Lenz Kriss-Rettenbeck
Lorenz "Lenz" Kriss-Rettenbeck (* 1923 ; † June 25, 2005 in Berchtesgaden ) was a German folklorist and museum director.
Lenz Kriss-Rettenbeck was the adopted son of the Berchtesgaden religious scholar and folklorist Rudolf Kriss . From 1960, Kriss-Rettenbeck was a curator at the Bavarian National Museum . In 1974 he became its general manager. In this role he was one of the pioneers in the creation of farm and open-air museums . L. Kriss-Rettenbeck retired from his office in 1985 for health reasons and devoted himself to private studies in Berchtesgaden.
He was married to the author and poet Ruth Kriss-Rettenbeck (born 1924 in Munich).
Honors
- 1983: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Bavarian Order of Merit
Fonts (selection)
- Votive picture. Munich 1958.
- Images and signs of popular religious belief. Munich 1963.
- Ex voto. Signs, images and images in the Christian votive tradition. Atlantis, Zurich 1972.
- with Gerda Möhler: Pilgrimage knows no borders. Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1984.
- with Liselotte Hansmann: amulet, magic, talisman. Callwey, Munich 1966; 2nd edition 1977.
Web links
- Literature by and about Lenz Kriss-Rettenbeck in the catalog of the German National Library
Karl Maria von Aretin (1855–1868) | Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1868–1885) | Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1885–1897) | Hugo Graf (1897–1907) | Georg Hager (1907–1908) | Hans Stegmann (1909–1914) | Philipp Maria Halm (1916–1931) | Hans Buchheit (1932–1947) | Theodor Müller (1948–1968) | Hans R. Weihrauch (1968–1974) | Lenz Kriss-Rettenbeck (1974–1985) | Johann Georg von Hohenzollern (1985–1991) | Reinhold Baumstark (1991–1999) | Renate Eikelmann (1999–2018) | Frank Matthias Kammel (since 2018)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kriss-Rettenbeck, Lenz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kriss-Rettenbeck, Lorenz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German folklorist and museum director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1923 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 2005 |
| Place of death | Berchtesgaden |