Kurt von Goessel
Kurt von Goessel (born February 20, 1852 in Ratibor , Upper Silesia , † January 30, 1895 at sea) was a German captain .
biography
Goessel was the captain of the German shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd . He became known posthumously when he and most of the passengers and crew went down with his ship.
On January 30, 1895, the 4510 gross register-ton passenger ship Elbe from Norddeutscher Lloyd was on a collision course with the coal steamer Crathie on its liner voyage from Bremerhaven to New York and sank . Of the 352 (or 394) passengers and crew members, only 22 survived the disaster in the single lifeboat.
Goessel married Louise Anna Christina Müller on September 9, 1874 in Hanover .
Honors
- The Goessel parish in Kansas ( United States ) was named after him in 1895.
- The medallion portrait modeled by Diedrich Samuel Kropp in 1896 and cast by FW Heine
- The Goesselstraße in Bremen - Findorff was named in 1913 after him.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Heim: Exploring Kansas Highways , page 60, in the Exploring America's Highway series , 2007, ISBN 0-9744358-8-0 or ISBN 978-0-9744358-8-6 ( digitized )
- ^ Franz Buchenau: The free Hanseatic city of Bremen and its area. A contribution to the geography and topography of Germany, page 167, Verlag GAv Halem, 1900 ( excerpt )
literature
- Reinhold Thiel: The history of the North German Lloyd 1857-1970 , 5 volumes, Hauschild Verlag , 2006, ISBN 3-89757-134-X or ISBN 978-3-89757-134-1 , page 128 ( excerpt )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goessel, Kurt von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German captain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ratibor , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1895 |
| Place of death | at sea |