Circus Louis Knie junior
The Circus Louis Knie junior is an Austrian circus founded in 2005 . The founder comes from the Knie circus dynasty, which was founded in Austria in 1806 .
The founders of the Swiss National Circus Knie , the German Circus Charles Knie and the Austrian National Circus Louis Knie also come from the Knie dynasty .
history
Friedrich Knie (senior) was the personal physician of Empress Maria Theresa in the Danube Monarchy . In 1784 his son Friedrich was born in Erfurt . Friedrich (1784–1850) is considered to be the founder of the "Circus Knee Dynasty ". Like his father, Friedrich wanted to be a doctor. However, in 1803 he broke off his medical studies. He was so enthusiastic about the performances of an equestrian troupe that he wanted to go with them.
As early as 1806 he founded an independent artist group with acrobats and his own horses. Under the name of the “Viennese tightrope dance troupe”, they performed with their uncovered arena in the countries of the Danube Monarchy , Bavaria , Baden , Prussia and Switzerland . In Innsbruck he married Antonia Stauffer (1786–1833) in 1807. Karl (1813–1860) took over the management of their five children. He married Anastasia Maria Staudinger (1808–1881). They had seven children, of which Ludwig (1842–1909) took over the management. He married Marie Heim (1858–1936). Ludwig was often and happily with his troupe for performances in Switzerland. The native of Vienna applied for the Swiss Citizen Letter . On December 26, 1900, he was naturalized with his wife and their five children in the municipality of Gerlikon -Gachnang, in the canton of Thurgau . The third and fourth generation of the artist family Knie emigrated to Switzerland.
Only at the end of 1993 did a member of the sixth and seventh generation return to Austria. Louis Knie senior (* 1951) leaves the family business and Switzerland and goes to Austria with his wife Germaine (* 1948) and son Louis (* 1974). With the financial support of his relatives, he succeeds in acquiring the Austrian National Circus Elfi Althoff-Jacobi . In 1993 the circus celebrated its 20th anniversary under the direction of Elfi Althoff-Jacobi. The anniversary season was also the big farewell tour. In 1994 the new Austrian National Circus Louis Knie started its first tour through Austria. Son Louis has been an important part of the program since the start of the tour with his own horse training in the circus. w After a few unpleasant years, operations had to be stopped in August 2005 for financial reasons. The circus was pledged to an Austrian bank with the naming rights.
Louis Knie junior
According to his motto “a life for the circus”, son Louis Knie junior founded his own circus in August 2005.
Louis Knie junior and his wife Gipsy de Rocchi (* 1975) founded the eighth generation of the Knie dynasty with the birth of their son David Louis Knie in 1999.
In 2010 Louis got married for the second time. Her son Loris Franco was born in 2013 from her marriage to Ilona Pistekova (* 1981), a Czech trapeze artist.
In summer 2011 a new circus tent with a diameter of 35 meters and a dome height of 12 meters was put into operation.
Knie's traveling zoo
At each venue, the circus animals can be visited in Knie's traveling zoo . Over 60 animals can be seen.
accident
On March 12, 2015, an accident occurred during the evening performance. The high wire artists “Los Ortiz” fell from a height of approx. 10 meters. The group consisted of three men, two of whom had minor injuries. The third man had painful bruised ribs and bruises on his face that had to be sutured.
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References and comments
- ↑ History of the Knie dynasty ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
- ↑ Family tree of the Knie dynasty ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gerlikon is now part of the Frauenfeld community
- ^ Austrian National Circus
- ↑ New circus tent for Circus Louis Knie junior
- ^ Accident in Circus Louis Knie junior , accessed on May 17, 2015
