Fritz Meinecke
Fritz Meinecke | |
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language | German |
genre | Lost place , bushcrafting , survival |
YouTube | |
channels |
Fritz Meinecke Fritz Meinecke-Gear Fritz Meinecke-Live |
founding | September 25, 2014 (Fritz Meinecke) September 29, 2018 (Fritz Meinecke – Gear) January 22, 2020 (Fritz Meinecke-Live) |
Subscribers | over 950,000 (Fritz Meinecke) over 150,000 (Fritz Meinecke – Gear) over 156,000 (Fritz Meinecke-Live) |
Calls | over 120,000,000 (Fritz Meinecke) over 6,000,000 (Fritz Meinecke – Gear) over 16,000,000 (Fritz Meinecke-Live) |
Videos | over 550 (Fritz Meinecke) over 10 (Fritz Meinecke – Gear) over 210 (Fritz Meinecke-Live) |
(As of August 6, 2020) |
Friedrich "Fritz" Meinecke (* 1989 in Magdeburg ) is a German web video producer , adventurer and urban explorer .
Life
Meinecke lived in Magdeburg until he was 18, when he broke off his training as an automotive mechatronics technician . He then moved to Stuttgart to train as a banker . After completing his apprenticeship, he only worked for a short time as a banker and voluntarily joined the armed forces for 15 months, since he could not imagine working as a banker until retirement . After his time in the Bundeswehr as a soldier in the military police , he completed a degree in Game Art & Animation in Berlin and then worked in this area.
In his YouTube channels he has been reporting since 2014. a. from his projects in the field of bushcrafting and survival, but also from joint activities with other YouTubers and carries out product reviews. He also runs a web shop . 2016, he served as co-host of Wigald Boning in at History broadcast series The history hunters to see. He is a regular guest on television programs and reports on his experiences there. In 2017 he was nominated for the web video award in the lifestyle category.
In the period from July 2019 to February 2020, he did not have a permanent address, as he lived, slept and worked as a project in his Mercedes-Benz G-Class (model 270 CDI Worker ), the conversion of which he also documented in the YouTube series would have. Since then he has lived in Magdeburg again.
plant
- The adventurer: everything you need to know about the outdoors . Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2017, ISBN 978-3-499-63260-0 .
Filmography (selection)
watch TV
- together with Wigald Boning: Wigald & Fritz - Die Geschistorjäger . 6 episodes, History , 2016.
- Lost Place: Prison underwater . at Galileo , ProSieben , Season 2019, Episode 74, March 17, 2019.
Guest appearances
- at Markus Lanz , ZDF , episode 1004, May 25, 2017.
- at MDR at 4 , 11 July 2017.
- at zibb , RBB , July 20, 2017.
- at Best Buddies - 48 hours through thick and thin. Nitro . Pilot, episode 1, January 28, 2018.
Reports (selection)
- Podcast and article: The city is ours . Deutschlandfunk Kultur , June 2019.
- Wohn-Wagen: Fritz Meinecke lived in his Mercedes G-Class . Report, Auto Bild , 7/2020.
- Interview: I've already looked death in the eye! Focus Online , November 2016.
Web links
- Fritz Meinecke on Twitch
- "Are all the cops here because of me?" Die Welt , June 2019.
- Get out of the comfort zone. Volksstimme , August 2019.
- Fritz Meinecke - Influencer made in Magdeburg. MDR Saxony-Anhalt , September 2019.
- Climbed a 140 meter wind turbine. Video about climbing a wind turbine E-126 , Enercon .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Realtalk about school, training & studies | Fritz Meinecke Twitch Highlights , YouTube , accessed on July 23, 2020.
- ↑ Markus Mensch: Interview with Fritz Meinecke. In: Monaco de Luxe. November 2, 2016, accessed on February 15, 2020 (German).
- ↑ a b FOCUS Online: Death already looked in the eye: YouTube star Fritz Meinecke on thrills. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Web Video Prize 2017 - List of all nominees. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
- ↑ a b YouTuber Fritz Meinecke: This G-Class is his fortress. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
- ↑ HISTORY. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Lost Place: Prison Under Water. Retrieved on February 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ FOCUS Online: Death already looked in the eye: YouTube star Fritz Meinecke on thrills. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Meinecke, Fritz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meinecke, Friedrich (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German web video producer, adventurer and urban explorer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |