Navy Band Kiel

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Navy Band Kiel
Marinemusikkorps Kiel
Sportpressefest 1984 in der Ostseehalle (Kiel 74.850).jpg
The band at Sportpressefest, 20 January 1984.
Active1 June 1956 – Present
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Allegiance Bundeswehr Kreuz Black.svg Bundeswehr
BranchNaval Ensign of Germany.svg  German Navy
Type Military band of the Bundeswehr
Role public duties
Size50 members
Part of Joint Support Service
HQ14 Greifswalder Street, Kiel [1] [2]
Commanders
DirectorLieutenant Inga Hilsberg(Since February 2022) [3]
Deputy Director Kapitänleutnant Andreas Siry
Insignia
Insignia MMusKorps Kiel Wappen.png

Navy Band Kiel (German : Marinemusikkorps Kiel) is a military band of the German Navy responsible for raising the esprit de corps or morale of personnel of the Navy. The 50 member band has an area of responsibility for the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It also covers the entire coastal region of Germany on the North and Baltic Seas, with the states of Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as the cities of Bremen and Hamburg. [4]

Contents

The band has 6 ensembles:

The task of the band is mainly in troop support, all of which includes the ceremonial entry and exit of ships and the swearing-in of sailors. An important part is also public relations with residents of the Kiel area and northern Germany. concerts at home and abroad. As part of the public relations work, the band performs at numerous charity concerts. In recent years, more than 3.2 million euros have been made in donations. [5]

Brief history

The tour bus of the band in April 2014. Bus MMusKorps Ostsee.JPG
The tour bus of the band in April 2014.

Navy Band Kiel was set up on 1 June 1956 under the designation Navy Band Ostsee (Baltic Sea) in Eckernförde. [6] At the same time, Navy Band North Sea in Wilhelmshaven was established, and was affiliated to the Ostsee Band and was housed in the band's base at Kiel Airport. At first, there was a lack of personnel and instruments, so the ability to continue operated depended solely on cooperation between the two bands. In July 1957, cooperation ended and Navy Band North Sea was able to return to its intended location in Wilhelmshaven. In March 2014, the band in Wilhelmshaven was dissolved and merged with the Baltic Sea Band to become Navy Band Kiel, which became the sole official band of the Navy until 2019, when Navy Band North Sea was reinstated with the new name of Navy Band Wilhelmshaven.

Directors

References

  1. ↑ Press, C. Q. (2013-05-10). Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013. CQ Press. ISBN   978-1-4522-9937-2.
  2. ↑ Matthews, Brian (2002). Military Music & Bandsmen of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, 1933–1945. Tomahawk Films. ISBN   978-0-9542812-0-5.
  3. ↑ "Fregattenkapitän Friedrich Szepansky". Archived from the original on 2019-08-11.
  4. ↑ "Dienststellen der Streitkräftebasis: Startseite Marinemusikkorps Kiel".
  5. ↑ Kieler Nachrichten , 29. Oktober 2014
  6. ↑ Stöckel, Klaus (2016-02-19). Meine Begegnung mit der Militärmusik: Die Militärmusikschule der NVA 1975–1990. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN   978-3-7392-2995-9.
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