Manfred Vollack

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Manfred Vollack (born June 27, 1940 in Stettin ; † March 2, 1999 in Büdelsdorf ) was a German non-fiction author . He published books on local history and local history about Pomerania .

Life

Vollack was born in Stettin in 1940 , from where his family was expelled with him in 1945 and came to Stade . Here he attended school until he graduated from high school. He then studied geography and history at the University of Göttingen , the University of Hamburg and the University of Erlangen .

From 1965 to 1970 he worked as a freelancer at the Nordostdeutschen Kulturwerk in Lüneburg and at the Lower Saxony Working Group for All-German Tasks in Hanover . From 1970 to 1973 he was an employee of the Pommern Foundation in Kiel and then until 1981 lecturer at Ferdinand Hirt publishing house . From 1982 to 1983 he was the publishing director of the Pommerschen Zeitung in Hamburg. Since then he has worked as a freelance writer. From 1980 until his death he was state chairman of the Pomeranian Landsmannschaft in Schleswig-Holstein.

Vollack published books on local history and local history on Pomerania and neighboring areas. From 1982 to 1985 he also provided the monthly local history supplement Our Pommerland for the Pommersche Zeitung .

Fonts (selection)

  • Manfred Vollack and Heinrich Lemke (eds.): The district of Schlochau. A book from the Prussian-Pomeranian homeland. Home District Committee Schlochau, Kiel 1974.
  • Manfred Vollack: Pomerania in color. East Pomerania with Grenzmark. Kraft, Mannheim 1980.
  • Manfred Vollack (Ed.): The Ueckermünde district until 1945. A Pomeranian homeland book. Pasewalk-Ueckermünde home district, Hamburg 1981.
  • Manfred Vollack (Ed.): The Schlawe district. A Pomeranian homeland book. 2 volumes. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 1986/1989, ISBN 3-88042-239-7 and ISBN 3-88042-337-7 .
  • Manfred Vollack: The Kolberger Land. Its cities and villages. A Pomeranian homeland book. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 1999, ISBN 3-88042-784-4 .

literature

  • Eckhard Wendt: Stettiner Lebensbilder (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania. Series V, Volume 40). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-09404-8 , pp. 466–467.