Karlheinz Klimt

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Karlheinz Klimt with barrel organ, 2011 ( Museum Schloss Bernburg )

Karlheinz Klimt (born May 26, 1934 in Bodenbach , Czechoslovakia ) is a German biologist , freelance puppeteer , barrel organ interpreter and writer .

Life

Childhood and youth

Karlheinz Klimt was born in Bodenbach / Podmokly (today part of Děčín ) as the son of a master baker and a house tailor. He attended the elementary school and the community school here. On the basis of the Beneš decrees , the family was expelled from their Bohemian homeland in 1945 and settled in the province of Saxony-Anhalt. In the Bördedorf Bergen , district of Wanzleben near Magdeburg , he started his later very successful career as a puppeteer at the harvest festival on a specially built wooden stage at the age of 11.

After completing the eight-grade elementary school in Bergen, he attended secondary schools in Köthen (Anhalt) and Schulpforte . There in the former Cistercian monastery near Naumburg / Saale, where Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Nietzsche once stayed as students, he obtained his Abitur in 1952 under the eyes of the district school council of Merseburg and later writer Werner Heiduczek . As a member of an acting group, he also acquired a lot for his later work and got to know a number of like-minded people who later developed into well-known personalities as writers, actors, directors and painters: Wolfgang Hädecke , Achim Freyer , Hanns Matz , Peter Groeger , Helmut Kubitschek and his sister Ruth Maria Kubitschek as well as their later spouse Götz Friedrich .

Education

The trial semester at the Deutsches Theater-Institut in Weimar failed due to the incompatibility of his temperament with the Stanislavski training system. Therefore, in 1953, he first worked as a new teacher in Klein Wanzleben , around 20 km southwest of Magdeburg.

From autumn 1953 he studied biology at the Pedagogical University of Potsdam with a state examination in 1957 as a subject teacher for biology in grades 5 to 12. In the carnival season 1954/55 he was the first carnival prince of the city of Potsdam.

High school Carolinum Bernburg - building at Schlossgartenstrasse 14, main entrance
Typical classroom in the Karl-Marx-Oberschule Bernburg (1957)

Working as a high school teacher

Then from the school year 1957/58 Klimt worked as a specialist teacher for biology and chemistry in Bernburg at the Karl-Marx-Oberschule (building Schlossgartenstraße 14), the later extended high school Karl Marx , today high school Carolinum Bernburg . In addition, he was employed as boarding school director (building Nienburger Strasse 9) for the first two years from 1957 to 1959. At the school he immediately built up an acting group from students and did a lot of cultural work in Bernburg and the surrounding area as well as in the vocational school with Abitur in neighboring Neugattersleben . During this time he also wrote his first writing for his own performance practice.

In the spring of 1958, he and his boarding students also supported a nightly poster campaign on the occasion of the abolition of ration cards.

His chemistry lessons soon became known for spectacular experiments: “Wherever it stinks and where it roars, Master Klimt is at home”. But when his boarding school students Manfred Heinze , Uwe Trimpler , Werner Kriesel and Karsten Redmann emulated him and triggered a powerful detonation in the courtyard of the adjacent Diesterweg School , which also caused larger pieces of iron to fly through the air, he had this "fall" in front of the School management - by pointing out explosions in the laboratories of famous chemists like Justus von Liebig - kept small and thus averted the threat of exclusion from school.

Teaching and research activities in teacher training

In 1964, Klimt moved to the Köthen University of Education . Here he worked as a university lecturer in teacher training for the field of biology / zoology . In 1969 he obtained his doctorate as Dr. rer. nat. at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in the field of zoology , taxonomy of microinsects - Thysanoptera (rating: magna cum laude ; Klimt discovered 6 new animal species).

From 1975 to 1979, Klimt completed a guest ecology course at the Technical University of Dresden . He then acquired the teaching qualification ( facultas docendi ) for ecology at the Pedagogical University in Köthen. He built an integrated ecology class against resistance from the botany area.

