Karl Heinz Lengwenings

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Portrait of press photographer Karl Heinz Lengwenings - taken during a photo report in Krefeld in the 1970s.

Karl Heinz Lengwenings (born February 10, 1927 in Krefeld ; † June 18, 2017 in Krefeld) worked as a press photographer / photographer and photo journalist for various daily newspapers, media, institutions and companies.

Life and education

Lengwenings spent a long time in Rostock during the Second World War , where he did an engineering internship in aircraft construction at the Heinkel works. Further stations followed in labor service , military service and imprisonment in France. After his return he trained as a photographer at Foto Knipscher with a focus on laboratory work, portraits and reportage photography . On April 24, 1954, he married his wife Edith, née Serocka, who was born in Königsberg. The sons Peter (* September 2, 1960) and Thomas (* March 12, 1965) were born out of the marriage. The marriage lasted for 63 years until the death of Karl Heinz Lengwenings. From 1957 to 1962 Lengwenings and his wife ran a photo shop on Friedrichsstrasse in Krefeld. His motto in life was: "A day without a smile is a lost day." (Quote from Charlie Chaplin )

Professional background

From 1954 to 1965 Lengwenings worked as a press photographer for the Neue Rhein / Neue Ruhr Zeitung (NRZ) in Krefeld. From 1965 to 1970 he worked as a photo journalist for the Westdeutsche Zeitung (WZ) in Krefeld. In 1970 he finally moved to the city of Krefeld, where he headed the cityscape office until his retirement in 1989 (later press office). There he documented almost all events and activities around the city of Krefeld in a photographic and editorial manner - in addition to current events, there were in particular socio-political, historical, cultural and sporting occasions as well as events, ceremonies and anniversaries. In addition, he photographed freelance for various national media ( Stern and Bild ) and companies as well as private customers. When he retired in 1989, he continued to photograph as a freelancer regionally and nationally for private individuals and companies.

archive

In his decades of work as a photographer and time chronicler, Lengwenings has created an extensive private archive containing several hundred thousand black and white negatives - explicitly from the years 1954 to 1970. From 1970 to 1989 all photographic documents of the time were stored in the official archive of City of Krefeld added.

  • Extracts from the press archive of Karl Heinz Lengwenings

  • Willy Brandt visited Krefeld on June 30, 1961 with a delegation. He gave a speech in front of the entrance portal of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum. The Dionysius Church can be seen in the background.

  • Udo Jürgens at a concert in January 1970 in the Krefeld Niederrheinhalle.

  • Jürgen von Manger during an autograph session on the occasion of a book launch in the Greven library in Krefeld in December 1967.

  • Herbert Zangs returned to Krefeld after his return from the USA.

  • Pop star Heino visits the Bruckhausen children's home in Krefeld on November 7, 1970.

  • Actress Inge Meysel visits the Bruckhausen children's home in Krefeld in November 1967.

  • Actor Horst Buchholtz visits the Krefeld cinema Seidenfaden on the occasion of a film premiere in the late 1950s.

  • Johannes Rau visits Krefeld in June 1970.

  • KEV ice hockey player Lothar Kremershof and trainer Otto Schneitberger with the Lord Mayor of Krefeld, Hansheinz Hauser.

  • Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler at an ice skating event in the Krefeld ice stadium on February 25, 1958.

  • Stuntman Armin Dahl doing a doctorate at the Krefeld Volvo car dealer on February 25, 1958.

  • The Lords at a concert in Krefeld-Hüls on March 30, 1968.

  • The hotel "Krefelder Hof" is completely demolished - documented on November 13, 1968.

literature

  • Lukas Hübinger: A Life in Photographs . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . February 10, 2017 ( wz.de [accessed February 17, 2018]).
  • Photographer Lengwenings has died . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . June 26, 2017 ( wz.de [accessed February 17, 2018]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commercial register Krefeld District Court HRA 788
personal data
SURNAME Lengwenings, Karl Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German press photographer and photo journalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH 18th June 2017
Place of death Krefeld