Dirk Sondermann (born 1960 in

Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...

) is a German theologian and specialist for

folklore Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as Narrative, tales, myths, legends, proverbs, Poetry, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. This also ...

expert. He is specialized into the regional legend world of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

. In 2003 he founded the ''Institut für Erzählforschung im Ruhrgebiet''. The institute is searching, discussing and locating the folkoristiks of the

Ruhr Region The Ruhr ( ; , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr Area, sometimes Ruhr District, Ruhr Region, or Ruhr Valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 1,160/km2 and a populatio ...

. Among Sondermann's favourite legends is the story of Goldemar on Hardenstein Castle. Sondermann cooperated with RUHR.2010 – Kulturhauptstadt Europas. He lives in

Hattingen Hattingen is a town in the northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History Hattingen is located on the south bank of the River Ruhr in the south of the Ruhr region. The town was first mentioned in 13 ...

and is also running an enterprise for horticulture.Verlag Henselowsky Boschmann: ''Interview mit Dirk Sondermann''

Opus

;Books * ''Ruhrsagen. Von Ruhrort bis Ruhrkopf''. Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag, Bottrop, 2. Auflage, September 2005, * ''Emschersagen. Von der Mündung bis zur Quelle.'' Bottrop: Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag, Bottrop, 2006. * ''Bochumer Sagenbuch''. Peter Pomp, Essen, 4. Auflage Dezember 2004, * with Bernd Schmidt: ''Bochumer Sagenbuch. Hörbuch.'' Audio-CD. Peter Pomp, Essen, 2005. * ''Wattenscheider Sagenbuch''. Peter Pomp, Essen, 2004, * ''Hattinger Sagenbuch.'' Peter Pomp, Essen, 2007, ;Articles * ''König Goldemar, Haus Hardenstein und die Hardenberger im Spiegel der Sage.'' In: Hans Dieter Radke, Heinrich Schoppmeyer (Hrsg.): ''Burg Hardenstein. Geschichte und Geschichten.'' Witten, 1999, , S. 161-199

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