Rolf Umbach
Rolf Umbach (born August 19, 1926 in Leverkusen ; † February 12, 2018 in Altweilnau ) was a German psychologist , theologian and writer .
Life
Rolf Umbach completed a degree in theology , psychology and philosophy . In 1952 he received his doctorate from the University of Munich with a thesis on the Russian philosopher Lev Isaakovič Šestov for a doctorate in philosophy. Umbach ran a home for difficult youths. At the beginning of 1964 he was hired as the first police psychologist in Germany by the then Munich Police President Manfred Schreiber , "to improve the relationship between the public and the police (which was disturbed after the Schwabing riots )." Umbach was given an advisory role in management and operational issues of the Munich police . He shaped the beginnings of police psychology in Germany. In 1968 he switched to the German Development Service . From 1976 he worked as a development worker in Ethiopia and as a pastor and lecturer in Namibia . He then worked as parish priest in Wiesbaden until 1995 . Umbach lived with his wife, the Chinese painter Yu Mo Hung Umbach (* 1947), whom he married in 1976, in Weilrod-Altweilnau ( Taunus ). Rolf Umbach was the author of theological treatises as well as books for young people , travelogues and plays .
He died in February 2018 at the age of 91.
Works
- The basic problems of Leo Schestov , Munich 1952
- The brothers and the little horses , Reutlingen 1957
- In the rhythm of the hooves , Braunschweig 1962
- Beyond the racial barrier , Schwäbisch Hall 1973
- Under grass roofs , Frankfurt (Main) 1988
- From the flight of the fish , Neukirchen-Vluyn 1995
- Your love is sweeter than wine , Stuttgart 2005
Web links
- Brief résumé at Urachhaus Publishing , accessed on March 31, 2016.
- Police: sack and ashes . In: Der Spiegel . No. 40 , 1965 ( online - 29 September 1965 ).
- Caresses police officers: Rolf Limbach resigned - refuge with the development service. In: Die Zeit vom September 15, 1967 ( online ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice for Rolf Umbach. Retrieved June 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Yu Mo Hung Urbach exhibits in Wetzlar (misspelling), report in the Giessener Allgemeine, February 2010, accessed August 31, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Umbach, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychologist, theologian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leverkusen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 2018 |
| Place of death | Altweilnau |