Reimer Kay Holander

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Reimer Kay Holander (born July 12, 1925 in Berlin ; † September 24, 2013 in Bredstedt ) was a German homeland researcher and publicist.

Life

Holander was born as Hans Reimer Hentschel in Berlin in 1925. He studied geography, architecture, art and cultural history and regional planning and was a. a. Editor of the magazine The month before he moved to North Friesland , the home of his ancestors. In 1964 Holander co-initiated the founding of the Nordfriisk Instituut there , for which he worked as a lecturer and managing director until 1986. In 1965 he founded the quarterly journal Nordfriesland, which he edited together with Thomas Steensen from 1977 until 1986. He wrote several publications. His book on Theodor Storm's novella Der Schimmelreiter received particular attention .

Holander is considered to be “a central figure in the struggles that the young institute had to fight for its existence again and again against some resistance.” In 2005 he received the Hans Momsen Prize from the North Friesland district for his services .

Publications (selection)

  • Theodor Storm. The Pale Rider. Commentary and documentation. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1976 ( Poetry and Reality , Volume 34), ISBN 3-548-03934-0 .
  • as editor with Thomas Steensen : Friesians and Sorbs. Contribution to a conference on two minorities in Germany in Sankelmark 1991. Nordfriisk Institut, Bredstedt 1991, ISBN 3-88007-186-1 .
  • Kurt Hamer and his “Model North Friesland.” To two documentaries. With an introduction by Manfred Jessen-Klingenberg . In: Democratic History Volume 18, 2007, pp. 267–268 ( PDF ; 764 KB).
  • as editor: Hans Momsen - The source writings. Life and work of the farmer, mechanic and mathematician from Fahretoft. Nordfriisk Instituut, Bredstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88007-347-0 .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Nissen, Fiete Pingel, Thomas Steensen: Reimer Kay Holander (1925–2013) , in: Nordfriesland , No. 184, December 2013, p. 5, ISSN  0029-1196 .
  2. ↑ Momsen Prize for RK Holander , in: Nordfriesland , No. 152, December 2005, p. 3, ISSN  0029-1196 .
personal data
SURNAME Holander, Reimer Kay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hentschel-Holander, Reimer Kay; Hentschel, Hans Reimer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local researcher and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 2013
Place of death Bredstedt