02.09.1882: Born in Sulau/Silesia1901 Joined the Imperial Navy as officer candidate, various on-board commands, landing mission in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a, ascent to Captain Lieutenant1914 naval battles at Coronel and the Falkland Islands, sinking of the S.M.S "Leipzig "1914-1918 Prisoner of war in England and the Netherlands1920 Entry into the Reichsmarine1928 Chief of the Staff of the North Sea Station1930 Head of the Nautical Department at the Reichsmarineamt in Berlin1932 Retirement "with the character of a rear admiral "1934 Appointment as "Permanent Shipping Expert Assessor at the Reichsoberseeamt "1939 "Seeschiffahrtsbevollmächtigter" in Hamburg1940 Convened for military service: Reichskommissar bei den Prisenhöfen in Riga und Saloniki later at Oberprisenhof Berlin1942 Farewell as Konteradmiral1945 Since at the end of the war civilian no captivity as a prisoner of war, among other things as a commercial agent and self-employed painter active1950 After the establishment of the Bundesoberseeamt, he was again appointed as a "permanent observer familiar with shipping "1957 Termination of his activity on grounds of age1970 Died on the same day as his wife