Kiel Week

Kiel Week
Founded 1882
Organizer  Kieler Yacht-Club
 Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
 Hamburger Segel-Club
 Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee
Classes 2.4mR, 29er, 420, 470, 49er, 49er FX, 505, Albin Express, Bavaria B/One, Contender, Europe, Finn, Flying Dutchman, Formula 18, Hobie 16, J/24, J/70, J/80, Laser 4.7, Laser Radial, Laser, Melges 24, Musto Performance Skiff, Nacra 17, Nordic Folkboat, OK, ORC, Platu 25, SB20, Sonar, X-99
Official website kieler-woche.de
Tall Ships Parade at Kiel Week, the world's biggest regatta and sailing event (2009)
Regatta of cruising yachts in front of Laboe, 2003
Amphitrite, Ubena von Bremen, and Roald Amundsen in 2007, forming part of the annual tall ship fleet at Kiel Week
Tall ships attracting visitors in port during Kiel Week 2006
Fairs and events as part of festival at shore, 2005

The Kiel Week (German: Kieler Woche) or Kiel Regatta is an annual sailing event in Kiel, Germany. It is the largest sailing event in the world, and also one of the largest Volksfeste in Germany.[1]

Events

Kiel Week is held annually in the last complete week in June, and opens officially on the preceding Saturday with the official Glasen, followed by the Holstenbummel. The "Soundcheck" is on the Friday before the official opening; it is a music festival across all the stages within the city. Kiel Week ends with a large fireworks display at 11 p.m. on Sunday, fired from pontoons or the quays at the Howaldtswerke, visible all across the Bay of Kiel.

Most ship races begin at the Olympic harbor of Schilksee, also the center of most sporting activities during Kiel Week. As Schilksee is located outside of the inner city and most sailing competitions take place yet further out, only some races - mainly of smaller boat types - can be viewed from shore, namely from along the Kiellinie at the west coast of the Bay of Kiel.

Kiel Week usually gathers around 5,000 sailors, 2,000 ships, and about three million visitors each year. The event is organized in joint effort by the Yacht Club of Kiel, the Norddeutscher Regattaverein, the Hamburger Sailing Club, and the Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee.

While Kiel Week started out as a ship racing championship, it has long since become a large festival with many popular bands playing on public stages. They often play for free, although the corporate sponsors (many from the Schleswig-Holstein media and telecommunications industry) usually display their involvement prominently. Most of the stages can be found at the Kiellinie (the western side of the Kieler Förde from the Düsternbrook yacht harbor past the Schleswig-Holstein parliament building to the big inner city ferry harbor), and as of late, across the Hoernbridge to the Germania harbor and the Hörn. Another area of rich cultural activity is the city center (Rathausplatz, Holstenbrücke) and the area connecting the city center with the ferry harbor (Alter Markt, Dänische Straße, Schloßpark). Between the public stages and especially on the International Market on the Rathausplatz, food specialties from different countries can be eaten. Small street performances and street comedy are performed in many places. A special children's program is available at the Spiellinie.

Kiel Week is also one of the largest tall ship conventions in Germany, attracting many German and international traditional ships, mainly sailing ships. Many of them spend the week doing day tours out of Kiel, thus berthing much more in view of the festival visitors than the racing boats at Kiel-Schilksee. More than 100 traditional ships and hundreds of yachts usually participate in the Tall Ships Parade (Windjammerparade) on the day before the closing day of the Kiel Week, i.e. usually on the second Saturday of Kiel Week. The Parade was first held in 1972, under the name of Operation Sail, and was organized in celebration of the Olympic Summer Games in Germany that year, whose sailing competitions took place in Kiel. It was the first large gathering of tall ships since the time of the windjammers, and its success led to the annual Parade and to the foundation of the first sail training organization in Germany (Clipper DJS). Today, the Parade is often headed by the Gorch Fock, a sister ship to the German-built USCGC Eagle (WIX-327).

Kiel Week Poster

Since 1948, advertises an annual Kiel Week poster for the festival week. Their design is another example of the cultural positioning and visual-design tradition of the Kieler Woche. In this context represents a jury put together a selection of graphic and then invites them to a competition to the corporate design of the festival week. An invitation is already an honor, because the design contest enjoys a high reputation and many designs have been awarded national and international prizes.

