Klaus Kieper

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Klaus Kieper (born January 20, 1935 - † March 6, 2018 ) was a German author and photographer who published on topics related to the railway industry .

Life

Klaus Kieper, who studied engineering , co-founded the first organization in the GDR in 1964 that was devoted to systematic research into railway history (Arbeitsgemeinschaft 1/11 "Kleinbahnfreunde" in the German Model Railway Association). Under his aegis, newsletters appeared, from which the traffic history sheets emerged . Klaus Kieper published several books, in particular on narrow-gauge railways in the GDR, to which he also contributed "excellent photographic work". The narrow-gauge railway archive, first published in 1980, which documented all 72 narrow-gauge public transport railways in the area of ​​the former GDR, is still considered an “indispensable reference work” today. The work also appeared in a licensed edition in the Federal Republic and was reprinted in 2011. After difficulties in obtaining paper for the GDR editions could be overcome, the book sold more than 25,000 times.

Kieper lived in Ahrensfelde . In 2005 he received the congregation's badge of honor.

Books (selection)

  • The big book of the Rügen small railways. Verlag Feld- und Schmalspurbahnen Karl Paskarb, Celle 2005, ISBN 978-3-938278-01-7 (together with Walter Bauchspies, Klaus Jünemann).
  • The Franzburger Kreisbahnen: Stralsund – Barth – Damgarten. Zeunert-Verlag, Gifhorn 2002, ISBN 978-3-924335-26-7 (together with Walter Bauchspies).
  • Railway vehicle catalog. Volume 10: Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotives. GeraMond Verlag, Munich 1997, ISSN 0949-197X (together with Klaus Jünemann)
  • Railway districts: Rügen. Transpress Verlag , Berlin 1993, ISBN 978-3-344-70770-5 (together with Wulf Krentzien, Wolf-Dietger Machel).
  • Narrow gauge railway archive. 2nd edition, Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1982 (together with Reiner Preuß and other authors; reprinted in 2011 as GDR narrow-gauge railway archive under ISBN 978-3-613-71405-2 ; licensed edition of the 1st edition for the Federal Republic under the title Narrow gauge between the Baltic Sea and the Ore Mountains. Alba-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 978-3-87094-069-0 ).
  • Steam locomotives. Cogwheel, local train, narrow gauge. Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1968 (together with Klaus-Detlev Holzborn ; edition for the Federal Republic published by Albis-Verlag, Düsseldorf).

literature

  • Obituary. In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter 2/2018, p. 56.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary. In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter 2/2018, ISSN 0232-9042, p. 56.
  2. ↑ a b Klaus Kieper, Reiner Preuß : Schmalspurbahn-Archiv. Reprint of the 2nd edition (1980), Transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-71405-2 , p. VI.
  3. ↑ Kai-Uwe Krakau: The challenges mastered. Ahrensfelde celebrated the tenth anniversary of the community on Saturday. In: Märkische Oderzeitung from October 28, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Kieper, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1935
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2018