Richard Althaus (writer)

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Richard Althaus (born August 23, 1905 in Iserlohn - Obergrüne , † April 19, 1995 in Hagen ) was a German writer and local historian.

Life

Althaus was the son of a forest worker. After attending elementary school, he initially worked as an industrial worker and later as an administrative clerk. From 1920 to 1933 it was also shaped by the Wandervogel movement of the post-war period . In evening classes he dealt with studies in botany, geology and literary history. He worked actively in homeland and nature conservation. In 1954 Althaus moved to Hagen , where he worked in the city's Karl-Osthaus-Museum .

His writing was influenced by the Westphalian writer Maria Kahle and his elementary school teacher Heinrich Kleibauer .

Althaus was a member of the literature and journalism department of the Westphalian Heimatbund , the folklore commission for Westphalia and the West German authors' association. Since the founding of the Authors' Circle Ruhr-Mark in 1961, Althaus was chairman of the association for many years, and later honorary chairman. He was initially managing director and later an honorary member of the Hagener Heimatbund eV and director, later then honorary chairman, of the Low German working group in Hagen. He also appeared as a guest speaker at the Hagen nursing home of the Deutsche Kulturwerk Europäische Geist eV.

Awards

  • 1975: Honorary membership in the Hagener Heimatbund
  • 1980: Certificate of recognition for the literary competition at the Volkshochschule Lemgo
  • 1981: 3rd prize in the competition for Low German stories in the Märkischer Kreis
  • 1981: Certificate of recognition from the Lemgo Adult Education Center
  • 1982: Badge "But the rose is more"
  • 1983: 3rd Prize Low German Competition

Works

  • How Malepartus went under (= Westphalian series ). Aschendorff, Münster 1956.
  • with F. Kühn, U. Fust: Old streets and angles in Iserlohn. Narratives . 1956.
  • Adventure in the gorge forest (= Westphalian series ). Aschendorff, Münster 1957.
  • with F. Kühn, H. Buse: Heiteres Iserlohn. Poems and stories . 1959.
  • Eternal hike. Poems and stories . Baltin, Gevelsberg 1966, DNB 730249131 .
  • 50 years of Edeka Göttingen. A commemorative publication . Wurm, Göttingen 1964.
  • with H. Kersberg: Eppenhausen, Ernt, Bissingheim, Hassley. Landscape, history, people . Published by the Hagener Heimatbund eV in connection with the cultural community of the Eppenhauser clubs and the club community Ernt-Bissingheim. Hagener Heimatbund, Hagen 1977, DNB 800772407 .
  • Eppenhausen. Landscape, history, people . Thiebes, Hagen 1977.
  • Ludenscheid. Stories, anecdotes, old pictures . Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1977.
  • Hagen in old pictures . 2 volumes. Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1977f., DNB 550390677 ; 2. edit Edition, vd Linnepe, Hagen 1988, ISBN 3-921297-93-1 .
  • Stories, anecdotes, old pictures from the town and country of Lüdenscheid . Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1977, ISBN 3-88265-010-9 .
  • 100 years of the German Red Cross in Hagen. A historical review . German Red Cross, Hagen 1979, DNB 800894146 .
  • Iserlohn in old pictures . Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1979, ISBN 3-88265-037-0 .
  • To home. Poems and stories . Gey, Hagen 1980.
  • Altena. A home book . Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1980.
  • Lüdenscheid in the old days. History, pictures, stories . Lüdenscheider Verlagsgesellsch. Berg, Lüdenscheid 1981, DNB 810665824 .
  • EH Ullenboom (Ed.): That's how we are Sauerlanders. Anecdotes, poems and legends from the Sauerland in High and Low German . Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1981, ISBN 3-88265-066-4 .
  • Crosses, saints, wayside shrines and chapels. In pictures and texts from 600 years . Berger, Buxheim / Allgäu [1983], ISBN 3-7865-0103-3 .
  • Twiäss düör dat Joahr. Poems and stories ut oaller un nigger Tid . from D. Linnepe, Hagen 1987, ISBN 3-921297-73-7 (Low German).
  • Hagen in old pictures . Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1988.
  • Overgreen. A valley in the Sauerland . Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1989, ISBN 3-921297-90-7 .
  • Hikes in the Brandenburg Sauerland. Hiking guide . Text contribution and red. Mitarb., N.d.
  • with W. Kramp, W. Lürmann: There is my home. Poems and stories . no year
as editor
  • Boa Isen liett un Eiken wasset. Rhyming and inconsistent in Brandenburg-Sauerland Platt. Father, Lüdenscheid 1970, DNB 730223787
  • with Otto vom Orde: Plattdütsch in Westphalia. A collection of Liäwende Plattdütsche poets. Regensberg, Münster 1985, ISBN 3-7923-0523-2 (Low German).
  • Märkische sagas of Ruhr and Lenne, Volme and Ennepe . Gronenberg, Gummersbach approx. 1986, ISBN 3-88265-126-1 .
texts set to music
  • Lao've sing . 2009.
broadcast
  • Wire drawing, old business . WDR .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard Althaus in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
  2. ↑ invitation DKEG eV Pflegstätte Hagen to the event on 25 February 1972 on "Schleswig-Holstein in words and pictures."
personal data
SURNAME Althaus, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and local historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Iserlohn - Obergrüne
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1995
Place of death Hagen