Kurt Grobecker

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Kurt Grobecker (2006)

Kurt Grobecker (born February 22, 1936 in Hamburg ; † May 16, 2020 there ) was a German journalist , radio presenter , author and Hamburg chronicler . He became known through his thirty years of activity as a reporter and editor at Norddeutscher Rundfunk and the publication of around 140 books, mainly about the history of his hometown Hamburg and the subject of shipping .

life and work

Kurt Grobecker completed an apprenticeship in typesetting in Hamburg after completing secondary school. After graduating from high school, he studied politics, sociology, economic theory and economic and social history in Hamburg and London. He then became head of the press department of the Port of Hamburg .

Kurt Grobecker has been working as an editor at NDR since 1970, where he initially observed events on the north German roads from a bird's eye view as a flying reporter for the NDR traffic studio from an ADAC aircraft and became his trademark thanks to the "ADAC 25".

From 1980 until his retirement he was in charge of the “Port and Hamburg History” department and was responsible for the “ Hamburg Harbor Concert ”, the world's oldest live radio program that has been broadcast since 1929. His worldwide assignments for the “Hamburg Harbor Concert” took him to London and Copenhagen, Sydney and Shanghai, to Valparaiso, Namibia and the Caribbean.

Kurt Grobecker has published around 140 books since 1972. His topics are primarily shipping and regional history. In his first books he devoted himself to a. the Hanseatic as well as Hanseatic wisdom and the history of the port of Hamburg. The radio reporter processed his knowledge of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg mainly in historical feature sections and "Hamburgensien". These include, for example, his "Memories and peculiarities from the history of Hamburg", the "Alster stories", "Elbe stories", the "Town hall stories" and the "Church stories". In addition, he published with "Sometimes it was even funny ..." biographical sketches in which he worked through the years 1941 to 1948 - the toughest years of the war and the years of laborious new beginning after chaos and destruction in Hamburg. In another biographical book "On Air", Kurt Grobecker describes his experiences as a reporter for the Norddeutscher Rundfunk and outlines some of his companions who have made radio history for their part, especially his teacher Hermann Rockmann .

Kurt Grobecker also worked as a freelance editor and regularly wrote articles for, among others, the Hamburger Klönschnack and the magazine Hanse-Art.

Awards

  • 1974 Silver Award at the International Film & TV Festival of New York as an author for the Studio Hamburg film "Examination for Life", which documents the training of pilots at Deutsche Lufthansa in the early 1970s.

Literature (excerpt)

  • Tart and sweet in one. Ten lessons on the useful and pious of women in the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Lübeck and Bremen. LN Verlag, Lübeck 1976, ISBN 978-3921909232 .
  • Neptune, Mercury & Cons. and other glosses. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1977, ISBN 978-3767205123 .
  • Hanseatic women's breviary and perpetual memo booklet. LN Verlag, Lübeck 1977, ISBN 978-3874981682 .
  • Fates on the high seas. Photo reports from the past century. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1980, ISBN 978-3455088465 .
  • ... more than a pile of stones. Hamburg 1945-1949. Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1981, ISBN 978-3921909805 .
  • Heligoland. Photo reports from the past century. Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3455088960 .
  • Passat - the adventurous life of a windjammer. Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH, Lübeck 1982, ISBN 978-3874983211 .
  • They are all clever - you have to be squeaky. Hanseatic rules of life. Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1985, ISBN 978-3822500101 . 2nd edition 1995, ISBN 978-3822503591 .
  • Sea cloud. Legend under white sails. Edition Die Barque / DSV-Verlag, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 9783892421023 . 2nd edition 1991, ISBN 978-3892421283 . 3rd edition 1998, ISBN 978-3884122525 . 4th revised and expanded edition, IFOVA-Verl.-Ges., Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-929213-02-7 .
  • The eroticism of the Hanseatic people. Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1987, ISBN 978-3822500675 .
  • Hanseatic men's breviary. A little help in life for Hanseatic images of men, along with useful instructions for dealing with women and treatises on conveying knowledge. LN Verlag, Lübeck 1988, ISBN 978-3874981910 .
  • Memories and oddities from the history of Hamburg. Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1991, ISBN 978-3822501689 .
  • New memorabilia and peculiarities from the history of Hamburg. Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 978-3822502525 .
  • Hamburger Sternstunden - From the series due date on NDR-Hamburg-Welle 90.3. Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 978-3822503409 .
  • Hamburg is having fun - from the series due date on the NDR-Hamburg-Welle 90.3. Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 978-3822503829 .
  • Hamburg Harbor Concert: Stories about a successful radio show. DSV, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 978-3884122501 .
  • Louis C. Jacob, two centuries of restaurant and hotel history. Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 978-3822503935 .
  • Memories from the history of Hamburg. Volume 3. Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 978-3822504109 .
  • Hanse zur See - When bags of pepper reached for world power. DSV, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 978-3884122808 .
  • Hamburg from the tower. Rasch and Röhrig Verlag, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-89136-692-2 . 2nd completely revised edition by Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-934613-91-8 (with Eberhard Petzold, with a foreword by Ralph Giordano).
  • Hamburg scandalous , Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 978-3934613010 (with Kerstin von Stürmer).
  • The HANSE reading book . Covent Verlag, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 978-3934613140 .
  • Sea Cloud II. Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 978-3934613522 (with Kerstin von Stürmer).
  • Port of Hamburg - six decades of success. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 978-3782209069 .
  • SCOT 8000 - tankers of the future. Protocol of a Mediterranean voyage. Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 978-3934613782 (with Eberhard Petzold).
  • Sometimes it was even funny ...: episodes from Hamburg's hardest years 1941 to 1948. Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 978-3934613799 . 2 extended edition at Edition Temmen, Bremen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8378-2032-4 .
  • Hamburg's proud frigates against the corsairs: Convoy shipping in the 17th century. Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3937843124 .
  • St. Pauli stories. Convent Verlag 2007, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3866330085 .
  • The best stories from Hamburg's history. Convent Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3866330160 .
  • Hamburg shines - the Hanseatic city at the blue hour. Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3937843209 (with Michael Pasdzior).
  • Gas tankers of the future. On the way from Java to Taiwan. Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-937843-10-0 (with Eberhard Petzold).
  • Alster stories: Small laudation on Hamburg's great love. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2011, ISBN 978-3837820188 .
  • Elbe stories: A homage to Hamburg's lifeline. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2012, ISBN 978-3837820249 .
  • ON AIR - as a reporter for the North German Broadcasting Corporation. Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3937843339 .
  • City hall stories: interesting and amusing facts from Hamburg's center of power. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2013, ISBN 978-3837820195 .
  • Church stories: Incredible and credible things from godly and impious Hanseatic people. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2014, ISBN 978-3837820331 .

Board and card games

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mourning for Kurt Grobecker - the chronicler of Hamburg. June 4, 2020, accessed June 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Julika Pohle: History in Stories, told by Kurt Grobecker. June 4, 2020, accessed June 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Lynn Schneider: Headquarters against anger and loss of time - The NDR traffic studio. June 21, 2010, accessed June 15, 2020 .
  4. ^ Hans-Ulrich Wagner: Live from the ocean liner: The "Hamburg Harbor Concert". December 18, 2017, accessed June 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Julika Pohle: Wine, Woman, Politics. December 29, 2013, accessed June 15, 2020 .
  6. ^ "On Air" with the reporter Kurt Grobecker. November 14, 2013, accessed June 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Grobecker, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, radio presenter, author and Hamburg chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2020
Place of death Hamburg