Among other things, the following graphic artists designed for the Kiel Week: Ernst Irmler (1953), Anton Stankowski (1962), Hans Hillmann (1964), Michael Engelmann (1965), Bruno K. Wiese (1971 & 1982), Rolf Müller (, 1972), Otto Treumann (1975), Ruedi Baur (1986), Rosemarie Tissi (1990), Hans Günther Schmitz (1992), Christof Gassner (1993), Siegfried Odermatt (1994), Barbara & Gerd Baumann (1995), Wim Crouwel (1998 ), Fons M. Hickmann (2002), Klaus Hesse (2006), Markus Dressen (2007), Peter Zizka (2008), Henning Wagenbreth (2009), Andrew and Jeffrey Goldstein (2010), Melchior Imboden (2011) and Stefan Guzy and Björn re (2015).

The series of Kieler Woche placards considered as a reflection of the recent graphic story. The motifs are applied to many objects and almost all of these - mostly developed by the competition winner himself - applications reach after a short time collector status.

History

Kiel Week, probably in 1895 (Fritz Stoltenberg)

Classes

Olympic classes

2.4 Metre
Open
470
M W
49er
M
49erFX
W
Finn
M
Laser
M
Laser Radial
W
Nacra 17
Mix
Sonar
Open

International classes

29er 420 505 Bavaria B/One Contender
Europe Flying Dutchman Formula 18 Hobie 16 J/24
Laser 4.7 Laser Radial
M
Musto Performance Skiff Nordic Folkboat OK

Offshore classes

Winners

Men's

470

49er

Europe

  • 1987 – Sweden Henrik Jacobsen
  • 1988 – Norway Peer Moberg
  • 1989 – Italy Valerio Chinca
  • 1990 – Denmark Kim Christensen
  • 1991 – Denmark Jan Christiansen
  • 1992 – Denmark Søren Johnsen
  • 1993 – Denmark Søren Johnsen
  • 1994 – Denmark Søren Johnsen
  • 1995 – Germany Kai Redemann
  • 1996 – Germany Bernhard Krüger
  • 1997 – Poland Jacek Zbierski
  • 1998 – Poland Jacek Zbierski
  • 1999 – Poland Jacek Zbierski
  • 2000 – Norway Mats Wang-Hansen
  • 2001 – Germany Tim Kirchhoff
  • 2002 – Denmark Søren Johnsen
  • 2003 – Denmark Søren Johnsen
  • 2004 – Denmark Mikkel Bonde

Finn

Laser

RS:X

Star

Women's

470

49er FX

Elliott 6m

Europe

Laser Radial

RS:X

  • 2005 – China Chan Wai Kei
  • 2006 – Ukraine Olga Maslivets
  • 2007 – Poland Agata Brygota
  • 2008 – Germany Romy Kinzl
  • 2009 – Germany Moana Delle
  • 2010 – Poland Brygola Agata
  • 2011 – Australia Jessica Grisp

Mixed

Nacra 17

Open

12 Metre

  • 2015 – United States Anitra – Josef Martin, Sven Oliver Buder, Tim Eggert, Peter Graf, Oliver Huber, Dierck Jensen, Andre Koslowsky, Johann Kraus, Wolfgang Leuthe, Björn Leuthe, Sven Martin, Petra Mehrbad, David Segbert & Ulli Sommerlath

2.4 Metre

  • 2002 – Germany Heiko Kröger
  • 2003 – Denmark Jens Als Andersen
  • 2004 – Germany Heiko Kröger
  • 2005 – Germany Heiko Kröger
  • 2006 – France Damien Seguin
  • 2007 – Netherlands Thierry Schmitter
  • 2008 – France Damien Seguin
  • 2009 – Germany Heiko Kröger
  • 2010 – Germany Heiko Kröger
  • 2011 – United Kingdom Megan Pascoe
  • 2012 – France Damien Seguin
  • 2013 – Germany Heiko Kröger
  • 2014 – Germany Heiko Kröger
  • 2015 – Germany Heiko Kröger

29er

  • 2005 – Germany Benjamin Friedhoff & Johanna Munding
  • 2006 – Germany Benjamin Friedhoff & Johanna Munding
  • 2007 – Germany Benjamin Friedhoff & Johanna Munding
  • 2008 – France Kévin Fischer & Glenn Gouron
  • 2009 – France Kévin Fischer & Glenn Gouron
  • 2010 – Croatia Domagoj Fizulic & Tomislav Bašić
  • 2011 – Australia Josh Franklin & Lewis Brake
  • 2012 – Spain Carlos Robles & Florian Trittel
  • 2013 – France Lucas Rual & Emile Amoro
  • 2014 – Sweden Adrian Salamon & Julius Hallstrom
  • 2015 – Slovenia Peter Lin Janezic & Anze Podlogar

