Friedrich Wilhelm Kipping

Friedrich Kipping is a redirect to this article. For the British chemist, see Frederic Stanley Kipping .

Friedrich Wilhelm Kipping (born June 12, 1838 in Breslau , † October 22, 1892 in Hamburg ) was the founder of the Hamburg professional fire service .

Life

Pillow stone fire director Kipping , Ohlsdorf cemetery

"Friedrich Wilhelm Kipping 1838-1892", Ohlsdorf cemetery

Kipping was born the son of an officer in Breslau. First he embarked on a military career and became a reserve officer in the artillery and then became a construction manager in Berlin. In 1862 he decided to become a fire officer and completed training with the Berlin fire department. In 1864 he became a fire chief at the Danzig fire brigade and was promoted to fire director there in 1870.

After the city of Hamburg decided to create a professional fire brigade, Kipping became the first conductor in 1872 and rebuilt the fire brigade. Eight months after starting work on November 12, 1872, the first firefighting team with 48 men began work. Three fire stations were created and some of the staff were recruited from Gdansk from their previous location.

He worked as fire director for 20 years until he was killed in a fire in 1892. His successor as fire director was Adolph Libert Westphalen .

family

In 1870 Kipping married Katharina Erdmuthe Hildebrandt (born July 26, 1853 in Danzig; † July 31, 1922 in Hamburg). From the marriage came the daughter Elsbeth Emilie Ida (born September 25, 1871 Danzig; December 16, 1935 in Berlin), who later married Joachim William Payens (1862–1938).

Kipping was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery. In the area of ​​the "Feuerwehrgräber" facility , grid square Q 11 (north of Cordesallee , south-east of Chapel 1), you will find the pillow stone fire director Kipping .
In addition, “Friedrich Wilhelm Kipping 1838-1892” is commemorated on the collective grave plate of the state servant of the Althamburg memorial cemetery of the Ohlsdorf cemetery .

Web links

• Brand director Kipping on Hamburg.de
• The Kipping family in the online family book Helgoland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Celebrity Graves