Hermann Grote (aviator)

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Hermann Grote (born December 10, 1904 in Bargteheide ; † May 1, 1980 in Geretsried ) was a German pilot, flight instructor and author.

Grote was born as the son of the general practitioner Dr. Carl Grote was born in Bargteheide , Holstein . After a three-year break in school, in which he pursued a commercial profession, he attended the Claudius Gymnasium in Wandsbek , where he passed his Abitur at Easter 1926. He then studied at the German University for Physical Education in Berlin, where he passed the gymnastics and sports exams in 1929 and obtained a diploma as a gymnastics and sports teacher. From 1930 to 1933 he worked as a sports teacher at Hamburg University and at the Technical State Schools in Hamburg. At the same time he studied philosophy and natural sciences at Hamburg University.

In 1929 he passed his pilot's exam and then worked from 1930 to 1933, initially as a flight instructor and later as a training manager and flight instructor at the Hamburg Academic Aviation Group. After further training in flying in Braunschweig , he was employed by the Reich Ministry of Aviation as a flight instructor in Schleissheim and as a main flight instructor in Celle .

In 1936 he received his doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the Hanseatic University in Hamburg. In 1936 his story Quax, der Bruchpilot, was published after which the film of the same name with Heinz Rühmann in the lead role was shot and premiered in 1941. The first edition of the book was provided with drawings by the weather pilot Rudolf Seeger , later editions with illustrations by Erwin Matthaei . The sequel Quax on astray with illustrations by Rudolf Seeger came out in 1944, after which the film Quax on a journey with Heinz Rühmann and Hertha Feiler in the leading roles was filmed in 1945. The film was no longer shown in the Third Reich , but only in 1954, then with the title Quax in Africa . New editions of the book were also published with the title Quax in Africa and provided with illustrations by Erwin Matthaei. In 1951 Hermann Grote published the story To Mars in 44 Hours and in 1974 he devoted himself to his home community with the work 375-1975 Chronicle of Bargteheide and wrote numerous poems as a backyard poet - Quax the Elder .

Publications

  • Quax the break pilot. Career of a student pilot. with illustrations by the weather pilot Rudolf Seeger. Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1936.
  • Quax the break pilot. The career of a student pilot. With drawings by Erwin Matthaei. Hera, Wilhelmshaven 1953.
  • Quax going astray. With Illustr. by Rudolf Seeger. Scherl Publishing House, Berlin 1944
  • Quax in Africa. With numerous Illustr. by Erwin Matthaei. Hera, Wilhelmshaven 1953
  • To Mars in 44 hours. E. Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 1951.
  • 375–1975 Chronicle of Bargteheide. H. Paetzmann & Co., Geretsried 1974
  • Poems of a Backyard Poet - Quax the Elder. FLIEGER publishing house printing, Steinebach am Wörthsee 1980?
    • Volume 1: Then as now, Erik the Red, Seasons, Christmas, New Year's Eve, Rose Monday, The Seas and many other poems.
    • Volume 2: To the happy escort, Prometheus, O tempora…, The Ice Age, Hamburg-Sankt Pauli, Eisvogel, Der Lenz and fifty other poems.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Bettina Albrod: As an author on a high flight In: Lübecker Nachrichten , 23./24. June 2019
  2. ↑ Hermann Grote: The flying feeling, its exploration and meaning. Dissertation, Hansische Universität Hamburg 1936. Printed by: Heinrich Pöppinghaus o. H.-G., Bochum-Langendreer 1936.
personal data
SURNAME Grote, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pilot and author of children's books
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Bargteheide
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1980
Place of death Geretsried