Peter Fuchs (journalist)

Peter Fuchs (born April 1, 1921 in Cologne ; † March 1, 2003 ibid) was a German journalist and author who devoted himself exclusively to the topics of his hometown Cologne. His literary work includes over 30 books. He wrote the two-volume “Chronicle of the History of the City of Cologne”.

After military service and imprisonment, Fuchs joined the editorial team of the Rheinische Zeitung in 1946 , which was taken over by the NRZ (Neue Rhein Zeitung) in 1951 . From 1957 to 1966 he headed the Cologne editorial office of the NRZ, in order to then take over the news office of the city of Cologne as press chief, which he headed until his retirement in 1981.

During this time and afterwards numerous other Cologne books were created, including a. the illustrated book "Cologne - then, yesterday, today" and "The City Hall of Cologne".

For the 125th anniversary of the Cologne Carnival Festival Committee in 1997, the anniversary volume “Kölner Karneval”, written by Peter Fuchs, Max-Leo Schwering and Klaus Zöller, was published. The mayors of Cologne after the war, Theo Burauen and John van Nes Ziegler , paid tribute to Fuchs in biographies.

For his cultural merits, Fuchs was awarded the Rheinlandtaler by the Rhineland Regional Council. He was a holder of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon and received a so-called "honorary entry" in the Golden Book of the city of Cologne. In 1992 he received the Cologne Literature Prize . Due to the collapse of the Cologne city archive during the construction of the subway in 2008, the extensive private collection of Cologne documents that Fuchs had given the city after his death was partially lost.

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Fuchs in the catalog of the German National Library