Georg Quedens (born 1934 in
Norddorf
Norddorf auf Amrum (Öömrang: ''Noorsaarep üüb Oomram'', da, Nordtorp) is a municipality on the island of Amrum, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
History
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) is a German photographer and non-fiction writer as well as a
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and
natural historian.
Life and work
Quedens has been living on the island of
Amrum
Amrum (; ''Öömrang'' North Frisian: ''Oomram'') is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German North Sea coast, south of Sylt and west of Föhr. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and has a ...
since he was born, and so his work has been influenced by the nature and history of the island. Since 1961, when his first
photo-book
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Early
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was published, he has written more than 50 books about Amrum and other
North Frisian islands
The North Frisian Islands (''Öömrang'' and '' Fering'' frr, Nuurdfresk Eilunen, ''Söl'ring'' frr, Nuurđfriisk Ailönen, link=no, da, Nordfrisiske Øer, german: Nordfriesische Inseln) are the Frisian Islands off the coast of North Frisia.
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He is a regular contributor to the regional newspaper of Amrum and
Föhr
Föhr ( ''Fering'' North Frisian: ''Feer''; da, Før) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Föhr is the second-largest No ...
, ''
Der Insel-Bote'',
but his photographs have been used by calendars and magazines on a national scale in Germany.
Quedens moreover holds public lectures on the North Sea region on a regular base and has been editing an annual chronicle of Amrum since 1983.
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Reception, awards and decorations
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.Minister President
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of Schleswig-Holstein
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, Peter Harry Carstensen
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From 2005 to 2012 he was Minister President of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2005/ ...
, decorated him with the cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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References
1934 births
Living people
German botanical writers
German chroniclers
Photographers from Schleswig-Holstein
German naturalists
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
North Frisians
Frisian writers
German male non-fiction writers
Amrum
German Frisians
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