Thoralf Plath

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Thoralf Plath (born October 26, 1962 in Garz / Rügen ; † March 31, 2017 in Zelenogradsk ) was a German journalist and non-fiction author .

Life

Thoralf Plath grew up on the island of Rügen . He has been sailing since 1973 and took part in youth regattas in the Optimist class . After a traineeship at Nordkurier in Neubrandenburg , he got a permanent position at the daily newspaper and became an editor . Initially, he worked in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state policy department , later he became deputy editor-in-chief of the Western Pomerania regional editorial office in Demmin .

In 1995 he accompanied an aid transport to the Kalingrad region , where he met his future wife. In 1999 the two married and together bought a house in Zelenogradsk (Cranz).

Since 1997 he had reduced his work for the Nordkurier to a part-time position , lived alternately in Zelenogradsk and Loitz and reported from Kaliningrad and Riga as a freelance correspondent for the German Press Agency (dpa) and German-language print and online media. Among other things, he worked for Russia News from 2006 .

As an author and co-author, Thoralf Plath wrote several travel guides on cities and regions in the Baltic States and the former East Prussia .

Fonts (selection)

  • Marco Polo travel guide Kaliningrad region. Königsberg, Curonian Spit. Mairdumont, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-89525-929-2 .
  • Marco Polo travel guide to Lithuania. Curonian Spit. Mairdumont, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-8297-0336-8 .
  • Marco Polo travel guide Latvia. Riga. Mairdumont, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-8297-0342-2 .
  • Marco Polo travel guide Polish Baltic coast. Danzig. Mairdumont, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 978-3-8297-0344-4 .
  • Marco Polo travel guide to Estonia. Tallinn. Mairdumont, Ostfildern 2008 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-3-8297-0408-3 .
  • Marco Polo travel guide Masurian Lakes. Mairdumont, Ostfildern 2014, ISBN 978-3-8297-2542-2 .
  • Marco Polo travel guide Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Mairdumont, Ostfildern 2014, ISBN 978-3-8297-2412-8 .

literature

  • Death of a reporter. In: Nordkurier . April 1, 2017, p. 4.
  • His last story is also the saddest. In: Nordkurier . April 1, 2017, p. 17.

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personal data
SURNAME Plath, Thoralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Garz / Rügen
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 2017
Place of death Zelenogradsk