Karl Windhauser

Karl Windhäuser (born February 11, 1910 in Argenthal , Hunsrück ; † May 27, 1984 in Simmern / Hunsrück ) was a German high school teacher , honorary mayor , writer, especially in the Hunsrück region, and a hobby actor .

Life and education

Windhäuser was born as the son of a primary school teacher and his wife Wilhelmine Schönewald (* Argenthal September 27, 1887). His father died in 1918, probably as a soldier in the First World War . Karl attended what was later known as the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium until he graduated from high school in 1929, which he completed with ten other students, including a woman, as the fourth year of high school graduation. He studied German, theater and Romance studies (French) at the University of Cologne .

Act

Little is known about his early activities. In the early 1940s he worked for the Reich broadcaster in Cologne . After the Second World War he became a teacher of German and French at his former school. There he set up a theater working group, in which the filmmaker Edgar Reitz discovered his love for acting. He held this position - most recently as a senior teacher - until his retirement in 1973.

Activities alongside and after the job

From 1960, Windhäuser was a CDU member in the city council of Simmern, from 1973 (honorary) first alderman and from 1976 to 1978 (honorary) mayor of Simmern. His former student Edgar Reitz cast him in his feature film Die Reise nach Wien . In addition, he was often active as a writer, often in collaboration with Hajo Knebel .

Honors

In 1980 Windhäuser received the Federal Cross of Merit.

Works

• Country of my childhood. Stories and poems . (Eds.) Irene Windhäuser and Hajo Knebel. Self-published, Simmern 1987 in it Verziehlcher vun de Uwebank
• All the glories of this world (About the Hunsrück), in: Merian Heft 6, XV. Born in 1962, pp. 23-25
• At the waters of Babel (play about the emigration to Brazil) 1962
• With Albert Lax: Aspects of the development of a district town in rural areas. City of Simmern, Simmern 2011, ISBN 978-3-9810654-5-9 .

literature

• Wolfgang Heinemann : History of the city of Simmern 1966 to 1979 under the city mayors Dr. Kurt Schöllhammer (1966–1975), Dr. Albert Lax (1975–1977), Karl Windhäuser (1077–1979): Aspects of the development of a district town in rural areas . Edited by the city of Simmern, Hunsrück: Contributions to the history and culture of the city of Simmern; Vol. 6, 2011, ISBN 978-3-9810654-5-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry on Karl Windhäuser in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database , accessed on April 23, 2016 .
2. ^ Genealogy of the maternal side
3. ↑ Ernst Siegel: The history of the high school in Simmern . Ed. from the Hunsrück School Association, Simmern 1961, list of high school graduates p. 34
4. ↑ Windhäuser at HJG-Simmern with picture and scene design ( memento of the original from December 22nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Read online on the homepage of the grammar school Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 22nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. WindhVerzgebunden.pdf 
6. ^ History of the Rheinböllen theater group ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.