420

  • 1987 – West Germany Jens Olbrysch
  • 1988 – West Germany Stefanie Wagner
  • 1989 – France Luc Angels
  • 1990 – West Germany Marcus Bauer
  • 1991 – Israel Zeev Kalach
  • 1992 – Germany Uta Kock
  • 1993 – Germany Schütt & Eberhardt
  • 1994 – United Kingdom Robert Greenhalgh & Peter Greenhalgh
  • 1996 – Switzerland Etienne Huter & Pierre Huter
  • 1997 – Belgium Xavier Vandeghinste & Quentin Blondieu
  • 1998 – France Nicolas Charbonnier & David Deguine
  • 1999 – Denmark Allan Nørregaard & Henrik Jorgensen
  • 2000 – Italy Luca Bursic & Jacob Thomas
  • 2001 – South Korea Jong-woo Park & Dong-woo Lee
  • 2002 – United Kingdom Nic Asher & Elliot Willis
  • 2003 – Spain José Antonio Medina Ruiz & Onán Barreiros
  • 2004 – Australia Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen
  • 2005 – India Farokh Tarapore & Vikas Kapila
  • 2006 – Germany Susanne Baur & Katharina Berggren
  • 2007 – Germany Florian Dziesiaty & Oliver Szymanski
  • 2008 – Italy Maccari Federico & Vitali Rocco
  • 2009 – United Kingdom Philip Sparks & Ben Gratton
  • 2010 – Singapore Justin Liu & Sherman Cheng
  • 2011 – Australia Angus Galloway & Alexander Gough
  • 2012 – Chile Nadja Horwitz & Francisca Fuentes
  • 2013 – Germany Jan Borbet & Kilian Northoff
  • 2014 – Israel Abu Maor & Rooz Yoav
  • 2015 – United States Wiley Rogers & Jack Parkin

505

  • 1994 – Germany Tim Böger & Holger Jess
  • 1995 – United Kingdom Jeremy Robinson & Bill Masterman
  • 1996 – Germany Thomas Gosch & Rolf Meyer
  • 1997 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Holger Jess
  • 1998 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Holger Jess
  • 1999 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Holger Jess
  • 2000 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Holger Jess
  • 2001 – Sweden Krister Bergstrom & Thomas Moss
  • 2002 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Holger Jess
  • 2003 – Germany Claas Lehmann & Martin Schöler
  • 2004 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Holger Jess
  • 2005 – Germany Claas Lehmann & Martin Schöler
  • 2006 – Denmark Jan Saugmann & Morten Ramsbaek
  • 2007 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Holger Jess
  • 2008 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Julien Kleiner
  • 2009 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Julien Kleiner
  • 2010 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Julien Kleiner
  • 2011 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Julien Kleiner
  • 2012 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Julien Kleiner
  • 2013 – Germany Wolfgang Hunger & Julien Kleiner
  • 2014 – Germany Jan-Philipp Hofmann & Felix Brockerhoff
  • 2015 – Germany Meike Schomäker & Holger Jess

Albin Ballad

  • 2015 – Germany Klaus Lange

Albin Express

  • 2015 – Sweden Arne K. Larssen

Contender

  • 1995 – Germany Jan von der Bank
  • 1996 – United Kingdom Graham Scott
  • 1997 – United Kingdom Ian Renilson
  • 1998 – Italy Andreas Bonezzi
  • 1999 – Denmark Claus Staffe
  • 2000 – Denmark Claus Staffe
  • 2001 – Germany Gabriel Wicke
  • 2002 – Italy Andreas Bonezzi
  • 2003 – Germany Jan von der Bank
  • 2004 – Italy Andreas Bonezzi
  • 2005 – Germany Jan von der Bank
  • 2006 – Italy Andreas Bonezzi
  • 2007 – Germany Jan van der Bank
  • 2008 – Germany Christoph Homeier
  • 2009 – Germany Jan von der Bank
  • 2010 – Denmark Bjarke Johnsen
  • 2011 – Germany Christoph Homeier
  • 2012 – Denmark Sören Andreasen Dulong
  • 2013 – Australia Mark Bulka
  • 2014 – Denmark Søren Dulong Andreasen
  • 2015 – Denmark Jesper Nielsen

