Irene Krauss

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Irene Krauss (born 1962 ) is a German folklorist, former museum director and publicist.

Life and career

She grew up in Bonn, London and Bern and studied history, art history and folklore at the Universities of Bonn and Munich. From 1988 to 1995 she was a research assistant and most recently head of the Museum of Bread Culture in Ulm. Since 1995 she has been working as a freelance journalist and book author and has written numerous works on the origins and development of baked goods and food folklore. Kraus lives with her husband and three children in Bad Säckingen .

Publications (selection)

  • The big book of pretzels: worth knowing, everyday, curious. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8425-1492-8 .
  • Spring customs in Baden-Württemberg: Old and new customs from Carnival to Easter. Staatsanzeiger-Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-929981-86-5 .
  • Souls, pretzels, hunger breads: Bread stories from Baden and Württemberg. Edited by the Museum of Bread Culture in Ulm, Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-0222-1 ; accompanying the exhibition of the same name from May 6th to November 4th 2007 in the Museum of Bread Culture Ulm
  • For body and soul: simply enjoy the Swabian way. Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1937-0 .
  • Well looped. The big book of pretzels. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2003, ISBN 3-87407-550-8 .
  • You can't see the one in the dark: The depiction of hunger in the fine arts from 1900 to 1950 . Father and Son Eiselen Foundation Ulm, Ulm 2000, ISBN 3-00-005422-7 ; accompanying the exhibition of the same name from April 9 to July 16, 2000 in the Museum of Bread Culture Ulm
  • Chronicle of beautiful baked goods. Matthaes, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-87516-292-7 .
  • Today I bake, tomorrow I brew ...: on the cultural history of bread and beer. Deutsches Brotmuseum, Ulm 1994, ISBN 3-926186-05-4 .
  • With Barbara Kosler: Die Brez'l: (die Brez'n); History & stories. Ed. Infotainment, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-9804065-0-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Irene Krauss , GeraNova Bruckmann publishing house
  2. ↑ Michael Gottstein: Irene Krauss has written a book about the cultural history of the pretzel. In: Badische Zeitung . 2nd January 2017.
  3. ↑ Exhibitions 2007 , Museum of Bread Culture
personal data
SURNAME Krauss, Irene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folklorist, former museum director and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1962