Matthias Spindler

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Matthias Spindler (born February 5, 1954 in Ludwigshafen ) is a German journalist , historian and radio presenter.

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Spindler, who grew up in Waldsee and attended the Altsprachliches Gymnasium Speyer , first studied sociology and history at the University of Mannheim , from the 1974 summer semester at the University of Heidelberg with Middle and Modern History as a major, Ancient History and Sociology as a minor (graduated in 1977 as a Magister Artium ).

During his studies, he wrote his first record reviews for the Jazz Podium , then wrote jazz concert reviews for Die Rheinpfalz , and since 1981 jazz and rock reviews for Mannheimer Morgen . Jazz programs were first created in 1976 for NDR ; after a traineeship at the Hessischer Rundfunk , he has moderated the jazz club and other jazz programs for this institution since 1984 (today live jazz and the hr big band on hr2 ). For the same station he was responsible for Swingtime as author and unit manager until March 2019 (with spokesman Bill Ramsey ). Features, but also numerous magazine articles, were created for the regional culture editorial team of the SWR in Mainz.

As a regional historian, he and Gerhard Gräber research separatism in the Palatinate .

His younger brother, Georg Spindler , is also a journalist and works for Mannheimer Morgen.

Fonts

  • Gerhard graves, Matthias Spindler: Revolver republic on the Rhine. The Palatinate and its Separatists , Volume 1: November 1918 - November 1923. Pfälzische Verlags-Anstalt, Landau / Pfalz 1992, ISBN 3-87629-164-X .
  • Gerhard Gräber, Matthias Spindler: The Palatinate Liberators: People's Wrath and State Power in the Armed Struggle Against Palatinate Separatism 1923/24 . Pro Message, Ludwigshafen / Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-24-X
  • Gerhard Gräber, Matthias Spindler: Young gentleman before 1914: Georg May, the later separatist and his hometown Schifferstadt in the period up to the 1st World War; a partial biography. Karlsruhe, Mannheim 2006.
  • Marion Fürst / Matthias Spindler: German jazz photographers: Karlheinz Fürst. Neckargemünd: Männeles-Verlag 2012. ISBN 978-3-933968-20-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Spindler, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein