 Author: "The pilgrimage into misery" - A true and terrible incident on the Inn, 1762 - played by the Nussdorf / Inn theater group
  • 2011 Author: "Antonius von Padua" - played by the Bad Endorf Volkstheater
  • 2014 Author: "Edith Stein, Stations in the Life of St. Teresia Benedicta a Cruce" - played by the Chiemgauer Heiligentheater Bad Endorf
  • 2017 Author: "Simon Petrus, Stations in the Life of Saint Peter"

further activities

  • 2000 Sound carrier: Ludwig Thoma: "His most beautiful stories", Rosenheim publishing house

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Rankl, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian writer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Hartmanitz , Bohemian Forest