Ulrich Manz

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Ulrich L. Manz (born October 23, 1943 in Lauenburg in Pomerania ; † January 7, 2019 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German journalist .

biography

Manz grew up in Delmenhorst from 1945 after fleeing Pomerania with his mother and two older siblings . He trained as a journalist. From 1967 to 1970 he worked as a volunteer and editor at Weser-Kurier in Bremen.

In 1969 Manz researched the so-called building land affair. On June 24, 1969, he published an article in the Weser-Kurier on the widening of the Federal Highway 27 . He mentioned dubious commission payments to the real estate agent Wilhelm Lohmann when buying land. That triggered the building land scandal.
Lohmann was friends with the SPD parliamentary group chairman, who was also chairman of the DGB in Bremen and chairman of the supervisory board of the Gewoba housing company, Richard Boljahn . In 1964 Lohmann had bought large areas in the blockland, partly on behalf of the Weser municipal real estate company . In 1966, Boljahn presented the first plans for a large housing estate in Hollerstadt to the board of the Gewoba housing association , which has been a subsidiary of the DGB company Neue Heimat since 1956 . The land was taken over by Neue Heimat in 1967. The SPD did not support the plans in 1969. Boljahn defended himself against the allegations, but had to resign on July 7th, after a request by the SPD. For this reason, Building Senator Wilhelm Blase (SPD) resigned in July 1969. On July 9th, the Bremen citizenship set up a committee of inquiry. Manz was an important witness.

From 1970 Manz wrote for the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . From 1972 to 1983 he was a reporter and presenter at the Hessischer Rundfunk . From 1983 to 1996 he worked for the news magazine Der Spiegel and in 1985 he was on the jury for the Bremen TV Prize . From 1996 to 2001 he lived with his second wife Delia Dornier-Schlörb in Israel and he reported on this time. By 2003 he built the radio program Der Tag for Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt . From 2003 to 2008 he was head of communications at German air traffic control in Langen (Hesse) . He last lived in Starnberg .

Works

  • The Jerusalem virus. Reports from a city that is changing thinking , Philo-Verlag, Berlin / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-86572-504-X .

Honors, awards

literature

  • Frank Hethey: A case for Ulrich Manz . In: Weser-Kurier of July 12, 2019, p. 10, Bremen.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ulrich Manz obituary notice
  2. ↑ Der Spiegel : HONOR ULRICH MANZ . January 12, 1970. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Manz, Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manz, Ulrich L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauenburg in Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2019
Place of death Frankfurt am Main