Peter Kalchthaler
Peter Kalchthaler (born June 1, 1956 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German art historian .
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Peter Kalchthaler is the son of the Freiburg master baker and city councilor Alfred Kalchthaler (1930–2016). During his school days, Peter Kalchthaler was already working as a tour guide for the Freiburg Tourist Office. After completing his Abitur at Freiburg's Rotteck-Gymnasium and military service in Immendingen , he studied art history, English, German and folklore at the University of Freiburg and in 1984 obtained a master's degree with a thesis on Neu- Birnau am Bodensee . Since 1984 he has been a research assistant at the Augustinermuseum and since 1994 head of the Department of City History in the Wentzingerhaus on Münsterplatz. In the Augustinermuseum he is responsible for the collection areas of city history, weapons and base metals and has been the deputy of director Tilmann von Stockhausen since 2013 . Peter Kalchthaler has published books and articles on the history of architecture and art in Freiburg and writes regularly on these topics for the Badische Zeitung , REGIO Magazin and Freiburg Aktuell . From 1987 until it was hired in 2011, he was part of the permanent team of authors for the Freiburg Almanac . In 2006 he was appointed a member of the Alemannic Institute in Freiburg . With teaching assignments, he is regularly active for the language teaching institute of the University of Freiburg, for the educational institute of the Archdiocese of Freiburg and for the Freiburg Adult Education Center.
Peter Kalchthaler is married and has two grown sons. In his spare time he designs and leads scientific study trips to various European regions. He is an active member of the "Fasnetrufern", a Freiburg jester guild . From 1973 to 2004 he performed in the Freiburg Fasnet together with Jürgen Hack in the musical duo “Hackepeter”. Since 1984 he has slipped into the figure of "Magister Bertold Schwarz " as a political hand-made speaker .
Peter Kalchthaler works on a voluntary basis as a member of the presidium of the Freiburger Münsterbauverein eV, board member of the “Stiftung Freiburger Münster”, as managing director of the board of the “Kuratorium Freiburger Schloßberg eV”, as chairman of the “Förderverein Freiburger Fasnetmuseum eV” and as a vice-president of the association “On the Tracks the Habsburg ”. From 1987 to 1994 Peter Kalchthaler was chairman of the “Bürgererverein Oberwiehre-Waldsee eV” and from 1989 to 1995 chairman of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Freiburger Bürger-, Lokal- und Ortsvereine”.
Publications (selection)
- Old Freiburg before the devastating bomb attack in 1944 - 160 unique photographs document houses and streets in the late medieval and baroque township (Sutton archive images), Sutton Verlag, January 2018, ISBN 978-3954008827
- with Tilmann von Stockhausen, Freiburg in National Socialism (series of publications of the Badische Heimat), Rombach, October 2017, ISBN 978-3793051633
- Freiburg ways, street names with a history. 3 volumes, Rombach Verlag, Freiburg 1998, ISBN 3-7930-0882-7 ; Volume 2, Freiburg 1999, ISBN 3-7930-9204-6 .
- with Walter Preker (Ed.): Freiburg Biographies. Promo Verlag, Freiburg 2002, ISBN 3-923288-33-6 .
- A brief history of the city of Freiburg. An annotated chronicle. 2nd expanded edition. Rombach Verlag, Freiburg 2004, ISBN 3-7930-9395-6 .
- Freiburg and its buildings. An art-historical city tour. 4th revised edition. Promo Verlag, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 3-923288-45-X .
- Little Freiburg city history. 2nd updated edition. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7917-2009-8 .
- with Hans Sigmund: Hexen, Lalli, Flecklehäs. A guide through the Freiburg carnival. Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-23071-4 .
- with Guido Linke and Mirja Straub (eds.): Gothic building site - The Freiburg Cathedral. Book accompanying the exhibition in the Augustinermuseum Freiburg. 2nd fully worked edition. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86568-880-4 .
- with Hans W. Hubert (Hrsg.): Freiburg Minster - work of art and construction site . (= Münsterbauverein 5 series of publications ). Rombach Verlag, Freiburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7930-5115-2 .
- with Claudia Füßler: The crematorium at the Freiburg main cemetery 100 years 1914–2014 . Freiburg 2014.
- with Tilmann von Stockhausen (ed.): Freiburg in National Socialism . (= Series of publications of the Badische Heimat 12). Rombach Verlag, Freiburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7930-5163-3 .
Publications in the Badische Zeitung
Peter Kalchthaler regularly publishes articles on Freiburg history in the Badische Zeitung
- Who called the Reichstag in Breisgau, January 11, 2019
- When the city of Freiburg printed its own money, January 4th, 2019
- The St. Ottilien Chapel commemorates the miraculous healing of a blind person , December 10, 2018
- This is how St. Martin in Freiburg went from monastery to parish church , November 13, 2018
- How the Heiliggeistspital became a Breuninger department store, October 30, 2018
- The tower of the Freiburg Minster had numerous fans from the start , October 12, 2018
- Tower keepers watched over the city and rang the bells , October 11, 2018
- "Independent, peculiar creation" , September 17, 2018
- Winnetou in Unterlinden , August 6, 2018
- A sculpture on the new Officialat commemorates the legendary sailing tour of St. Raimund , June 5, 2018
- Most recent creation , May 28, 2018
- Once a quiet and narrow street , April 3, 2018
- Romantic corner on Münsterplatz , January 8, 2018
- How "Auf der Zinnen" became Kasernenstrasse - and got its original name again , December 4th, 2017
- This is what Universitätsstrasse looked like before the bombing , November 6, 2017
- Scholarship and the Art of Brewing , October 2, 2017
- The Freiburger Eisenbahnstrasse has existed since 1861 , August 27, 2017
- The place at the Victory Monument has changed over the past 150 years , July 24, 2017
- What has changed in Oberlinden around the Augustinermuseum , July 17, 2017
- This is what the quarter in front of Martinstor 1860 looked like on May 22, 2017
- In 1938 St. Georgen was incorporated - because of the Albert-Leo-Schlageter barracks , April 24, 2017
- During the Reformation, Freiburg becomes a place of refuge for Catholics , April 3, 2017
- This is how Freiburg's Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse has changed , March 13, 2017
- The end of Franziskanerplatz , February 13, 2017
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Kalchthaler in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kalchthaler, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |