Matthias Gretzschel

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Matthias Gretzschel (born February 28, 1957 in Ortrand ) is a German journalist , theologian , publicist and writer .

Life

Matthias Gretzschel was born in the small town of Ortrand am Schraden in southern Brandenburg as the son of a pastor and grew up in Dresden . He completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller. From 1979 to 1984 he studied at the University of Leipzig theology . In 1988 the doctorate followed in the field of Christian archeology and church art .

During the reunification period he moved to West Germany a short time later. Since 1990 he has been the cultural editor of the Hamburger Abendblatt .

Honors

Work (selection)

  • Investigations into the visual arts equipment of Evangelical Lutheran church buildings of the 19th and early 20th centuries in Saxony (dissertation) 1988;
  • Travel text book Dresden. A literary companion on the way through the city. 1990;
  • In Martin Luther's footsteps, 1992;
  • In Johann Sebastian Bach's footsteps, 1993;
  • Churches in Leipzig, 1993;
  • The Dresden Frauenkirche, 1994;
  • Litera tour. Walks through Hamburg. 1995;
  • St. Michaelis - the Hamburg Michel, 1996;
  • Hamburg's book halls. A story of the century. 1999;
  • Citizenship and charity. 775 years of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit. 2002;
  • When Dresden sank in the firestorm, 2004;
  • Goethe in Weimar, 2005;
  • In the footsteps of Erich Kästner, 2007;
  • Hagenbeck. A zoological paradise. Hundred years of animal park in Stellingen. 2007;
  • Stille Winkel in Dresden, 2008;
  • A brief history of the city of Hamburg, 2008.
  • What's this? What everyday things from dollhouses reveal, 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. The 20th century . tape 12 . De Gruyter, Berlin; New York; Boston 2008 (founded by Wilhelm Kosch).
  2. ↑ a b The Vita Gretzschels on the S. Fischer Verlag website , accessed on April 15, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Gretzschel, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, theologian, publicist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Outskirts