Europe

  • 2005 – Denmark Jacob Ege Friis
  • 2006 – Finland Teemu Rantanen
  • 2007 – Denmark Christian Rindom
  • 2008 – Germany Sönke Herrmann
  • 2009 – France Thomas Ribeaud
  • 2010 – France Sylvain Notonier
  • 2011 – France Sylvain Notonier
  • 2012 – France Sylvain Notonier
  • 2013 – Norway Lars Johan Brodtkorb
  • 2014 – Denmark Anna Munch
  • 2015 – Germany Fabian Kirchhoff

Farr 30

  • 2015 – Germany Harald Brüning

Flying Dutchman

Formula 18

  • 2015 – Germany Helge Sach & Christian Sach

H-boat

  • 1987 – Finland Juhani Seppae
  • 1988 – West Germany Gerd Eiermann
  • 1989 – West Germany Gerd Eiermann
  • 1990 – Sweden Henrik Edmann
  • 1991 – Germany Gerd Eiermann
  • 1992 – Denmark Theis Palm
  • 1993 – Germany Vincent Hösch
  • 1994 – Germany Vincent Hösch, Wolfgang Nothegger & Stefan Abel
  • 1995 – United States Ross McDonald, Phil Trinter & Hugo Dölfes
  • 1996 – Germany Wolfgang Döring, Butze Bredt & Sönke Wunderlich
  • 1997 – Denmark Herluf Jörgensen, Chrestian Pasbjerg & Sören Nielsen
  • 1998 – Denmark Herluf Jörgensen, Chrestian Pasbjerg & Per Petersen
  • 1999 – Denmark Bo Selko, Jonas Pedersen & Niels Sörensen
  • 2000 – Denmark Bo Selko, Jonas Pedersen & Kenneth Bogild
  • 2001 – Germany Dirk Stadler, Nils Ubert & Kai Schnellbacher
  • 2002 – Denmark Herluf Jörgensen, Chrestian Pasbjerg & Fin Nicolaisen
  • 2003 – Germany Harald Wefers, Niels Körte & Soenke Asta Durst
  • 2004 – Denmark Herluf Jörgensen, Chrestian Pasbjerg & Christian Justesen
  • 2005 – Denmark Morten Nielsen, Per Kloster & Niels Hendrik Borch
  • 2006 – Netherlands Hans Peulen, Patrick Vraneken & Peter Snellens
  • 2007 – Denmark Steffen Stegger, Lars Christiansen & Carsten Pedersen Guffi
  • 2008 – Denmark Steffen Stegger, Lars Christiansen & Carsten Pedersen Guffi
  • 2009 – Denmark Steffen Stegger, Lars Christiansen & Carsten Pedersen Guffi
  • 2010 – Denmark Mads P. G. Korsgaard, Uffe Dreiser & Anders Rydlöv
  • 2011 – Denmark Steffen Stegger, Lars Christiansen & Carsten Pedersen Guffi
  • 2012 – Denmark Steffen Stegger, Lars Christiansen & Carsten Pedersen Guffi
  • 2015 – Germany Peter Zauner, Timo von Schorlemer, Maren Bertling & Frank Hummel

