Peter Kurze is a German publisher and author. He became known through his book series on the history of the automobile.
Life
Born 1955 in
Bremen, after two one-year internships at a machine factory and a bank, he studied mechanical engineering and later business administration with a focus on marketing and corporate history. In 1980 he started his own business with a company for vintage car spare parts and literature. In 1987, Short wrote his first book. It was about the
VW-Kübelwagen type 181 bucket. At the end of the 80s he was one of the founders of the GummikuH motorcycling magazine.
In 1995, the Bremen acquired the image archive, consisting of positives, negatives and rights of use, the photographer Gerhard Schammelt, mainly
Lloyd-,
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquartere ...
- and
Volkswagen
Volkswagen (),English: , . abbreviated as VW (), is a German motor vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front under the Nazi Party and revived into a global brand post-W ...
vehicles mapped. This base of nearly 12,000 images has been expanded by the purchase of other archives. Thus, Kurze was able to get the discounts and rights of the photographers Paul Botzenhardt (German and French automobiles), Rudolf Dodenhoff (various brands), Heinz Lutz (
GDR vehicles), Walter Richleske (
Borgward), Hans Saebens (various brands), Karl-Heinz Witte (Lloyd and Goliath) and Hermann Ohlsen (Architecture Bremen) acquire.
Today, his picture archive contains around 150,000 photos of automobiles from the 1950s and 1960s as well as the aerospace industry (
Henrich Focke
Henrich Focke (8 October 1890 – 25 February 1979) was a German aviation pioneer from Bremen and also a co-founder of the Focke-Wulf company. He is best known as the inventor of the Fw 61, the first successful German helicopter.
Biography ...
s
Focke-Wulf company) in Bremen of the 20s and 30s.
Brief published between 1996 and 2013, the book series "Cars from Bremen" (13 volumes), the history of the Bremen motor vehicle industry (
Borgward,
Hanomag
Hanomag (Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG, ) was a German producer of steam locomotives, tractors, trucks and military vehicles in Hanover. Hanomag first achieved international fame by delivering numerous steam locomotives to Finland, Romania and ...
,
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquartere ...
). in the Delius Klasing Verlag he released the series "Moving Times", which presents various automobiles of the 50s. Short is currently working on a 14-volume Borgward chronicle in his specialty. Kurze is a member of the "F-Kubik" forum for vehicle history.
Works (selection)
As author
Bremen automotive industry
* ''Besser fahren,
Borgward fahren – Band 1959.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2010, .
* ''Besser fahren,
Borgward fahren – Band 1958.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2014, .
* ''Besser fahren,
Borgward fahren – Band 1957.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2016, .
* ''Besser fahren,
Borgward fahren – Band 1956.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2018, .
* ''Borgward Typenkunde.
Goliath und
Lloyd.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, .
* ''Auf Borgwards Spuren in Hastedt.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2012, .
* ''
Carl F. W. Borgward Automobilwerke.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2001, .
* ''Genau genommen:
Borgward P100
The Borgward P100 is a large four-door sedan first presented in September 1959 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and produced by the Bremen based auto-manufacturer Carl F. W. Borgward GmbH between January 1960 and July 1961.
Design and engineering
The ...
.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2012, .
* ''Prototypen und Kleinserienfahrzeuge der Borgward-, Goliath- und Lloyd-Werke.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2008, .
* ''Spurensuche: Autoindustrie Bremen.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2000, .
* Kurze/Schwerdtfeger: ''Autoland Bremen.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2009, .
* Kurze/Neumann: ''100 Jahre Automobilbau in Bremen: Die Hansa-Loyd- und Borgward-Ära.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2006, .
* Kurze/Zwiener: ''100 Jahre Automobilbau in Bremen: Die Hanomag- und Mercedes-Benz-Ära.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Bremen 2007, .
* Kurze/Kaack/Schwerdtfeger: ''Wir bauen Autos aus Leidenschaft · 75 Jahre Werk Bremen.'' Verlag Peter Kurze, Hgb.
