Hubertus of Gemmingen

Hubertus von Gemmingen (born June 26, 1945 in Wentorf near Hamburg ) is a German editor , translator and author of writings on art and cultural history .

Life

He is a son of Sigmund Reinhard von Gemmingen (1907–1952) and Ingeborg Wendroth-Sielcken (1906–1976). He comes from the Treschklingen line of the Barons of Gemmingen , his grandfather was the Württemberg officer and chamberlain Gustav Sigmund Reinhard von Gemmingen (1871-1943). He is a cousin of the former German editor-in-chief of Radio Vatican, Eberhard von Gemmingen .

He studied German, philosophy, art history and journalism in Zurich and Freiburg. His dissertation from 1976 dealt with Paul Scheerbart's astral literature. After completing his studies, he was an editor at an art book publisher and has been a freelance translator since 1988, translating works on art and cultural history as well as architecture from French. In addition to his translations, he also made his own contributions to art and cultural history. He lives in Villars-sur-Glâne in Switzerland. He is the editor of the German Historical Research Association of the Canton of Friborg , co-editor of the publications of the Swiss Society for History and a member of the Culture Commission of the Agglomeration and the Commission for Cultural Affairs of the Canton of Friborg .

Translations (selection)

• Jean Boisselier : Painting in Thailand (1976)
• Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky: 18th Century Porcelain Boxes (1985)
• Gilles Néret: Avant-garde: Painting and Sculpture, 1945–1975 (1988)
• Xavier Girard: Henri Matisse 1869–1954. Sculptures and Prints (1990)
• Jean Heer: Nestlé - 125 years from 1866 to 1991 (1991)
• Michel de Rivaz: Ferdinand Hodler, Eugène Burnand and the Swiss banknotes (1991)
• Jean Meyer: Sailing Ships in Powder Steam - The Struggle for Sea Control in Europe (1996)
• Charles A. Riley: Barrier-free living - design ideas for more quality of living (1999)
• Paul Duval: Rudolf Stüssi - Painter (1999)
• Giulio Sietromarchi: The Tarot Garden by Niki de Saint Phalle (2000)
• Martin Nicoulin: Adventure of the Swiss in Nova Friburgo (2000)
• Bernhard Fibicher: Reflections by and on Rémy Zaugg (2001)
• Jean-Blaisse Monney: 100 Years Freiburg Conservatory 1904–2004 (2004)
• Sophie Zénon: Mongolia - between tradition and modernity (2005)
• Claude Quétel and Jean Bernard: The Mont-Saint-Michel (2005)
• Jean Steinauer: Saint Nicholas - the adventures of the Freiburg patron saint (2005)
• Freiburg, a city in the 19th and 20th centuries (2007)
• Gerald Matt et al. a .: Chen Zhen. The body as landscape (2007)
• Henri Stierlin and Anne Stierlin: World Architecture - Islam: From Baghdad to Cordoba. Early buildings from the 7th to 13th centuries (2009)
• Henri Stierlin and Anne Stierlin: World Architecture - Greece (2009)
• Lucy Délèze-Black: Faroe Islands (2010)
• Georges Andrey: The Freiburg State Council 1848–2011 (2012)
• Jean Steinauer: The Republic of Canons. A history of power in Freiburg (2012)

Contributions (selection)

• Paul Scheerbart's Astral Literature (1976)
• «A Brücklin by our Frowenkilchen». The Liebfrauenplatz. Theater venues and theater buildings in the city of Freiburg. Part 1 , in: Freiburger Geschichtsblätter 71 (1994)
• with Christian Rümelin: The Parish Church in Madiswil (1996)
• The Jesuits and their school stages. Theater venues and theater buildings in the city of Freiburg. Part 2 , in: Freiburger Geschichtsblätter 74 (1997)
• Who was Franz Kuenlin? In the footsteps of a Freiburg historian, writer and pamphleteer , in: Freiburger Geschichtsblätter 75 (1998)
• View into the neighbor's garden , in: Freiburger Geschichtsblätter 87 (2010)
• Bedded for eternal rest. Cemeteries and burials in old and modern Freiburg , in: Freiburger Geschichtsblätter 89 (2012)
• The secret of sauerkraut with a side dish. Paul Cantonneau and Freiburg , presentation at the StAF, Freiburg (2013)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Walter von Hueck: Lineage of the Barons von Gemmingen, Limburg an der Lahn 1966.
2. ↑ http://www.unifr.ch/scm/de/news?nid=7225