Jürgen Uwe Ohlau

Jürgen Uwe Ohlau (born March 24, 1940 in Emmendingen ; † December 21, 2015 ) was a German German scholar and historian .

Life

Ohlau completed a teaching degree in German , history and geography at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . With a dissertation on the budget of the imperial city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber between 1350 and 1450, he was awarded a doctorate in medieval history in 1965. phil. PhD.

Already during his studies Ohlau worked for the Goethe-Institut as a lecturer in Scandinavia . Immediately after graduation, he was employed there permanently. He worked for the cultural institute in Sweden (1964/1965), India ( Hyderabad and Calcutta ; 1965–1975), Cairo (1975–1980), Munich (1980–1985) and New York (1985–1991) and rose to the position of director Employees on.

In 1991 Ohlau went to Dresden and built up the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony , of which he was director until his retirement in 2003. From April 2009 to July 2013 he was President of the Saxon Cultural Senate . In addition, from 2005 to 2013 he was a member of the supervisory board of Schaubühne Lindenfels gAG in Leipzig and was a member of the foundation board of the Dresden Community Foundation and the board of trustees of the Daetz Foundation Lichtenstein . In Dresden he was chairman of the New Saxon Art Association. V. and the Thieme Foundation for the Promotion of Artists . Together with Udo Zimmermann , he was instrumental in making the Festspielhaus Hellerau the HELLERAU - European Center for the Arts Dresden . From 2013 to 2015 he was artistic advisor to the 7th Saxon State Garden Show in Oelsnitz / Erzgeb. and until his death member of the board of trustees of the Erzgebirge Music Festival .

Awards

Jürgen Uwe Ohlau received the Saxon Order of Merit on March 1, 2012 for his cultural commitment .

literature

Michael Bartsch: Jürgen Uwe Ohlau died at the age of 75. In: Dresdner Latest News , January 12, 2016.

Web links

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg: Success has many faces - A series of interviews , interview from January 16, 2013 with Dr. Jürgen Ohlau, President of the Saxon Cultural Senate (PDF; 167 kB), accessed on July 18, 2014.
Free State of Saxony: Medal holder, Dr. Jürgen Uwe Ohlau. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

Individual evidence

^ Obituary notice in the Sächsische Zeitung , January 9, 2016.
↑ Schaubühne Lindenfels: Minutes of the 8th Annual General Meeting of Schaubühne Lindenfels gAG based in Leipzig on September 12, 2013. Item 5 ( Memento from May 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
^ Cultural development plan of the state capital Dresden , Appendix V inventory of December 18, 2007, p. 80.
^ Saxon State Ministry of the Interior: Municipal administration, foundations in the Free State of Saxony. (Status: June 1, 2010), p. 56. ( Memento of October 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
^ Civic Foundation Dresden: Stifterrundbrief Summer 2003. ( Memento from August 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
↑ Musikfest Erzgebirge: The festival. ( Memento of February 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Ohlau, Jürgen Uwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Germanist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 24, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Emmendingen
DATE OF DEATH	December 21, 2015

[1] Obituary notice in the Sächsische Zeitung , January 9, 2016.

[2] Schaubühne Lindenfels: Minutes of the 8th Annual General Meeting of Schaubühne Lindenfels gAG based in Leipzig on September 12, 2013. Item 5 ( Memento from May 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).

[3] Cultural development plan of the state capital Dresden , Appendix V inventory of December 18, 2007, p. 80.

[4] Saxon State Ministry of the Interior: Municipal administration, foundations in the Free State of Saxony. (Status: June 1, 2010), p. 56. ( Memento of October 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).

[5] Civic Foundation Dresden: Stifterrundbrief Summer 2003. ( Memento from August 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).

[6] Musikfest Erzgebirge: The festival. ( Memento of February 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).