Ludwig Hofmaier

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Ludwig Hofmaier - called Handstand-Lucki - (born December 8, 1941 in Saal an der Donau ) is a German antique dealer and former gymnast and actor. His numerous television appearances made him known in German-speaking countries.

Life

The 1.55 meter tall Hofmaier is the son of a tailor and grew up in a family of ten. He attended secondary school. In the Bundeswehr he reached the rank of non-commissioned officer .

In 1961 Hofmaier was Bavarian master of artistic gymnastics , and he also won the Upper Palatinate championship six times. According to media reports, Hofmaier was the German gymnastics champion . He is considered the first German to master the Yamashita jump .

After walking on his hands - first from Saal an der Donau to Regensburg (20 km), then from Regensburg to Munich (132 km) - Hofmaier ran the 1070 km long route from Regensburg to on his hands within three months in 1967 Rome . Since then, he has been dubbed the “world champion in handrailing ” in media reports . He played the main role in the short film Play Harlekin (1966) by Wendl Sorgend.

Hofmaier meanwhile ran three bars in Regensburg, the "Kongo-Bar" on Neupfarrplatz, the "Aquarium" in Pfarrergasse and the "Arco-Bräu-Stuben" in Adolf-Schmetzer-Straße. From the beginning of the 1970s he ran the discotheque "Apollo" in Steinberg am See , where Marianne Rosenberg and the band Middle of the Road performed, among others . Later he converted the "Apollo" into a topless bar with no entry for minors.

He has lived with his wife in Offenburg since the early 1970s , from where he established himself as an antique dealer. He has no permanent business premises and trades in flea markets, which he drives to with his mobile home. Since 2013, Hofmaier has been known again through his work as an antiques dealer in the ZDF television series Bares für Rares . According to his own statement, he is contractually bound there until 2024. He was a guest on TV shows like Haifischbar , And your hobby horse? , Sports show and current sports studio as well as beat club Sehsack , Inka! , Tell the truth , Markus Lanz , who knows that? and cash for Rares Austria .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Hofmaier's name is not included in the official lists of the German championship in the active class . It has not been clarified whether he bears the title for services in other age groups, for example.
  2. ↑ It is also unclear whether there was a world handrail championship. The journey from Vienna to Paris (with 1400 km within 55 days), carried out in 1900 by the Austrian Johann Haslinger (incorrectly: Johann Hurlinger) strapped to a little cart, is widely presented as the best handrail performance that is still valid today.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The handstand Lucki. A man went to Rome on hands. In: Mittelbayerische from October 14, 2010
  2. ↑ Christian Eckl: The handstand Lucky flirts on ZDF with a Konradsiedlerin. In: Wochenblatt of February 2, 2016
  3. ↑ Handstand-Lucki on tour: He runs and runs and runs. Photo gallery image 12. In: Der Spiegel from April 21, 2016
  4. ↑ Hermann Scherm, Christoph Krix: Bavarian character heads . The handstand lucki. In: Land und Menschen (radio broadcast) , manuscript (PDF) from August 21, 2016, p. 5.
  5. ↑ Handstand-Lucki. On my hands to Rome. In: Mittelbayerische from May 3, 2011
  6. ↑ a b Markus Vögele: On hands to the Pope in Rome. In: Badische Zeitung of December 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Simon Michaelis: Pilgrimage upside down. 1070 kilometers on hands to the Pope. In: Der Spiegel from April 21, 2016
  8. ^ Hermann Scherm, Christoph Krix: The handstand Lucki. In the hands of Regensburg to Rome. In: Bayern 2 from September 14, 2014.
  9. ^ Ludwig Hofmaier. World handrail champion, actor, restaurateur and antique dealer. In: House of Bavarian History .
  10. ↑ a b On hands to Rome: The handstand Lucki. In: Bayerischer Rundfunk from October 27, 2015; Film from the show Schwaben & Altbayern , 7:51 min
  11. ↑ a b Harald Raab: On the hands to Rome. The handstand lucki made its name 50 years ago. Ludwig Hofmaier now lives in Offenburg as an antique dealer. In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung of April 7, 2017.
  12. ↑ Hans Hoff: On hands to the Pope. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 29, 2018.
  13. ↑ a b Ludwig Hofmaier as an antiques dealer at Horst Lichter. In: Upper Palatinate Network of May 13, 2014
  14. ↑ Ludwig Hofmaier private. This is how “Handstand-Lucki” lives from “Bares for Rares”. In: news.de from May 23, 2018.
  15. ↑ Rate and sell. The experts and dealers of the new junk show. ( Memento from December 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: ZDF from January 5, 2014
  16. ↑ "Bares for Rares" dealer announces exit. In: msn.com from September 27, 2019.
  17. ↑ Beat-Club (1970), episode # 1.54 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
    Beat-Club (1970), episode # 1.54 (from 0:47:32) on YouTube
  18. ↑ Sehsack (1971), Episode # 1.1 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  19. ↑ Inca! (2013), 1st episode in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  20. ↑ Tell the truth. In: Südwestrundfunk , broadcast on February 6, 2017.
  21. ↑ Markus Lanz. In: ZDF, broadcast on June 28, 2017.
  22. ↑ Guests: Ludwig Hofmaier and Fabian Kahl. In: Who knows that? , Broadcast on February 27, 2019.
  23. ↑ Season 1, Episode 6. In: Bares für Rares Austria from May 3, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Hofmaier, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Handstand-Lucki (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German antique dealer, former floor gymnast and actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Hall on the Danube