In the 1970s, Klimt was already working part-time for the radio in the GDR , trying to do a radio play about Robert Koch in the children's department , the third version of which then hit. He also worked with the radio play director Rüdiger Show , for example in 1975 on the radio play production "Andreas and the Bone Man".

In addition, Klimt trained as a puppeteer and director with lecturers from Germany and abroad. The performances with his private puppet theater are downright legendary for Bernburg and far beyond. So it does not keep him permanently in the teacher training, his passion for acting is much stronger.

Freelance writer, puppeteer and barrel organ interpreter

Since 1987 Klimt has been operating as a "freelance writer, puppeteer and barrel organ interpreter".

Klimt was chairman of the Central AG Amateur Puppet Show of the GDR for 20 years. He was awarded the “Prize for National Artistic Creation” (1979). He took part in festivals as a player (Pécs, Chrudim, Wels, Mistelbach). At the same time, he did photo documentation work on international puppet theater as well as project work at high schools and at training centers for kindergarten teachers in Germany and abroad. On the part of the state, he received the professional license in category A and later B.

During this time, Klimt wrote puppet theater pieces, radio plays for children and young people, short stories and fairy tale books. There were also scripts for television, even with international success. For his 7-part television series Readiness Dr. Federau , directed by Horst Zaeske , was awarded the "Golden TV Laurel" in 1988. This series has been on the screens of 7 countries (including China) for over 28 years, and thus represents a high point in Klimt's work.

Karlheinz Klimt (left) and former students Peter Bethge (standing), Frithjof Steinmüller, Angelika Böhlk (Kulturstiftung) at the closing event for the Karl Görner picture exhibition in the Museum Schloss Bernburg (2011)
Karlheinz Klimt (right) with former students Gudrun Rieche / Neumann, Christa Jahr , Peter Bethge (2011)

After German reunification , there was an increased turn to mechanical music, especially to concert organ playing with a large collection of baroque, classical, romantic and modern titles built up . Klimt gave concerts in various federal states, in Austria and in England, also at music festivals (Halle / Saale, Chemnitz, St. Pölten).

In 2000, when he performed in Austria, he received an award from the Lord Mayor of Vienna with the “Silver City Hall Man of the City of Vienna” for his services in puppet and barrel organ play.

Klimt publishes prose , especially fairy tales for puppet shows and radio plays. Klimt worked on his historical novel about the imperial personal physician Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) for over 30 years: "Lutherus medicinae - from the life of a corpse robber".

Klimt lives in Thurau (Osternienburger Land) and built a private puppet theater here. He has not let go of his close contacts with his Bernburg students in their first year. He renews these at every opportunity, especially for the former students Lothar Buch, Karin Watzek / Buch, Peter Thiede, Volkmar Wegener, Siegfried Reichelt, Günter Wachs, Norma Thomiczek / Wachs, Hermann Beck, Hans Köster, Heinz Benkenstein, Gerhard Strube, Ernst Gailer, Dieter Orthmann, Harry Schulz, Hans Richter, Gottfried Werner, Jochen Dehmel, Christa Jahr , Gunnar Müller-Waldeck , Karin Voß / Löhnert, Christa Faatz / Kriesel, Volker Ebersbach and others. So Klimt also appeared in 2011 at the picture exhibition in the Museum Schloss Bernburg on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the former drawing teacher, his colleague Karl Görner , playing the barrel organ and supported the appearance of the art historian Ulrike Krenzlin , daughter of Karl Görner.

Memberships and honors (selection)

  • Member of the Central AG Amateur Puppet Show of the GDR
  • 20 years chairman of the Central AG Amateur Puppet Show of the GDR
  • 1962 and 1964 Culture Prize of the City of Bernburg
  • 1976 Prize for “Revolution in the Monastery” in the radio play competition of the GDR radio
  • 1979 Prize for artistic folk creation in the GDR
  • 1988 Golden TV laurel for series readiness Dr. Federau
  • 1995 Finalist in the 1st literary competition for short prose from Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (mdr) Kultur
  • 2000 Silver City Hall Man of the City of Vienna for services in puppet and barrel organ playing
  • 2009 Final round "Zeitzeugenpreis", Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb).

