He was an advocate of the Bavarian language

Created: 06/23/2022, 19:43

By: Nikola Obermeier

Paul Brandt † © dn

Paul Brandt, a longtime employee of the Dachauer Nachrichten, has died at the age of 81.

Dachau – Paul Brandt is dead. The man from Dachau, who worked for many years in the advertising department of the Münchner Merkur and the editorial staff of the Dachauer Nachrichten, died last Saturday at the age of 81.

Paul Brandt was born in Monheim in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries.

As a child he came to Dachau with his parents.

After secondary school in Dachau, he trained at the district office and was appointed civil servant.

"Among other things, he worked in the building department," says his longtime friend Svend Friderici.

But not for long: Brandt wanted to change careers and started as an advertising representative at Münchner Merkur.

In addition, he began to write.

The Dachauer Nachrichten regularly wrote articles about personalities from the city and district of Dachau who were able to celebrate an anniversary.

In addition, Paul Brandt wrote about the Dachau folk festival, looked back in numerous articles on the folk festivals of the past years and reported on some funny incidents and anecdotes.

"We always enjoyed reading his articles," says Svend Friderici.

"Paul was very humorous."

Paul Brandt has also published a book: In "Dachau Heads" he wrote about the life of personalities from Dachau, including the former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and Member of the State Parliament Dr.

Joseph Baumgartner from Sulzemoos, the Dachau original Schorsch Grahamer, robber Mathias Kneißl, writer Ludwig Thoma, the miracle healer Amalie Hohenester.

Paul Brandt was married to his Inge, née Wagner, with whom he “liked to travel very intensively”, especially to Italy.

Friderici relates: During a visit to Rome, the palanquin carrying Pope Benedict was carried past.

Inge Brandt exclaimed: “Look, Paul, there Ratzinger is!” The Pope heard the Bavarian, smiled and sent his secretary to the Brandts.

During the conversation, it turns out that Inge and Paul did not yet have any accommodation, so the secretary got the Dachau residents a room in a monastery in Rome.

Paul Brandt was “quick-witted and funny”, and also “a great photographer and an enchanting story writer”.

In addition, Paul Brandt was "an advocate of the Bavarian language," says Friderici with a smile.

"No foreign word passed his lips." He kept up this "lovable quirk" well.

Stamps were his great passion: he was still collecting in the retirement home, where he spent the last months of his life.

"A few days before his death, he ordered a series of stamps about Nobel Prize winners," says Svend Friderici.

His death came as a surprise.

He had been in a wheelchair for about ten years due to the consequences of an aneurysm and was struggling with health problems.

After long stays in hospital and rehabilitation since November 2021, Paul Brandt lived in a nursing home.

He wanted to go back home, but died unexpectedly of pneumonia.

He succeeded his wife Inge, who died in early September last year.

A requiem on the death of Paul Brandt will take place on Tuesday, July 19, at 8:30 a.m. in the Carmelite Convent Heilig Blut, Römerstraße 91, in Dachau.

The burial will follow in the city cemetery of Dachau.