Karl-Ludwig Hoch

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Karl-Ludwig Hoch (born April 26, 1929 in Dresden ; † August 27, 2015 there ) was a German art historian, theologian and pastor. He was best known as the author of the call from Dresden .

Life

Karl-Ludwig Hoch grew up in Dresden-Loschwitz , studied Protestant theology and art history and received his doctorate in theology in 1981 at the University of Leipzig with a study of Caspar David Friedrich's piety and his reverence for nature . He worked as a pastor in various parishes ( Hosterwitz , Cotta , Dreikönigskirche ), including 35 years in Dresden-Plauen . In the history of art he specialized in Caspar David Friedrich , on whom he presented several monographs. In 1980 he suggested the establishment of the Museum of Dresden Early Romanticism in the Kügelgenhaus .

In November 1989, Hoch wrote the original version of the Call from Dresden , an appeal that promoted the reconstruction of the Dresden Frauenkirche .

Hoch died on August 27, 2015 at the age of 86 in his hometown of Dresden. He was buried on September 4th in the Loschwitz cemetery .

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • Caspar David Friedrich's piety and his reverence for nature (dissertation), 1981 Leipzig
  • Caspar David Friedrich - unknown documents of his life , Verlag der Kunst, 1985 Dresden
  • Caspar David Friedrich and the Bohemian Mountains , Verlag der Kunst, 1987 Dresden
  • Caspar David Friedrich in Bohemia. Mountain symbolism in romantic painting , Kohlhammer, 1990 Stuttgart
  • Caspar David Friedrich in Saxon Switzerland , Verlag der Kunst, 1996 Dresden

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Up, Karl-Ludwig in the Person Wiki ( memento from August 8, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) of the SLUB Dresden
  2. ↑ Jörg Marschner: The promise kept. In: Saxon newspaper . October 22, 2005, archived from the original on August 28, 2015 ; accessed on July 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Katrin Richter: He was the founder of the “Call from Dresden” - Pastor Karl-Ludwig Hoch is dead. In: Dresdner Latest News , August 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Obituary notice on Sächsische Zeitung online , accessed on October 8, 2015
  5. ↑ Dr. Karl-Ludwig Hoch graduated from A to Z. In: www.geschichte.sachsen.de . Retrieved July 13, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Up, Karl-Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 2015
Place of death Dresden