Month: April 2025

Ippolyt Guarinoni

Ippolyt Guarinoni

Hippolyt Guarinoni (also Ippolito Guarinoni and Hippolytus Guarinonius) (November 18, 1571 in Trento – May 31, 1654 in Hall in Tirol) was a physician and polymath who practiced in Hall. As a proponent of militant Catholicism, he was instrumental in the construction of St. Charles's Church in Volders and founded the anti-Semitic Anderl von Rinn cult. Hippolytus spent his childhood in Trento. He later moved with his father to Vienna and finally followed him to the court of Emperor Rudolf Read more [...]
Zdeněk Kostrouch

Zdeněk Kostrouch

MUDr. Zdeněk Kostrouch The Doctor on a Horse – A True Legend in the Bohemian Forest – Watercolor – Illustration MD Zdeněk Kostrouch was a unique figure in the Bohemian Forest and was also called the "doctor on horseback." From 1964 to 1993, he lived in Hájenko Pustina. Kostrouch originally wanted to go to Africa as a doctor, but ultimately stayed in the Bohemian Forest. He himself recounted how he came to own the horse: "I had an old piccolo flute that I always rode to patients with, Read more [...]
Stephanie Arndt

Stephanie Arndt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ebu5pvWqZI Stephanie Arndt studied human medicine, economics, and criminology. She was an officer in the German Armed Forces, a top athlete who participated in six world championships, and has lived in a shared house with her horse, Nasar, since Hurricane Xaver in December 2013. As the Pippi Longstocking of the 21st century – nonconformist, unconventional, self-sufficient – ​​Stephanie Arndt embodies the dream of an independent life, opens hearts, and Read more [...]
Olaf Zenner

Olaf Zenner

From the beginning of my medical studies, I had the desire to dedicate myself to both medicine and music. However, during my medical studies, I lacked the time for regular organ lessons. Therefore, I had no choice but to continue my education self-taught. After passing my medical state examination and receiving my doctorate, I began studying music in Cologne and completed my studies with a concert diploma in organ playing. Artikel über sein Orgelspiel und seine Kurse. Dr. Olaf Zenner Read more [...]
Wolfram Hackel

Wolfram Hackel

Wolfram Hackel (born April 25, 1942) is a German physician and organ researcher. Hausorgel von Dr. Wolfram Hackel in Dresden/Plauen Wolfram Hackel studied medicine. In 1967, he received his doctorate from the Medical Academy in Dresden. He then ran a urology practice in Dresden-Plauen as a specialist. Wolfram Hackel has published works on organs and churches since the 1970s. He soon became one of Saxony's most important organ researchers. Wolfram Hackel is a long-standing member Read more [...]
Gerhard Aumüller

Gerhard Aumüller

2nd from bottom: Gerhard Aumüller Gerhard Aumüller (born November 19, 1942 in Arolsen) is a German physician and was a professor of anatomy and cell biology at the Philipps University of Marburg. He has also distinguished himself as an organ historian. Aumüller has also researched historical organ building and published primarily on classical organ building in Hesse and Westphalia. He has been a member of the Historical Commission for Hesse since 2000 and was elected to the advisory board Read more [...]
Adolf-Friedrich Holstein

Adolf-Friedrich Holstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt8s4yIHU7w Statements spoken by Adolf Friedrich Holstein Wolfgang Ellenberger was one of Prof. Holstein's anatomy students and was able to provide the musical accompaniment for his 80th birthday. The history of the Hamburg Museum of Medical History began in 2007. The UKE board of directors asked the UKE's Friends and Supporters Association to restore what is now the Fritz Schumacher House after the Institute of Pathology had moved out and to find a Read more [...]
Wolfgang Adelung

Wolfgang Adelung

Wolfgang Adelung (1 October 1920 in Berlin; 15 November 1994 in Singen, Baden-Württemberg) was a German physician and organ researcher. Wolfgang Adelung studied medicine. He received his doctorate in Freiburg in 1948. Later, he ran a dermatology practice in Singen (Hohentwiel). Adelung also became an organist and was one of the most important members of the Society of Organ Friends during his time. In 1952, he co-founded its organ journal, Ars Organi. He subsequently became editor (1957–1972), Read more [...]
Lars David Kellner

Lars David Kellner

Lars David Kellner (born September 11, 1973 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz) is a German pianist and physician. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpO5pl08NJ8 Kellner received his musical training first from Erich Appel, later from Karl-Hermann Mrongovius (Munich University of Music and Performing Arts). Kellner is a qualified concert pianist and music educator. Keller has published[2] piano music. His repertoire as an instrumental soloist includes, among others, Slavic composers of the Romantic Read more [...]