Tea uncle
Tea uncle , also Kühner with the cardboard box , real name Alfred Kühner (born March 30, 1872 in Braunschweig ; † June 10, 1945 in Neuerkerode ), was a street vendor in Braunschweig in the early 20th century and is considered one of several city originals in Braunschweig.
Life
Kühner was the son of a cigar manufacturer. He became the owner of a drugstore , but it failed. He became known as a tea uncle when he began selling shoe polish and soap, and now and then dried herbs , as a peddler and street vendor with a box in hand.
For a small fee, he is also said to have gladly given his customers one or two health tips, in keeping with his former role as a druggist .
In 1943 he came to the Neuerkeröder Anstalten retirement home , where he died in 1945.
literature
- Norman-Mathias Pingel: tea uncle. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 228 .
- Günter KP Starke: Man, be bright… Braunschweig originals, who they were and how they lived…. H. Meyer, Braunschweig 1987, ISBN 3-926701-00-5 , pp. 69-77.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thomas Ostwald : Tragic figures became originals
- ↑ Andreas Maxbauer: Braunschweig in the original
- ↑ Braunschweig.de: Braunschweiger Originals ( Memento from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tea uncle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kühner, Alfred (full name); Tea uncle (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Street vendor and Brunswick city original |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1945 |
| Place of death | Neuerkerode |