Publications (selection)

  • Investigations into the systematics of European Haplothrips species. Dissertation, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, 1969.
  • Siggi, Julia and the end of the Stone Age. Central House for Cultural Work of the GDR , Leipzig 1970.
  • The story of the shepherd with the starry eyes. A puppet show based on the Hungarian fairy tale "Well get it for you". Central House for Cultural Work of the GDR, Leipzig 1972.
  • Fairy tales of the peoples in puppet show. District cabinet for cultural work, establishment and management, Neubrandenburg, 4 publications 1973–1982.
  • Animal stories - two fun games for hand puppets and some figures yet to be made. Central House for Cultural Work of the GDR, Leipzig 1975 (with Ingeborg Zielke).
  • Gert Schliephake and Karlheinz Klimt: Thysanoptera, Fransenflügler. Fischer-Verlag, Jena 1979.
  • Devil's tail or "three good deeds for a stupid thing" (based on a Lithuanian folk tale as instructions for playing). District cabinet for cultural work, Neubrandenburg 1979.
  • "The dragon slayer" or whoever sticks together, the world belongs to him (suggested game based on fairy tales from the Mecklenburg fairy tale circle of the "dragon slayer"). District cabinet for cultural work, Neubrandenburg 1979.
  • Fables in the puppet theater. Edited by the Central House for Cultural Work of the GDR, Leipzig 1981.
  • Game instructions. District cabinet for cultural work, Neubrandenburg 1983 (Illustrations: Frieder Simon).
  • Puppet show in the artistic folk creation of the GDR. Edited by Zentralhaus publication, Leipzig 1984.
  • Intended for daily use. Ed .: Harald Korall, Support Group of Writers in Saxony-Anhalt, Halle 1999.
  • A dead person speaks out or anything that was forbidden. Projekt -Verlag, Halle / Saale 2004, ISBN 3-937027-42-4 .
  • Magic teeth or Mr. Sassafraß has problems. Projekt-Verlag Cornelius, Halle / Saale 2007, ISBN 978-3-86634-267-5 (illustrations: Heike Lichtenberg).
  • Star of the seven hearts - adventure stories. Projekt-Verlag, Halle / Saale 2007, ISBN 978-3-86634-227-9 .
  • The captured northern lights. Projekt-Verlag Cornelius, Halle / Saale 2007, ISBN 978-3-86634-251-4 (illustrations: Heike Lichtenberg).
  • A new class - memories and evaluations of someone who was there in the school gate. Projekt-Verlag Cornelius, Halle / Saale 2009, ISBN 978-3-86634-819-6 .
  • Lutherus medicinae - from the life of a corpse robber. Projekt-Verlag, Halle / Saale 2010, ISBN 978-3-86237-227-0 .