Daimler AG
The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is one of the world's leading car manufactu ...
, Bremen 2014, .
other producers
* ''DKW-Meisterklasse.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2005, .
* ''Ford Taunus 17 M.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2007, .
* ''Kleinwagen der Fünfzigerjahre.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2008, .
* ''Mercedes-Benz 190-300 SE.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2006, .
* Kurze/Halwart Schrader: ''Mercedes-Benz/8 W 114/115.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2012, .
* Kurze/Halwart Schrader: ''Mercedes-Benz 180/190/219/220a.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2012, .
* ''
Trabant
Trabant () is a series of small cars produced from 1957 until 1991 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. In total, four different models were made, the Trabant 500, Trabant 600, Trabant 601, and the Tr ...
.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2003, .
* Kurze/Halwart Schrader: ''
VW-Bulli.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, .
* ''
VW-Käfer.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2003, .
* ''
Wartburg 311
The Wartburg 311 was a car produced by East Germany, East German car manufacturer Automobilwerk Eisenach, VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach from 1956 to 1965. The 311 model was manufactured in a number of variations, including pickup, sedan, limousine, c ...
/312.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2008, .
Varia
* Kurze/Stünkel/Ziesemer: ''Die Geschichte der Luftfahrt in Bremen.'' Bogenschütz-Verlag, Bremen 1996, .
* Kaack/Kurze: ''Flugzeuge aus Bremen – Luftfahrtgeschichte der Hansestadt.'' Sutton, Erfurt 2015, .
* Kaack/Kurze: ''Industrie in Bremen.'' Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2011, .
* Kurze/Steiner: ''Motorräder aus Zschopau – DKW, IFA, MZ.'' Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1999, .
YouTube
Borgward 1956
As a publisherer
Bremen automotive industry
* Heinrich Völker: ''Der Weg zur Borgward Isabella.'' .
* Engelbert Hartwig: ''Musste Isabella sterben?'' .
* Harald Focke: ''Borgwards Hubschrauber.'' .
* Gunther Riedel: ''Goliath Sport.'' .
* Klaus Brandhuber: ''Borgward Automobil-Werke: Aufbau, Wirtschaftswunder und Konkurs.'' .
* Heinrich Völker: ''Silberpfeile aus Bremen.'' .
* Detlef Lichtenstein: ''
Pietro Frua
Pietro Frua (2 May 1913 - 28 June 1983) was one of the leading Italian coachbuilders and car designers during the 1950s and 1960s.
Early years
Frua was born in Turin, the centre of coachbuilding in northern Italy. He was the fourth son of Angela, ...
und seine Autos.'' .
* Ulrich Knaack: ''
Renault 5.'' 2006, .
* Wolfgang Simons: ''Das Umweltauto.'' .
* Peter Witt: ''Autos und Motorräder zwischen Eisenach und Moskau.'' .
* Wolfgang Schröder: ''AWO, MZ, Trabant und Wartburg.'' .
* Jörn Fröhlich: ''AWO,
Simson und
EMW.'' .
Varia
*
Henrich Focke
Henrich Focke (8 October 1890 – 25 February 1979) was a German aviation pioneer from Bremen and also a co-founder of the Focke-Wulf company. He is best known as the inventor of the Fw 61, the first successful German helicopter.
Biography ...
: ''Mein Lebensweg.'' 1996, .
* Schwärzel/Lehmann: ''Firmenmuseen in Deutschland.'' .
* Hartmut Schwerdtfeger/Erik Herlyn: ''Die Handels-U-Boote
„Deutschland“ und „Bremen“.'' .
* Sven Claußen/Ulf Kaack: ''Die Seenotkreuzer der
DGzRS (Reihe).'' .
* Enno Hansing: ''Hier liegen meine Gebeine, ich wollt' es wären Deine.'' .
References
External links
Homepage of Peter Kurze(in German)
Website of the F-Kubik editor group(in German)
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Motoring journalists
1955 births
Living people
20th-century publishers (people)
21st-century publishers (people)