Walter Gattow

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Walter Gattow (born February 11, 1917 in Betzdorf ; † December 21, 1995 in Cochem ) was a German native writer and editor-in-chief .

life and career

Grave of Walter Gattow in Cochem

Walter Gattow was editor-in-chief of the Rhein-Zeitung RZ local editorial office in Cochem from 1952 until his retirement in 1982 . With his numerous comments and statements on communal, sociopolitical and cultural events, he contributed as a kind of cornerstone to the formation of democratic opinion. He was particularly fond of the RZ supplement Heimat between Hunsrück and Eifel , which he was the sole editor responsible for from 1953 until his death and which is considered to be the oldest regular publication of its kind in the German press.

In memoriam Walter Gattow: In his obituary in the 1997 edition of the yearbook of the district of Cochem-Zell, the responsible editor-in-chief Alfons Friderichs wrote: "The home world of the district of Cochem-Zell has become poorer! Walter Gattow died on December 20th, 1995 died in Marienkrankenhaus in Cochem, the Moselle region has lost one of its most loyal sons " .

further activities

  • since 1957 chronicler of the city of Cochem
  • from 1953 to 1979 member of the cultural advisory board (later culture committee) of the city of Cochem, from 1957 also vice chairman
  • from 1962 to 1979 chairman of the district education organization and district adult education center
  • from 1964 to 1979 head of the public education center of the city of Cochem
  • from 1972 to 1980 member of the partnership committee of the city of Cochem
  • from 1974 to 1979 member of the school committee
  • 1960, Board of Trustees Mosel Summer Academy of the district
  • since 1985 member of the editorial committee for the district yearbook Cochem-Zell

Awards

Walter Gattow received further awards from clubs and associations, including a. from the Landesverkehrswacht Rheinland-Pfalz, the German Laienspielverband and the hunters.

Honorary memberships

  • 1979 Cochem vigilante (founding member)
  • 1982 Cochem Carnival Society
  • 1987 Theater and Heimatverein Pomerania (Mosel)
  • 1988 Cochemer Schützengesellschaft
  • 1989 Honorary Chairman of the DRK - Cochem City Association
  • 1991 Roundabout Watch Cochem-Zell (founding member)
  • 1992 German amateur theater association

