Rainer A. Krewerth

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Rainer Alexander Krewerth (born September 12, 1943 in Warendorf ; † March 30, 2003 in Sweden ) was a German journalist and writer who also published under the pseudonyms Promenadus and Kornelius Koeffner .

Life

Rainer A. Krewerth grew up as the son of a civil servant in Oelde and attended the Benedictine boarding school in Meschede from 1958 to 1960 , then the Laurentianum grammar school in Warendorf. As early as the early 1960s, he published reports, comments on local politics and travel reports in regional daily newspapers. After graduating from high school, he studied German , journalism , art history and Swedish in Münster and Munich until 1968 . At times he financed his studies with part-time jobs as a student trainee, vacation replacement for daily newspapers and as a chauffeur. From 1971 he worked as a reporter, from 1976 as deputy editor-in-chief of the Christian magazine Weltbild in Augsburg . From 1978 to 1982 he worked as a freelance writer and journalist for newspapers such as Merian , Welt am Sonntag , PM , Bunte , Hörzu and Handelsblatt . After returning to Warendorf in 1982, he worked as an editor-in-chief at a daily newspaper before finally giving up his daily newspaper work in 1984. Since 1982 he has acted as editor of the "Yearbook Westphalia". He got involved in the Heimatverein Warendorf (1983 to 1995 chairman), worked on monument protection programs and was a "knowledgeable citizen" in the culture committee of the council of the city of Warendorf. From 1985 he made feuilletons, city and landscape portraits as well as biographical sketches for the WDR radio. He died on March 30, 2003 while on a trip to Sweden. A street in Warendorf is named after Rainer A. Krewereth.

Awards and honors

  • 1977 honorary lecturer at the Bavarian School of Journalism
  • 2002 Augustin Wibbelt badge

Works (selection)

  • 1970 Guest in Münsterland. Small paradises on quiet side roads
  • 1971 Where Lukullus speaks flatly. New forays through the Münsterland
  • 1976 Türmer Tons and the ghosts of Lamberti. A picture book for Ilka, Moritz and all the children from Münster and the Münsterland
  • 1977 Castles that dream in the water. The castles and palaces in the Münsterland. Their history and their present, their builders and their owners, their location and their legends
  • 1979 John Paul II. The Pope who wins all hearts
  • 1979 How Berntzen Bernd conquered the Emsland in a balloon. A children's book for Kai-Hinrich and all children in the Emsland
  • 1979 Where the wild horses live. About summer and winter, birth and death in the wilderness of Dülmen
  • 1980 Emsland paths. How heather and moor, meadows and avenues, towns and villages have come under my wheels
  • 1980 John Paul II in Germany. His life, his travels, his work, his church
  • 1980 nostalgia plate. A guest in the Emsland. Travel sketches from museums, heather and moor, from cities and old villages between Emsbüren and Papenburg
  • 1981 Longing for Münster (with J. Hawle)
  • 1981 Where the Münsterland is most beautiful in Münster and seven times around Münster. Eight discovery tours for locals, travelers and newcomers. A travel guide, illustrated book and reading book
  • 1982 emigrate?
  • 1982 This is what the Münsterland looks like from above. Cities and villages, castles, palaces, churches and monasteries, meadows, forests, fields and rivers. Described from a bird's eye view
  • 1983 "I wonder if you want to be so good and haven't seen our little black dog." In good Westphalian
  • 1982 Our beautiful Bavaria. Colorful land under a white-blue sky
  • 1984 To be honest
  • 1985 North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 1986 Warendorf trifles
  • 1986 Jovel, schofel, Apenküster! Etc. Münsterland swear dictionary. Standard German, Low German, Masematte
  • 1988 Münster. Beautiful capital in Westphalia
  • 1988 Our country East Munsterland
  • 1989 Sport, recreation, leisure time in Emsland
  • 1990 Westphalia, land of moated castles
  • 1994 In good Westphalian style. Stories from a quarter of a century
  • 1994 The old Ems. Picture postcards show how it used to be
  • 1994 Meppen. Old city on the water
  • 1995 John Paul II. Wanderer between the worlds
  • 1995 Have a good trip to Hasetal
  • 1996 John Paul II
  • 1996 How Berntzen Bernd conquered the Emsland in a balloon
  • 1996 Adam & Eve. So weirds moved across the country or two poor devils in Westphalia
  • 1998 Through the quiet season. Advent to Epiphany in Westphalia

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personal data
SURNAME Krewerth, Rainer A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krewerth, Rainer Alexander (full name); Promenadus; Koeffner, Kornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Warendorf
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 2003
Place of death Sweden