Horst Wenzel (pedagogue)

Horst Wenzel (born August 16, 1927 in Görlitz ; † September 28, 2009 there ) is a German author , educator and author of regional cultural and historical works. As the leading representative of the Evangelical Church of Silesian Upper Lusatia , he was one of the pioneers of the peaceful revolution in 1989/1990 and one of the formative designers in a democratic community.

Career

After the Second World War , Horst Wenzel was trained as a new teacher urgently needed at the time at the teacher training institute in just a few months . His first place of work was School 1 on Schulstrasse in Görlitz, where he also worked as a director for a while. From 1957 and until his retirement due to old age, he taught German, geography and astronomy at the Annenschule (today Augustum-Annen-Gymnasium ).

engagement

In addition to his educational activities, he attached great importance to educational work. Horst Wenzel put his gifts in the service of the common good and in cross-generational educational work. In over 40 years of active church work he was repeatedly deputy chairman of the parish council of the Evangelical Church of the Resurrection in Görlitz- Weinhübel and worked there as a church elder into old age .

Awards

• 2008 honorary citizen of the city of Görlitz

Publications

• 1982 with Hans Märtin. Goethe in Pößneck . Reflections on the presence in Pößneck with numerous b / w illustrations

brochures

• 2009 Georg Emmerich and the Holy Grave in Görlitz , 4th edition, Association for the preservation of monuments for the Holy Grave in Görlitz e. V. (ed.)
• 2007 Weinhübel then and now, Posottendorf - Leschwitz
• 1999/2000 St. Nikolai zu Görlitz, church and churchyard
• 1998 The Görlitzer Frauenkirche
• 1995 A treasure chest in Görlitz Trinity Church , Monastery Church, Monk Church, Upper Church, Franciscan Church, 2nd revised edition, 2003 on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the consecration of the church (1245–1995)
• 1994 The Anne Chapel

Youth books

• 1966 The great voyage of Christopher Columbus . New Life , ISBN 3-355-01252-1
  • further editions: Boje Verlag, 1975. 254 pp. original paperboard, bound
  • Berlin: Verlag Neues Leben, 1982, 5th edition, 235 pp., M. Ill., Ill. OPpbnd. (Series: Excitingly told ; 68) (641 341 7) ill. OPpbnd.
• 1970 The tailor from Ulm
• 1972 Westward to the Moluccas : A historical travelogue about the first circumnavigation of the earth , Berlin, Kinderbuchverlag, 332 pages, hardcover, linen
• 1974 Caravels for Magellan . Boje, 1974. 260 pages, ISBN 3-414-11080-6

items

• Numerous articles appeared in the regional edition of the weekly newspaper Die Kirche in the areas of community events, cultural history, poetry and thoughts on personalities in church life.
• He accompanies the editorial groups of various organizations (including the work of the Association for the Preservation of Monuments for the Holy Sepulcher in Görlitz eV ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Horst Wenzel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Augustum-Annen-Gymnasium

annotation

• Text was released for publication by Horst Wenzel in December 2008.