literature

  • Walter Gattow: The colorful birds and other stories , Houben, Rhein-Mosel-Verlag 1996, 88 pages, ISBN 3929745399
  • Walter Gattow: Past and present of an old and historic wine town , Roland-Druckerei Cochem 1982, 174 pages.
  • Walter Gattow: Josef Steib, painter of the Eifel and Moselle . In: Eifel-Jahrbuch 1961, pages 141-143.
  • Walter Gattow: Dr. Heinrich Schunck from Moselkern died . In: Rhein-Zeitung, supplement Heimat between Hunsrück and Eifel. Born 10. - 1962/63 No. 5.
  • Walter Gattow: From Ofenley to Backes. Bell in the Eifel was the center of baking ovens . In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Born 24. - 1976 No. 8 (3 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: For Lothar Wegner's 70th birthday . The poet, composer and writer lives in Koblenz. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Born 25th - 1977 No. 3 (1 fig.).
  • Walter Gattow: founded in 1749 as a pub . Cochemer Hotel embodies a piece of family and city history. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 36 - 1988 No. 12 (2 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: 750 years of Klostergut Machern . Today a foster home for Moselle viticulture and culture. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 36 - 1988 No. 10. (3 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: The ancestors were Moselfranken . Banat Swabians from Romania return to their original home. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 37 - 1989 No. 2.
  • Walter Gattow: 100 years of electrical energy . The first electricity was generated in Molitor's mill as early as 1889. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 37 - 1989 No. 6 (5 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: Metternich Castle in Beilstein , short history. Rolf Herzer has now received copies of the archive. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 38 - 1990 No. 3, pages 1-2.
  • Walter Gattow: First prayer house in Bad Bertrich, Protestant parish Zell-Alf-Bad Bertrich 100 years old . In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 39-1991 No. 9, pages 1-3.
  • Walter Gattow: A wine culture center, the Moselle Wine Museum in Bernkastel-Kues holds many treasures . In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 39-1991 No. 12, pages 1-2.
  • Walter Gattow: Railways in the Moselle Valley . Two special editions of the "Eisenbahn-Journal" by Udo Kandler. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 40-1992 No. 2, pages 2-3. (see Rhineland-Palatinate Bibliography 1 - 1991, No. 1585)
  • Walter Gattow: Half-timbered structures are being exposed again, restoration of old structures - a winegrower's house in Pomerania as an example . In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 40-1992 No. 5, pages 1-2.
  • Walter Gattow: In memory of Joseph von Lauff, the poet died 60 years ago in his adopted home of Cochem . In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 41-1993, No. 8, pages 1-2.
  • Walter Gattow: Villages without a future ? Problems of small communities in Rhineland-Palatinate. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 42-1994, No. 3, pages 1-2.
  • Walter Gattow: Karden set a monument , 120 years of history put together in pictures by Gustav Klering. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 42-1994, No. 4, pages 3-4.
  • Walter Gattow: Completely destroyed 50 years ago . The air mine hit the Swan Church on September 25th, new building in 1950/52. In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 42-1994, No. 9, pages 1-2.
  • Walter Gattow: A village in transition, Faid in the Cochem-Zell district stands for many examples . In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 42-1994, No. 11, pages 1-2.
  • Walter Gattow: A "cleric Schinderhannes", chaplain Franz Schneider from Fankel and the Kulturkampf . In: Home between the Hunsrück and Eifel. Vol. 43-1995, No. 11, pages 1-2.
  • Walter Gattow: Josef Steib, the painter of the Moselle and Eifel . In: Yearbook for the district of Cochem-Zell 1986, pages 71-73 (2 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: 30 years of the 33rd Fighter Bomber Squadron . In: Yearbook for the district of Cochem-Zell 1987. Pages 51-57 (10 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: Die "Schwurhand" von Cochem In: Yearbook for the district of Cochem-Zell 1987. Pages 104-106 (1 fig.).
  • Walter Gattow: A painter's refuge in Gamlen, Gerd Zender (painter) born in Koblenz in 1927 . In: Yearbook for the district of Cochem-Zell 1987. Pages 159-160 (2 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: The Moselle humanist Petrus Mosellanus from Bruttig (Peter Schade, called Petrus Mosellanus). In: Yearbook for the district of Cochem-Zell 1988. Pages 102-106 (3 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: Ebernach Monastery, 100 years in the service of the disabled . Addendum by Reinhold Schommers . In: Yearbook for the district of Cochem-Zell 1988, pages 109-112, 5 (fig.).
  • Walter Gattow: Cochem's billy goat fountain 50 years old . In: Yearbook for the district of Cochem-Zell 1988, pages 115-116 (1 fig.).
  • Walter Gattow: "Two high traitors shot in Cochem" . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell District 1989, pages 156–157 (1 fig.). Paul Nicolay and Nikolaus Nicolay. Wrong newspaper report from August 4, 1914.
  • Walter Gattow: In memoriam Peter Kremer . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell District 1990, page 33.
  • Walter Gattow: Nehren - a historical gem . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell district 1990, pages 122-125.
