Hein Mück

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Hein Mück from Bremerhaven was a Bremerhaven city ​​original and is a character from the famous hit song of the same name by Charles Amberg and Willy Engel-Berger .

Sculpture of a “youthful” Hein Mück in Bremerhaven's Bürgerpark,
about 1 meter high

biography

Heinrich Soltziem

Heinrich Mühlenbeck (with accordion on the left) with his comrades at Pentecost 1928 on the Sierra Cordoba

Most often Heinrich Soltziem (born October 9, 1895 in Grossen Luckow , † April 23, 1967 in Penzlin ) is seen as Hein Mück from Bremerhaven. In 1904 he came to Lehe near Bremerhaven with his parents , where he did an apprenticeship as a ship's carpenter at the Rickmers shipyard . Whether he ever went to sea afterwards is controversial. In the First World War he served with the III. Sailor artillery department on the Weserforts Brinkamahof . Here he became known for his accordion playing and his great appetite. The latter earned him the nickname "Mück", named after the Essnapf ( Muck ). After the war he worked as a carpenter in Penzlin in Mecklenburg. Until his death he was a member of the male choir Penzlin in 1907. During that time he often visited Bremerhaven, where some of his siblings still lived.

Heino Mühlenbeck

The Spadener Heino Mill Beck believes that his grandfather Hein Mueck has been. In several generations his ancestors were called Heinrich or Heino Mühlenbeck and were always called Hein Mück. Mühlenbeck thinks that his grandfather was not as well known as others to whom the name has been assigned, but that he was the first "Hein Mück". He was born in Lehe in 1850 . A photo shows his grandfather at Whitsun 1928 on the high seas. He drove around the world as a butcher on the Sierra Cordoba . “At that time there were still living animals on board. The butcher made them ready for the kitchen, ”reports Heino Mühlenbeck of his grandfather. He always had his accordion with him - the photo shows him in happy company with his comrades. Heino Mühlenbeck's father made Hein Mück known in Europe too. With some butcher colleagues he was at the soccer world championship in Sweden in 1958 with a large poster. “With Hein to the world championship” it read. He was on TV and in several newspapers with the photo of a sailor in a boat called Bremerhaven .

Hein Mück: symbolic figure of Bremerhaven

Whether bears in Berlin, water carriers in Hamburg or the Bremen Town Musicians in Bremen, the brightly painted figures attract glances everywhere. The citizens of Bremerhaven had the opportunity to vote which figure should beautify their cityscape in the future. The winner was Hein Mück, the musical and comradely sailor from the sailing ship era. Many people from Bremerhaven are still familiar with his name, which stands for joie de vivre, cosmopolitanism and carefree. Therefore, the personable sailor should combine maritime tradition and modernity and give the seaside town of Bremerhaven a cityscape that is also positively remembered by foreign visitors. The “Art Parade Bremerhaven” project was launched in 2010 by students at the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences. The net proceeds from the sale of the Hein Mück figures will go to the “Family in the District” project of the Bremerhaven Youth Aid Initiative. V. benefit.

Hein Mück from Bremerhaven

The figure of the sociable sailor Hein Mück , who traveled the world, probably existed in seafaring circles even before Heinrich Soltziem or Heino Mühlenbeck - but it only came to real fame with the hit Hein Mück from Bremerhaven , published in 1930 based on a text by Charles Amberg and music by Willy Engel-Berger. The piece was subsequently u. a. Sung by Hans Albers and Lale Andersen and therefore very popular. It is still part of the repertoire of many shanty choirs.

2011 Hein Mück figure in the rose garden of the Bremerhaven Bürgerpark

"

In the distant zones
where only people live,
even in the wild Tierra del Fuego,
one knows Hein Mück from the Waterkant!
He's a sailor
with wide trousers,
the girls get completely out of hand,
see Hein Mück from the Waterfront!
Port and starboard!
It's going to be big again today.
The night is stormy,
today the Deubel is loose again!

Hein Mück from Bremerhaven is loyal
to all girls, he only has one steady bride and twenty on the side.
One in Havana,
the other in Hawaii
and also in Nagasaki
Waiting for a butterfly!
His heart is so big,
the sea is wide
and he is gone as long as time!
Hein Mück from Bremerhaven is
lucky with the girls
but his old love is
and remains his best piece.

"

- Charles Amberg : Hein Mück from Bremerhaven (excerpt)

Even if the protagonist from the hit is not identical to the “real” Hein Mück, he became a symbol and advertising figure for Bremerhaven, with which the city advertised intensively for a long time, because of the popularity of this song.

The Bremerhaven artist Günther Bockelmann performed as "Hein Mück from Bremerhaven" until his death and thereby also promoted the city.

In addition, Hein Mück is also a character in the novel Seafaring is Necessary! von Gorch Fock as well as the nickname of the defensive sailor Leutnant zur See Christian Nissen in World War II.

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  1. ↑ Alexandra Strathmann, rumors about cult figure Hein Mück, in NORDSEE ZEITUNG, December 17, 2010, page 22, issue S, online edition of the page
  2. ↑ GdB - The "Greenland" - an important business card ( Memento of the original from December 22nd, 2016 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bremerhaven.de
  3. ↑ "Hein Mück" on Bremerhaven.de ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bremerhaven.de
  4. ↑ "Hein Mück" Günther Bockelmann sings at the Bremerhaven Sail ( Memento from November 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ "Hein Mück" Günther Bockelmann sings in the German Maritime Museum ( Memento from January 22, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ "Hein Mück" Günther Bockelmann the choirmaster of the "Blue Boys from Bremerhaven" has died ( Memento from April 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Mück, Hein
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Soltziem, Heinrich (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bremerhaven city original
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Great Luckow
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1967
Place of death Penzlin