Hagen von Ortloff (born May 1949, in

Zwickau Zwickau (; ) is the fourth-largest city of Saxony, Germany, after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, with around 88,000 inhabitants,. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ''Zwickauer Mulde''; progression: ), ...

) is a German

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. He is most famous for ''

Eisenbahn-Romantik Eisenbahn-Romantik () is a German television programme, broadcast by Südwestrundfunk, SWR. It portrays railway-related reports, whose content covers modern railway systems, Heritage railway, museum railways and their facilities as well as items ...

'', a television programme about rail travel and railway history (specifically

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in Germany, Switzerland and Austria), produced by the television company SWR. Von Ortloff was the show's presenter and editor-in-chief for 25 years.

Biography

After the death of his father in 1957, he spent his childhood with his grandmother in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

. In 1960, he moved to live with his mother in

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

, near to

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. From the late Middle Ages on, it developed into an important trading centre. At the begi ...

. He attended the school Justinus-Kerner-Gymnasium in

Weinsberg Weinsberg (South Franconian: ''Weischberg'') is a town in the north of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It was founded around 1200 and is situated in the Heilbronn district. The town has about 13,000 inhabitants. It is noted for its win ...

. From 1972 to 1975, von Ortloff studied at the ''Fachhochschule für Druck'' in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

as an industrial engineer. Following this, he studied Sociology, Political Science and Management Economics at the

University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...

, which he completed in 1984. In 1977, he started working with the ''Süddeutschen Rundfunk'' broadcaster, and in 1991 the series ''

'' first aired, which von Ortloff presented for 25 years. He retired as the presenter in 2016.

References

External links

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SWR Profile
German television presenters 1949 births Living people Südwestrundfunk people People from Zwickau {{Germany-tv-bio-stub