Edward Hoop

Edward Hoop (born May 19, 1925 in Büdelsdorf ; † November 5, 2008 in Rendsburg) was a German educator , historian and writer .

From 1954 to 1987 Hoop was a teacher (most recently director of studies ) at the Rendsburger Gymnasium Herderschule, where he himself had been a student from 1936 to 1943. From 1946 to 1952, Hoop studied history , German and philosophy in Kiel , and then completed his doctorate as a historian . From 1974 to 1982 he was mayor of the SPD in his home town of Büdelsdorf.

Under the pseudonym Paul Henricks , Hoop published nine detective novels from 1965 to 1998 in Rowohlt Verlag . Seven Days Deadline for Schramm became a bestseller and was filmed in 1968 with Horst Tappert , Joachim Fuchsberger and Karin Hübner under the title Seven Days Deadline for the cinema. Impressions from Hoop's time as a local politician flowed into No Vote for Krüß ; In his own words, he drew an ironic self-portrait with the figure of the mayor. Other works of fiction focused on local history topics.

His main historical work is the history of the city of Rendsburg , which was followed by further regional historical studies.

Works (selection)

• History of the city of Rendsburg (1989), ISBN 3-87550-114-4
• Markgrafs reports: "Rendsburg everyday life from 1823-1844" - a documentation (1994), ISBN 3-88242-114-2
• Abandoned Times (2002), ISBN 3-92141-676-0
• Outsiders: Stories from a Lifetime (2002), ISBN 3-93544-115-0
• Rendsburg: "When stones talk ..." (2005), ISBN 3-88242-144-4

under the pseudonym Paul Henricks

• Seven days for Schramm , Reinbek 1966, new edition 1984, ISBN 3-49942-096-1
• No vote for Krüß , Reinbek 1980, ISBN 3499425149

Web links

• Literature by and about Edward Hoop in the catalog of the German National Library
• Obituary from Kieler Nachrichten, November 5, 2008, accessed on October 20, 2013