  • Walter Gattow: Bremm, the Calmont and Stuben . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell District 1991, pages 83-87.
  • Walter Gattow: 50 years of priests . Professor Dr. Dr. Ferdinand Pauly. In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell District 1992, page 8.
  • Walter Gattow: The Lehmener Tower at Ediger . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell District 1992 pages 97-98.
  • Walter Gattow: The [Pyrmont Castle above the Elztal . In: Year book for the Cochem-Zell district 1992, pages 148-151.
  • Walter Gattow: Joseph von Lauff from Cochem-Sehl in memory . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell district 1993, pages 127-129.
  • Walter Gattow: The last vineyard railway was shut down . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell district 1993, pages 132-134.
  • Walter Gattow: The world is in order in Faid . In: Yearbook for the district of Cochem-Zell 1994, pages 170-172.
  • Walter Gattow; Franz Piacenza; Ernst Schmitz: The flood of the century in 1993 . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell District 1995, pages 31-33.
  • Walter Gattow: The wine-growing village of Valwig . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell district 1995, pages 135-138.
  • Walter Gattow: Zettingen - a village with quality of life . In: Yearbook for the district of Cochem-Zell 1996, pages 172-175.
  • Walter Gattow: Gevenich between yesterday and tomorrow . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell district 1996, pages 195-197.
  • Walter Gattow: The "Moselweinstrasse" in a circle . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell district 2000, pages 25-27.
  • Walter Gattow: The Americans are coming to Cochem . In: Yearbook for the Cochem-Zell district 2005, pages 46–47.
  • Walter Gattow: The Moselle Summer Academy . A successful experiment without a role model. In: Cochem / Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, 1975. Lively Rhineland-Palatinate (12.6). - page 154.
  • Walter Gattow: A night in Germany's longest tunnel . In: Zeitfenster / Mittelrhein-Verlag. Editor: Frank Girmann. Koblenz, 2013 pages 39-44.
  • Walter Gattow: On the large construction sites Fankel and Müden In: Zeitfenster / Mittelrhein-Verlag. Editor: Frank Girmann. Koblenz 2013 pages 69–73.
  • Walter Gattow: Moselle Summer Academy 76 . In: Rhein-Zeitung of April 9, 1976 (1 fig.).
  • Walter Gattow: Hans Koch looks for the motifs for his pictures in himself . A conversation with the Zell artist in his studio. In: Rhein-Zeitung of June 29, 1976 (2 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: Viticulture on slopes of the Moselle and agriculture on the heights . Tourism is gaining in importance. The wine-growing village of Briedel. In: Rhein-Zeitung, edition Mittelmosel No. 255 of November 3, 1977 (3 illustrations).
  • Walter Gattow: The first train ran 100 years ago. The Koblenz-Trier railway was opened in 1879 . In: Rhein-Zeitung, Issue H. 34 of April 2, 1979 (1 fig.).
  • Walter Gattow: The painter Hermann Haesser goes public . In: Rhein-Zeitung, edition D. October 29, 1979 (3 figs.).
  • Walter Gattow: Beilstein's church urgently needs renovation . The last interior painting was 55 years ago. In: Rhein-Zeitung, edition D. 35 of May 12, 1980.
  • Walter Gattow: Walter Henkels is now an honorary citizen of Beilstein . The well-known journalist from Bonn received the letter on September 4th. In: Rhein-Zeitung, edition D. 36 from 22./23. August 1981.
  • Walter Gattow: Josef Steib and his graphic work . In: Rhein-Zeitung, edition D. 37 of April 13, 1982.
  • Walter Gattow: Cochem's city rights have remained untouched for 650 years . The memorable 23 August 1332 and its significance. In: Rhein-Zeitung, Ed. D. 37 of April 29, 1982.
  • Walter Gattow: The construction of the longest railway tunnel between Cochem and Eller . The Moselle route was converted to electricity nine years ago. In: Rhein-Zeitung, Ed. D. 37 of April 29, 1982.
  • Walter Gattow: An ambassador for wine and his home community, "Federal Cellar Master" Willi Heß will be 75 years old tomorrow . In: Rhein-Zeitung, edition D. 40 of January 23, 1985.
  • Walter Gattow: Senheim was in ruins. The great fire destroyed 128 buildings. 2 men lost their lives. On August 13, 1939, the inferno struck the town . In: Rhein-Zeitung, edition D. 44 of August 11, 1989.
  • Walter Gattow: It only seems to be quiet, in the Reichsburg] people are working hard . In: Rhein-Zeitung, edition D. 45 from 10./11. February 1990.
  • Walter Gattow: Connected to home and open to the world, a universal spirit, a European by conviction . The painter and graphic artist Carlfritz Nicolay is now 70 years old, an internationally renowned artist and citizen of Cochem. Text and photos by Walter Gattow. In: Rhein-Zeitung, edition D. 47 of 4./5. April 1992 (81), page 15.
  • Walter Gattow: The tower survived a sea of ​​flames, the old Senheimer Vogtei is considered an outstanding cultural monument of the Moselle . In: Rhein-Zeitung, Ed. D. 48 of September 10, 1993 (210), page 19.
  • Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Gattow, Walter . In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell district, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , pp. 119–120.
  • Alfons Friderichs : In Memoriam Walter Gattow , In: Heimatjahrbuch Cochem-Zell 1997 pp. 8–9.

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personal data
SURNAME Gattow, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German native writer and editor-in-chief
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Betzdorf
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1995
Place of death Cochem