Draft:Juergen Wieshoff

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| birth_name = Juergen Wieshoff

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| birth_place = Rheydt, Germany

| occupation = Author, Journalist

| years active = 1992–present

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| education = Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

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Juergen Wieshoff (born 16 May 1961) is a German author and journalist. He founded and has edited two journals, Yacht Log and Clean Energy Magazine.

Biography

After training as a technical draughtsman, Wieshoff studied mechanical engineering and industrial design at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. In 1983, he obtained his private pilot's license for free balloon pilots and in 1985, as the youngest instructor ever in Germany at the time, his flight instructor's license.

In 1992, he published his first book, “Fröhliches Wörterbuch Ballonfahren”, with Tomus Verlag/Munich. His second volume in the series of funny dictionaries, “Fröhliches Wörterbuch Macintosh”, was published in 2001. From 1993 to 1996, he managed the US branch of a German IT security company and used the experience he had gained in the USA to publish “Schnäppchenführer Florida” and “Schnäppchenführer Kalifornien” (published by Fink, Kümmerly and Frey, edited by Heinz Waldmüller). These bargain guides were supposedly the first on the German book market to combine a list of shopping opportunities with the functions of a travel guide.

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In addition to his work as an author, he works as a freelance journalist in the fields of tourism, IT and classic vehicles, as publisher and editor-in-chief of the free bilingual digital yacht magazine “Yacht-Log” and the English-language magazine for new energies “Clean Energy Magazine”.

Wieshoff is the inventor of various security devices for data processing equipment. Thanks to his inventions, Juergen Wieshoff, together with his brother Rainer Wieshoff, was one of the first companies in Germany to be awarded the “Hidden Champions” in 1996, a term coined by Prof. Hermann Simon to describe relatively unknown companies that are global market leaders in their industry.Simon, Hermann: Hidden Champions (Die heimlichen Gewinner), Frankfurt/Main, Campus-Verlag, 1996 {{ISBN|9783593354606}}. P. 182 ff.

Publications

= Funny Dictionaries (Fröhliche Wörterbücher) =

Fröhliches Wörterbuch Ballonfahren (Funny Dictionary Hot Air Ballooning, 1992) ISBN 978-3823100843
Fröhliches Wörterbuch Ballonfahren (Funny Dictionary Hot Air Ballooning, New edition 2020) ISBN 978-3947525010
Fröhliches Wörterbuch Macintosh ((Funny Dictionary Macintosh, 2001) ISBN 978-3823110569
Fröhliches Wörterbuch Donald Trump ((Funny Dictionary Donald Trump, 2025) ISBN 978-3947525669

= Travel- and Bargain Guides =

Schnäppchenführer Florida (Travel Guide Florida, 1999) ISBN 3771810280
Schnäppchenführer Kalifornien (Travel Guide California, 2000) ISBN 978-3771810238

= Children Books (english)=

Happy the Christmas Squirrel (2024) ISBN 978-3947525331
Happy the Christmas Squirrel Colouring Book (2024) ISBN 978-3947525355

References

External links

[https://www.wieshoff.de Wieshoff.de]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozChGu0xdwI Live-Interview NDR Kultur 20.01.25]