Gerhard Raff
Gerhard Raff ( born August 13, 1946 in Stuttgart -Degerloch ) is a German historian, writer and publisher.
Life
Study
Gerhard Raff studied history and Protestant theology at the University of Tübingen and received his doctorate there in 1984 with Hans Martin Decker -Hauff with a thesis on the origins of the House of Württemberg in 1988 under the title "Hie good Wirtemberg evermore I: The house Württemberg of Count Ulrich the Donors to Duke Ludwig "was published and was continued in the following years so far with two follow-up volumes. A fourth band announced Raff at the end of 2009.
Freelance writer
Gerhard Raff is a freelance writer in Stuttgart- Degerloch. For his Swabian stories published in the Stuttgarter Zeitung and 1985 under the title "Lord, throw brain ra! " Published as a book, he was honored in the same year with the Squidward Troll price. Today, he writes for the same paper the column " Raff rarities " which is published weekly. Since 2003, he writes monthly for the Protestant community newsletter for seasoning.
Proceeds from his works and from his many lectures he donates regularly for cultural and social projects throughout the world. The Pilgrimage Gerhard Raff donated a pilgrim hostel in La Faba. With his fee for " More Brain! " And fundraisers presented Raff over 1.25 million D- Mark for the renovation of the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in Brandenburg an der Havel available. Income from his book " Iron Ration for fearless and loyal Württemberg " are intended for the restoration of Ulm Minster.
Since 2004 he is member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the journal " Suevica - Contributions to the Swabian literature and intellectual history ."
Committee of the Staufer friends
Since 2002 he is involved with the Committee of the Staufer friends to win donor for he initiated with Staufer stelae commemorating the Staufer. Meanwhile, more than twenty of these 4.5 ton created by sculptor Markus Wolf monuments in Italy, Germany, France, Austria and the Czech Republic have been set up. About twenty other stelae are already donated, waiting for their realization.
Works
- Chronicle of the City of Stuttgart 1954-1960, Stuttgart 1978
- Lord, throw brain ra! , Stuttgart / Leipzig, 1985, ISBN 3421062579
- Hie good Wirtemberg evermore I: The House of Württemberg Count Ulrich the donor to Duke Ludwig. With an introduction by Hans Martin Decker -Hauff. Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-89850-110-8
- Hie good Wirtemberg alway II: The House of Württemberg Duke Friedrich I. to Duke Eberhard III. With the lines Stuttgart, Montbéliard Weiltingen, Neuenbürg, New City on cooker and Oels in Silesia, Degerloch 1993, ISBN 3-89850-108-6
- More brain! , Stuttgart / Leipzig 1995, with illustrations by Loriot, ISBN 3421050163
- Raff's rarities, Munich 1998, ISBN 3421051623
- The Swabian History, Stuttgart / Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3898500209
- Hie good Wirtemberg alway III: The House of Württemberg Duke Wilhelm Ludwig to Duke Friedrich Karl. With the lines Stuttgart, Winnental, New City on the Kocher, Neuenbürg, Mömpelgard and oil which Bernstadt and Julius castle in Silesia and Weiltingen. Degerloch 2002, ISBN 3-89850-084-5
- Iron Ration for fearless and loyal Württemberg, Stuttgart / Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3898501027
- The third brain, Stuttgart / Leipzig 2005, ISBN 978-3943066050
- The Gschicht from Moses ond de Ten Commandments, Schwaigern 2011, ISBN 9783943066036
- Swabian jewels, Schwaigern 2012, ISBN 978-3943066050
- Gerhard Raff is also high German, Schwaigern, 2013, ISBN 978-3943066227