NDR studio in Flensburg
The NDR-Studio Flensburg in Flensburg , Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 1, was built in 1950 as the first NDR-Studio in Schleswig-Holstein as a conversion from the former music pavilion of the German House . Today the building is said of the institution of the same name as a cultural monument Flensburg city under monument protection . It is not to be confused with the former broadcasting studio at the Alte Post of the Reichsender Flensburg . Today, the NDR studio has its reporting focus in the Schleswig region .
history
Development of the building as a music pavilion
The building was erected together with the “German House” in the 1930s on the street that already existed at that time as an open, round music pavilion in the concert garden according to designs by architects Paul Ziegler and Theodor Rieve in clinker brickwork.
Conversion to Studio Flensburg
In 1948 the British occupying forces founded NWDR studios in Dortmund in February and in Oldenburg in May . Also, Schleswig-Holstein was a studio founded. In particular, the former NORAG director Hans Bodenstedt and the later Mayor of Flensburg, Heinz Adler, spoke out in favor of Flensburg instead of the state capital Kiel . In essence, they argued with the thesis that “a sign of German culture needs to be set on the border with Denmark” because, out of the hardships that arose in the area of the Flensburg Fjord as a result of World War II , the “New Danish Movement ”could gain popularity. The arguments convinced the committees of the NWDR, and so the Flensburg studio was set up. In March 1948, the transmitter made 30,000 Reichsmarks available for the establishment of an "event location". In 1949 Thomas Viktor Adolph was sent to Flensburg by the NWDR to set up the studio in the "German House". Due to a lack of space, he first moved into an office on Angelburger Strasse with an outside broadcast van driver . Shortly afterwards, Adolph and the NWDR architect Walther Beuthin discovered the music pavilion in the garden of the "German House", which was now on a busy street and therefore could no longer be used for its original purpose, but its location was ideal for the desired studio . Due to the proximity to the “German House”, events could easily be broadcast from there. Beuthin decided to add an annex like a “comet's tail” to the circular building. In 1952, a small extension was added to the north of the building after planning by Dipl.-Ing. Garbers (Hamburg) added.
Today the studio is equipped with the latest technology, but many old structural details, especially from the 1950s, have been preserved. For example, speakers with the NWDR logo are still hanging in some offices. In 2007 the building was placed under monument protection.
Decision of the NWDR in favor of ultra-short wave and regionalization
Initially it was planned that the program should be transmitted from the studio to Hamburg in order to be broadcast from there via medium wave . But after the lost war there were too few free frequencies, which is why the NWDR opted for ultra-short wave , which offered better reception quality, but had the disadvantage that the range was shorter. But the disadvantage was used as an opportunity, so there was a regionalization of the radio program, which should benefit Studio Flensburg in the course of its existence.
Inauguration and first broadcasts
On November 12, 1950, the opening of the studio in the "German House" was celebrated. The NWDR Symphony Orchestra played the Jupiter Symphony by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . The artist Emil Nolde attended the inauguration as a guest of honor . CDU Prime Minister Walter Bartram first spoke a few words of congratulation. Afterwards, NWDR General Director Adolf Grimme stated that the studio had the task of reporting on the refugee problem and that it should also "fly the flag" as a bridge builder on the border with Denmark.
The first radio broadcast was broadcast on December 23, 1950. On May 16, 1951, the Flensburg studio first broadcast the program Von Binnenland und Waterkant, which has been successful for many years and is still in existence today, for the whole of Schleswig-Holstein . The Low German series Bi uns in't Dbod also went on air. There was also coverage of Denmark. The program The Great Border Traffic was created for the border region . In addition, there were reports from the state parliament in Kiel .
Structural changes to the NDR between 1955 and 1970
In the mid-1950s, the NWDR was split into the NDR and the WDR . The NWDR-Studio Flensburg became the NDR-Studio Flensburg. In 1965 a new studio was set up in Kiel, which became the new NDR headquarters in Schleswig-Holstein. In 1970 the studio in Kiel became a broadcasting house. With the establishment of the structures, Kiel reported primarily on Holstein and on state politics directly from the state parliament. Flensburg withdrew to the Schleswig region. The program “Von Binnenland und Waterkant” has been broadcast from Kiel since then. The number of reporters from the Flensburg studio then temporarily fell to two.
