Walther Zeitler
Walther Zeitler (* 1923 in Wiesau ; † June 2006 in Regensburg ) was a German journalist , press officer and author of numerous non-fiction books.
Life
Zeitler worked for 23 years as a press spokesman for the former Federal Railway Directorate in Regensburg, Nuremberg and Munich. In 1953 he came to the Bavarian Forest for the first time . Since 1966 he has written a total of 39 books on the topics of railways and art and culture in Eastern Bavaria and the Bavarian Forest. His books reached a total circulation of around 600,000 copies. Zeitler lived in Regensburg in his last years and had a second home in Kirchberg im Wald . In reports, some of which were again summarized in books, he portrayed numerous, mostly very old, inhabitants of the Bavarian Forest, who often practiced professions that are now extinct, such as shingle maker , Sauschneider or ranger.
Prizes and awards
- 1990 Nordgaupreis of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund for poetry
- 2000 Culture Prize of the Bavarian Forest Association
Publications (selection)
- Bayerwald portraits: of singers, pig tailors, clapboard makers, snake catchers and other people , Attenkofer-Verlag, Straubing 2006, ISBN 3-936511-26-8 .
- The large Bavarian Forest Book: Land and people, nature and culture in and around the Bavarian Forest , with photos by Hans Eigner, 4th, updated edition, Waldkirchen: SüdOst-Verlag 2005, ISBN 978-3-89682-958-0 .
- I am at home from Woid: Max Binder ; a life for the Bavarian Forest , 3rd expanded edition, Attenkofer-Verlag, Straubing 2003, ISBN 3-931091-17-1 .
- Fish - ferries - ships: a life with and on the Danube (about the shipowner Erich Wurm (* 1926)), Attenkofer-Verlag, Straubing 2001, ISBN 3-931091-68-6 .
- Railways in Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate: the history of the railroad in Eastern Bavaria; Construction - Technology - Development , 2nd expanded and revised edition, Buch- und Kunstverlag Oberpfalz, Amberg 1997
Web links
- Literature by and about Walther Zeitler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Reproduction of his death report in the Eisenbahnforum Nordostbayern
- Zeitler, Walther . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeitler, Walther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesau |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2006 |
| Place of death | regensburg |