Hobie 16

  • 2015 – Germany Detlef Mohr & Karen Wichardt

J/24

  • 2015 – United Kingdom Ian Southworth

J/70

J/80

  • 2015 – Germany Martin Menzner

Laser 4.7

  • 2015 – Germany Julia Büsselberg

Laser Radial

  • 2015 – United States Haddon Hughes

Melges 24

  • 2015 – Denmark Kim Christensen

Musto Performance Skiff

  • 2015 – United Kingdom Ben Schooling

Nordic Folkboat

  • 1957 – Denmark Ejnar Christensen
  • 1958 – Denmark Henning Olsen
  • 1959 – Denmark Ejnar Christensen
  • 1960 – West Germany Chr. Lageri Schmidt
  • 1961 – Denmark Henning Olsen
  • 1962 – Denmark Børge Jespersen
  • 1963 – Denmark Mogens Petersen
  • 1964 – Denmark Mogens Petersen
  • 1965 – Denmark Mogens Petersen
  • 1966 – West Germany G. Kroll
  • 1967 – Denmark Claus Hjort, Ove Hjort & Karsten Ask
  • 1968 – Denmark Claus Hjort, Ove Hjort & Karsten Ask
  • 1969 – Denmark Claus Hjort, Ove Hjort & Karsten Ask
  • 1970 – Denmark Claus Hjort, Ove Hjort & Karsten Ask
  • 1971 – West Germany Walther Muhs
  • 1972 – West Germany Andreas Christiansen & Knud Christiansen
  • 1973 – Denmark Claus Hjort, Ove Hjort & Karsten Ask
  • 1974 – Denmark Claus Hjort, Ove Hjort & Karsten Ask
  • 1975 – Denmark Erik Andreasen, Jørgen Knudsen & Chresten Kold
  • 1976 – Denmark Claus Hjort, Ove Hjort & Karsten Ask
  • 1977 – Denmark Flemming Hansen, Niels Andersen & Bent Christensen
  • 1978 – Denmark Ernst August Rasmussen, Klaus Rasmussen & Aksel Andreasen
  • 1979 – West Germany Dieter Kipcke
  • 1980 – Denmark Henrik Kold
  • 1981 – Denmark Erik Andereasen, Peter West, Jens Budtz & Mogens Pedersen
  • 1982 – Denmark Henrik Sørensen, John Skjoldby & Erling Rasmussen
  • 1983 – Denmark Erik Andreasen
  • 1984 – Denmark Rene Mørch, Lauge Larsen & Stig Pallisbeck
  • 1985 – Denmark Rene Mørch, Lauge Larsen & Stig Pallisbeck
  • 1986 – Denmark Erik Andreasen, Lotte Andreasen, Bjørn Clausen & Mette S. Andersen
  • 1987 – Denmark Rene Mørch, John Skjoldby & Lauge Larsen
  • 1988 – West Germany Horst Stephan Schultze
  • 1987 – Denmark Rene Moerck
  • 1988 – West Germany Thorsten Dmach
  • 1989 – Denmark Erik Andreasen
  • 1990 – West Germany Manfred Baum
  • 1991 – Denmark Flemming Rost
  • 1992 – Germany Dr. Jürgen Breitenbach
  • 1993 – Germany H. Reese
  • 1994 – Denmark Erik Andreasen, Paul Ankjaer & Mogens Pedersen
  • 1995 – Denmark Jesper Bendix, Jacob Gronsbach & Jesper Baungaard
  • 1996 – Denmark Torben Olesen, Lars Dalborge & Palle Hemdorf
  • 1997 – Denmark Peter Due, Kurt Petersen & Ole Christensen
  • 1998 – Denmark Henrik Kold, Claus Skov Nielsen & Jens Lorentzen
  • 1999 – Denmark Henrik Kold, Claus Skov Nielsen & Per Hovmark
  • 2000 – Denmark Jens Thuroe, Mette Thuroe & Knud Andersen
  • 2001 – Denmark Kim Fogde, Peter Andersen & Tonny Poulsen
  • 2002 – Denmark Per Hovmark, Soren Bredal & Claus Lauritsen
  • 2003 – Denmark Per Jørgensen, Lars Jørgensen
  • 2004 – Denmark Kim Koch Fodge, Tonny Povlsen & Allan Hansen
  • 2005 – Denmark Per Jørgensen, Lars Jørgensen & Claus Skov Nielsen
  • 2006 – Germany Christoph Nielsen, Torben Dehn & Björge Dehn
  • 2007 – Germany Christoph Nielsen, Torben Dehn & Jimi Reichenberger
  • 2008 – Denmark Per Jørgensen, Lars Jørgensen & Kristian Hansen
  • 2009 – Germany Christoph Nielsen, Torben Dehn & Krzystof Paschke
  • 2010 – Denmark Per Jørgensen, Kristian Hansen & Kjeld Skov
  • 2011 – Denmark John Wulff, Benny Christensen & Bent Mallemuk Nielsen
  • 2012 – Germany Walther Furthmann, Hans Christian Mrowka & Paul Grolstein
  • 2013 – Germany Christoph Nielsen, Florian Raudaschel, Torben Dehn & Klaus Reichenberger
  • 2014 – Denmark Per Buch, Hans Schultz & Per Puck
  • 2015 – Germany Ulf Kipcke, Dieter Kipcke & Gero Martens

OK

  • 2015 – United Kingdom Charlie Cumbley

RS800

  • 2015 – United Kingdom Phil Walker & John Mather

Sonar

  • 2014 – Germany Jens Kroker, Robert Prem & Siggy Mainka

See also

References

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