Reinhold Lohse

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Grave site at the Gertraudenfriedhof in Halle
The Zither Reinhold Fountain in Halle, Leipziger Strasse

Zither Reinhold (born October 12, 1878 in Glaucha ; † November 16, 1964 in Halle (Saale) ; actually Reinhold Lohse ) was a street musician from Halle and city ​​original .

Life

Lohse fell ill with typhoid at the age of nine . The disease had severe effects on his brain and was responsible for keeping him at the mental development level of a child throughout his life and also only going to school until the third grade.

The adult Lohse earned his living as a street musician in Halle. For decades he roamed the streets of the city, initially with an organ grinder , later with a zither , which earned him his nickname . The retarded, but always friendly and child-loving Zither Reinhold became a well-known and popular city original.

On November 5, 1964, he was injured in a traffic accident, which he succumbed to eleven days later. Lohse was buried in the Gertraudenfriedhof in Halle / Saale.

Zither Reinhold fountain

In memory of Reinhold Lose, the city of Halle built a fountain dedicated to him on the corner of Leipziger Strasse and Große Brauhausstrasse. The fountain designed by Wolfgang Dreysse , which shows a sculpture of the zithering Lohse at the feet of a listener, was presented to the public by Mayor Ingrid Häußler on June 15, 2002 .

Zither Reinhold song

The band Bube Dame König released the zither Reinhold song “Stille Nacht im August” on the album “Winterländlein” in 2016. The title alludes to the fact that Reinhold Lohse sang one or the other Christmas carol in the summer too.

literature

  • Ernst Grüner: Memories of an original from Halle. In: plaster. 3, 1999.
  • Karola Waterstraat: Silent Night also sounded in the middle of summer - Zither-Reinhold died 35 years ago. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . 1999.
  • Erhard Wenzel: Zither Reinhold. Projekt-Verlag, Halle 2006, 149 pages, ISBN 3-86634-130-X .

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SURNAME Lohse, Reinhold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zither Reinhold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German street musician and original from the city of Halle (Saale)
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Glaucha
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1964
Place of death Halle (Saale)