Peter Leuschner
Peter Leuschner (born July 1947 in Ingolstadt ) is a German journalist, writer and monument protector . He became known through his two books about one of the most puzzling criminal cases, the still unsolved sixfold murder in 1922 on the Upper Bavarian wasteland of Hinterkaifeck , and through the founding of the Jurahaus Association , which he formed into a monument protection organization that is respected beyond Bavaria.
Life
- 1968 traineeship and then editor at the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung
- 1974 move to the Munich tabloid tz
- 1974 Purchase of the desolate Hofstetten hunting lodge by the former Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt Johann Euchar Schenk von Castell (1625–1697) in Hofstetten in the Altmühltal together with his wife Helga
- 1978 Beginning of a thorough renovation
- From 1979 part-time activity for Bavarian television with a focus on monument preservation and nature conservation.
- 1984 Founding of the "Association for the Promotion and Maintenance of Altmühl Jurassic Buildings", which was later renamed the Jurahaus Association.
- From 1988 to his resignation in November 2005, Motor and 1st chairman of this association and from 1995 to 2005 honorary publication of the magazine “Das Jurahaus” designed by him.
- In 2009, his plagiarism allegation about the bestseller Tannöd against its author Andrea Maria Schenkel was rejected in the last instance by the Munich Higher Regional Court.
Awards
- 1986 Bavarian Monument Protection Medal
- 1992 Monument Prize of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung together with his wife Helga
- 1994 Golden Anvil at the German Handwerksfilmtage in Ulm for a TV report
- 1997 German Prize for Monument Protection
- 2013 Renewed Bavarian Monument Protection Medal (for the renovation of the Hofstetten hunting lodge to the Leuschner family)
Publications (selection)
- A shadow of it lyric poetry, Relief-Verlag Munich 1965
- In view of the threat of poetry and prose, Relief-Verlag Munich 1972
- Anno Domini - Lives and Deeds of Forgotten Bavaria Pinsker Verlag Mainburg, 1976
- Hinterkaifeck - Germany's most mysterious murder case W. Ludwig Verlag Pfaffenhofen / Ilm, 1978, ISBN 3-7787-2028-7
- Only a few came back - 30,000 Bavarians with Napoleon in Russia W. Ludwig Verlag Pfaffenhofen / Ilm, 1980, ISBN 3-7787-3143-2
- Romanesque churches in Bavaria W. Ludwig Verlag Pfaffenhofen / Ilm, 1981, ISBN 3-8112-0559-5
- Schalk in the judge's robe, the bizarre judgments of the chief magistrate Johann Baptist Cantler. (Bavarica 11). Ludwig, Pfaffenhofen 1983, ISBN 3-7787-3229-3 .
- Beer and Baroque. Delicacy tours in Bavaria . W. Ludwig Verlag Pfaffenhofen / Ilm, 1988, ISBN 3-7787-3311-7 .
- The Hinterkaifeck murder case - traces of a mysterious crime , 3rd revised edition 2007, apus Verlag Hofstetten, 1997, ISBN 978-3-9805591-0-2
- Passion Jurahaus - Heinrich Ullmann on the 50th anniversary of the death of the Jurahaus-Verein Eichstätt, 2003
- My castle, my family and I Verlag LangenMüller Munich, 2006, ISBN 3-7844-3055-4
- Hinterkaifeck: Germany's most mysterious murder case (paperback) apus Verlag Hofstetten, 2009, ISBN 3-9805-5911-4
Individual evidence
- ^ Donaukurier on his 70th birthday , accessed on March 2, 2018
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Leuschner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Schloss Hofstetten - website of the author including his Apus publishing house
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leuschner, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, writer and monument protector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ingolstadt , Germany |