This booklet contains the easily readable re-narration "Valentin Rathgeber - Der Mönch und Musikus aus der Rhön. Seine Lebensgeschichte in Form einer Erzählung" written by Erhard Nowak. Moreover, two further charts explaining life and work of Rathgeber are added by Berthold and Erasmus Gaß. This booklet is rounded off by short notes on the International Valentin-Rathgeber-Society e.V. and the First German Tobacco Museum Oberelsbach.