Web links

Commons : Karlheinz Klimt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karlheinz Klimt: A dead person speaks out or anything that was forbidden. Projekt -Verlag, Halle / Saale 2004, ISBN 3-937027-42-4 , p. 11.
  2. ^ Karlheinz Klimt: A new class - memories and evaluations of someone who was there in the school gate. Projekt-Verlag Cornelius, Halle / Saale 2009, pp. 16–44, ISBN 978-3-86634-819-6 .
  3. ^ Günter Wedekind: History of the high schools in Bernburg. School community “Carolinum and Friederiken-Lyzeum”, Munich 1980, pp. 69–290, ISBN 3-9800389-0-4 .
  4. ^ Volker Ebersbach : The small residence. A reader for Bernburg. Kulturstiftung, Bernburg 2005, ISBN 3-9810170-0-5 .
  5. ↑ Rudolf Großkopf : Our 50s - How we became what we are. Eichborn, Frankfurt a. M. 2005, pp. 119-130.
  6. ↑ HORRIBILISCRIBI-FAXEN, Anno Domini VIII. II. MCMLVIII in the "House of Friendship". Carnival newspaper of the Karl-Marx-Oberschule, Bernburg 1958.
  7. ↑ Klaus Träger: The 12 B3 - History of a high school class. Reproduced manuscript, Bernburg Nov. 2005.
  8. ↑ Stefan B. Westphal: Now the doctor does the accounting. Relaxed from the stool 2.0 - Wochenspiegel chat with interesting people: Dr. Karlheinz Klimt in Thurau. Wochenspiegel, Köthen, Volume 26, No. 41, October 12, 2016, p. 2.
  9. ↑ Karlheinz Klimt: A dead person speaks out or anything that was forbidden. Projekt -Verlag, Halle / Saale 2004, back, ISBN 3-937027-42-4 .
  10. ↑ Stefan B. Westphal: Now the doctor does the accounting. Relaxed from the stool 2.0 - Wochenspiegel chat with interesting people: Dr. Karlheinz Klimt in Thurau. Wochenspiegel, Köthen, Volume 26, No. 41, October 12, 2016, p. 1.
  11. ^ Karlheinz Klimt: Willingness Dr. Federau . DVD 2013.
  12. ↑ Karlheinz Klimt: Classic catchy tunes from the organ grinder, with a wink. Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach , Joseph Haydn , Georg Friedrich Händel . Audio CD.
  13. ^ Daily newspaper "Freiheit", No. 154, 14th year. Bernburg, Saturday, July 4, 1959.
  14. ^ Herbert Scholz: High school graduate meeting. Memories of school, pranks and the first kisses. Ex-chemistry teacher Eduard Kuchten and ex-boarding school director Karlheinz Klimt in the midst of their former students - 19 boys passed their Abitur in 1959. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Bernburg Nov. 1999.
  15. ↑ Christa Jahr : Illustrations. In: Reinhard Bernhof: The Ant Road. Postreiter-Verlag, Halle / Saale 1988, ISBN 3-7421-0144-7 .
  16. ↑ Gunnar Müller-Waldeck (Ed.): Georg Müller: Mei Anhalt, wu I am heeme. Dialect stories and poems. Anhalt Edition, Dessau 2009, pp. 7-16, ISBN 978-3-936383-15-7 .
  17. ^ Volker Ebersbach : History of the city of Bernburg. 2 volumes. Anhaltische Verlagsgesellschaft, Dessau 1999/2000, ISBN 3-910192-65-3 / 3-910192-79-3.
  18. ↑ Ulrike Krenzlin : On the Saale bright beach - the 1050-year anniversary of the city of Bernburg and the 100th birthday of the chronicler Karl Görner: old towns, bridges, churches, castle, inns, residential and commercial buildings. With a contribution by Volker Ebersbach . Catalog for the exhibition in the Museum Schloss Bernburg January 23 to March 27, 2011. Bernburger Freizeit GmbH; Museum Schloss Bernburg, Bernburg 2011, ISBN 3-9807097-8-7 .
  19. ↑ Ulrike Krenzlin , Jürgen Weigelt (Ed.): The soul is exposed in the details. Dr. phil. Karl Görner on his 90th birthday. Portraits, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes. An exhibition by the Museum Schloss Bernburg from January 28 to April 22, 2001. Catalog Museum Schloss Bernburg 2001, ISBN 3-98070972-8 .
  20. ↑ Volker Ebersbach : His praise was: Good advice (about Karl Görner). In: The last journey of the Württemberg. Stories, memories. VentVerlag, Leipzig 2012, pp. 147–151, ISBN 978-3-94256-005-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Klimt, Karlheinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, puppeteer, organ grinder
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Bodenbach , Czechoslovakia