Reporting on the snow disaster in 1978
During the snow disaster in Northern Germany in 1978 , fishing was cut off for days and the power supply was also interrupted. The local population was only able to find out about the overall situation via battery-operated radios. The Flensburg studio held the position and was broadcast throughout the ARD program.
Studio of the Landesfunkhaus Schleswig-Holstein
In 1978 the NDR State Treaty was renegotiated. The reporter's perspective from the more left-wing Hamburg should be toned down by regionalization. In addition to the Hamburg headquarters, today's "Landesfunkhäuser" were built in Hanover , Hamburg and Kiel. These were each given the task of producing their own radio program and a regional magazine for television. In 1982, three more small studios were also set up in Lübeck , Heide and Norderstedt for reporting from Schleswig-Holstein.
Nevertheless, despite these structural changes, the "Studio Flensburg" should continue to devote itself to the entire Schleswig region. The part of Schleswig consists of the districts of North Friesland and Schleswig-Flensburg and the city of Flensburg. Today 440,000 people live there. Another 250,000 people live in the neighboring region of Sydjylland .
Since 1981, the then established NDR 1 Welle Nord has been using the studio for broadcasts.
In 1998 the studio was digitized. Since then, the radio broadcasts have been edited and finished by the reporters themselves, sound engineers are no longer required. This created space for a small television studio that was set up in 2000 and which can now broadcast live, for example for Schleswig-Holstein Magazin . The television studio has also been digitized since 2007. It became the city's second television studio alongside the Flensburg Open Canal .
The studio today
Especially for the north of Schleswig-Holstein, the NDR-Studio Flensburg is currently speaking on weekdays at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. At these times, NDR 1 Welle Nord disconnects in the five studio areas. There is a two-minute overview of the news or a report on a key topic from the region. The broadcast from Flensburg is on VHF 89.6 MHz ( transmitter Flensburg ) and 90.9 MHz ( Sylt ). The reporters deliver the vast majority of reports to the nationwide program of NDR 1 Welle Nord. Articles produced in Flensburg are regularly shown on NDR Info , occasionally also on NDR 2 , NDR Kultur , N-Joy and, for larger events, on other ARD radio waves. Radio and television programs are mostly realized by freelancers who are bound to the studio in the medium or long term by means of framework contracts.
The studio is manned from Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. today. Every year around 2,500 radio reports are made for the Landesfunkhaus, NDR and ARD. In addition, around 400 films are being made in Flensburg for the NDR and ARD programs. In addition to Standard German, reports are now also in Low German and Frisian . The studio is constantly being modernized. The existing online offer will also be expanded.
Editorial staff
Current employees
- Nadina von Studnitz (Head)
- Maren Grünewald (TV planning)
Radio
- Nils Hansen
- Lukas Knauer
- Peer-Axel Kroeske
- Jan Altmann
- Simone Steinhardt
- Karin Haug (Frisian)
watch TV
- Frank Goldenstein
- Karin Henningsen
- Mirja Pape
- Lisa Knittel
(As of 09/2019)
Former
Studio manager
- Thomas Viktor Adolph (1950–1965)
- Rolf Heinrich Wecken (1965–1988, previously employee and deputy head)
- Peter Axmann (1988-2005)
- Werner Junge (2005-2016)
Further
- Jan Gömer
- Torsten Haase
- Irmgard Harder
- Dortje Harders
- Leslie Hodam
- Waldemar Cuckoo
- Andrea Kunsemüller
- Birte tax
- Annegret Ströh
- Peter Volgmann
- Kay Wohlsen
(incomplete)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lutz Wilde: Flensburg. (= Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein , volume 2.) 2001, ISBN 3-529-02521-6 , page 592.
- ↑ Walther Beuthin as head of the NDR construction department mentioned in: Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch , 77th edition 1968, p. 559. (erroneously named as Walter Benthin in some of the online sources mentioned in this article )
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l A studio in the heart of Flensburg from November 5, 2010; accessed on April 30, 2016
- ↑ a b c d e NDR-Studio. In: Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! Flensburg 2009.
- ↑ a b About us. Studio Flensburg , accessed on May 1, 2016
Web links
Coordinates: 54 ° 46 ′ 53.2 " N , 9 ° 26 ′ 21.8" E