Hagen von Ortloff (born May 1949, in

Zwickau Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ...

) is a German

TV presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garner ...

. He is most famous for '' Eisenbahn-Romantik'', a television programme about rail travel and railway history (specifically steam engines 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: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

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

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

, near to Heilbronn. 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 11,800 inhabitants. It is noted for its win ...

. From 1972 to 1975, von Ortloff studied at the ''Fachhochschule für Druck'' in Stuttgart as an industrial engineer. Following this, he studied Sociology, Political Science and Management Economics at the University of Stuttgart, which he completed in 1984. In 1977, he started working with the ''Süddeutschen Rundfunk'' broadcaster, and in 1991 the series '' Eisenbahn-Romantik'' first aired, which von Ortloff presented for 25 years. He retired as the presenter in 2016.

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