Karl B. Kühne

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Karl B. Kühne (born July 7, 1920 in Brandenburg ; † April 30, 2018 in Cuxhaven ) was a German captain , pilot and author of the shipping and local history of Cuxhaven.

Life

At the age of 15, Karl left. B Kühne at sea and began his nautical training as a sailor . From 1935 he first sailed as a cabin boy on a motorized three-masted schooner in the North and Baltic Seas, then on steamers in overseas shipping to North and South America, the East Indies and the Persian Gulf until the beginning of the Second World War . In 1940 he obtained the helmsman's license and was employed as an officer on supply ships to Norway and France . After being a prisoner of war, he passed the examination to become a captain on a long voyage and worked as a sea pilot on the Elbe and North Sea from 1952 until his retirement in 1983.

As a pilot he was involved in the merger of the pilot brotherhoods Hamburg and Cuxhaven in 1958 and was assessor for ten years in the Hamburg Maritime Office and the Federal Higher Sea Office .

Act

In addition to his professional activity, Karl B. Kühne researched and wrote articles and books on the history of piloting and the development of the port of Cuxhaven: in the early 1970s, he began to collect evidence on the history of piloting and wrote several books on marine history on this subject as well as authoritative local history publications on the development of the Cuxhaven port from the early 17th century via the fishing and naval port to today's “universal port”.

In addition, he did volunteer work in numerous associations and initiatives. The Nautical Association, which he co-founded and was chairman of from 1975 to 1983, and the “Association for Ritzebüttel Castle eV” should be emphasized. He also ensured that the wooden gaff schooner Hermine was given a place as a memorial at the Cuxhaven lock priel. He also encouraged and supported the founding of the Fishing Museum Wind Speed ​​10 - Wreck- und Fischereimuseum Cuxhaven .

Publications

  • Maritime pilots. 400 years in the service of shipping. Chronik-der-Seefahrt-Verlag Egon Heinemann, Norderstedt 1975, ISBN 3-87321-929-8 .
  • Cuxhaven. Port by the sea. Verlag Egon Heinemann, Norderstedt 1981, ISBN 3-87321-975-1 .
  • The history of the ship connections between Cuxhaven and Schleswig-Holstein. In: Yearbook of the Men of the Morning Star. Volume 61, Bremerhaven 1982, pp. 413-424.
  • Cuxhaven. The long way to the universal port 1610–1992. Verlagsgesellschaft Cuxhaven, Cuxhaven 1993, ISBN 3-920709-33-0 .
  • Captain on a thousand ships. Seafaring biographies of a generation of Elbe sea pilots 1860–1952. Verlag HM Hauschild, Bremen 2001, ISBN 3-89757-068-8 .
  • with Günther Spelde (Ed.): The German Sea Pilots . From the origins to the present day. Verlag HM Hauschild, Bremen 2006, ISBN 3-89757-256-7 .

literature

  • Thomas Sassen: Karl Kühne left a lot of traces. The captain and sea pilot a. D. died at the age of 97. In: Cuxhavener Nachrichten. 5th May 2018.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl B. Kühne: Sailing time on motor sailers in the North and Baltic Seas 1936/37. In: Karl B. Kühne: Captain on a thousand ships. Seafaring biographies of a generation of Elbe sea pilots 1860–1952. Verlag HM Hauschild, Bremen 2001, ISBN 3-89757-068-8 , pp. 112–129.
  2. ↑ Author information on the book "Captain of a thousand ships" . Website of the German Maritime Museum
  3. ^ Cuxhaven news. 5th May 2018.
  4. ^ Text of the memorial plaque for Karl B. Kühne at cuxpedia.de
  5. ↑ North Sea newspaper. 5th May 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Kühne, Karl B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German captain, pilot and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandenburg
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 2018
Place of death Cuxhaven