Peter Vienna
Peter Wiens (* 1967 in Bojewoi near Omsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a Russian-German integration activist and known for his international commitment to the Plautdietsch minority language .
Life
Wiens studied German as a foreign language , pedagogy and English at Bielefeld University and has since led numerous integration courses and projects. In 1999 he founded the non-profit association Plautdietsch-Freunde eV The organization, of which Vienna was chairman until 2007, advocates the documentation and maintenance of the language of the Russian Mennonites (Plautdietsch) on a national and international level and represents the Plautdietsch speakers in Germany in the Federal Council for Low German .
Until 2007, Peter Wiens was editor-in-chief of the magazine Plautdietsch FRIND . Through his commitment to the preservation and further development of the Plautdietsch language, not least because of his participation in the Plautdietsch-Mexican film Stellet Licht or the start of a Plautdietsch version of Wikipedia , Vienna has a new and growing interest in language and language skills in Germany and around the world cultural heritage of the Russian Mennonites.
Web links
- Plautdietsche Geschichte (n) Interview with Peter Wiens (Berlin project "Aroused History", 2009)
- интересен тем, что особенный ( Semljaki , February 2000)
- Old German language re-emerging as some Mennonites forced to take part in modern world (International Herald Tribune, November 25, 2006)
- Website by Peter Wiens
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinrich Siemens: Article Plauttdietsch-eV (Mennonite Encyclopedia V) ; accessed on May 4, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vienna, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-German integration activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boyevoi near Omsk , Siberia |