Kurt Pomplun
Kurt Pomplun (born July 29, 1910 in Schöneberg , † August 5, 1977 in Berlin ) was a German homeland researcher . He published works on the history of Berlin and Brandenburg , its dialect and orally transmitted fairy tales and legends.
Life
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Kurt Pomplun was the only son of a post office clerk and grew up in the then still independent town of Schöneberg. He attended the higher state college for surveying, which he graduated as an engineer for surveying. From the 1930s on, he initially worked for the Teltow District Office, where he began to look after historical monuments. He saw himself as a student of the historian Willy Hoppe .
From 1965 he worked in the Office for Monument Preservation in Berlin, until 1973 as a government official, then as a councilor. He was a volunteer district homeworker . He became known through contributions to the radio show Kutte knows about (1967–1977) the RIAS , moderated by Horst Kintscher . In addition to exploring Berlin, he also edited some Baedeker travel guides , including a. the district band for Schöneberg from 1973, but also many cities such as Braunschweig and Nuremberg .
His book Berlin's old village churches was created on the basis of his article The medieval village church building on the Teltow . It had a total of six editions between 1962 and 1984 and is still considered a popular standard work today. However, his level of knowledge from 1960 has now been overtaken in several points by modern research methods, see Pomplun's classic: Berlin's old village churches .
On August 5th, 1977 Kurt Pomplun died of heart failure during a discussion in the Schöneberg bookstore Elwert und Meurer.
Honors
In 1971 he received the Fontane plaque and in 1975 the Fidicin Medal of the Association for the History of Berlin . In 1974 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .
The city of Berlin honored him with an honorary grave in the Wilmersdorf cemetery in the department B1-UW-53.
Fonts
- The art monuments of the Teltow district. Edited by Hans Erich Kubach and Joachim Seeger. Staff: Siegfried Harder, Karl Hohmann, Kurt Pomplun, Johannes Schultze . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 1941. ( Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Brandenburg. Ed. Brandenburgisches Provinzialverband under the editorship of Heinrich Jerchel. Volume IV.1: District Teltow).
- The medieval village church on the Teltow. In: Berlin sheets for prehistory and early history. Festschrift for Karl Hohmann. 9, 1960, pp. 1-32.
- Berlin's old village churches. Haude & Spener, Berlin 1962 (6th edition 1984).
- Berlin's old legends. Hessling, Berlin 1964 (5th edition 1985).
- Kutte knows his way around. Berlin stroll with Kurt Pomplun. Berlin 1970 (5th edition 1980).
- Christmas and New Year in old Berlin. A contribution to the ethnology of the big city. (= Berliner Forum 14/69), Berlin 1969.
- The village church in Berlin-Marienfelde. Munich and Berlin 1970.
- 50 years of "Greater Berlin". A look back at the incorporations since 1861 with the wording of the Berlin Law of 1920 (= Berliner Forum 4/70), Berlin 1970.
- Berlin houses. History and Stories , Berlin 1971.
- Of houses and people. Berlin stories. Berlin 1972.
- Baedekers Berlin-Schöneberg. Freiburg / Br. 1973.
- All kinds of Berlin. Criss-cross through the sea of houses , Hessling, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-7759-0177-9 .
- Berlinisch 'cabbage and Brandenburg beets , Berlin 1976.
- City halls in Berlin. Council and office buildings or administrative buildings in the west and east. Photos by Liselotte and Armin Orgel-Köhne. (= Berliner Forum 8/76), Berlin 1976.
- Berlin - and no end , Berlin 1977.
- Großes Berlin Buch , Berlin 1985 (summary of five individual volumes of the Berlin stories).
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Pomplun in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pomplun, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local historian and monument conservator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 1977 |
| Place of death | Berlin |