Marine legend Wolfgang Laude will be 90: A life for Wilhelmshaven!

Marine legend Wolfgang Laude will be 90: A life for Wilhelmshaven!

Wilhelmshaven, Deutschland - On June 28, 2025, Wolfgang Laude celebrates his 90th birthday - a man whose life was strongly shaped by the Federal Navy. In Wilhelmshaven, he has long been a well -known personality, not only because of his impressive career, but also through his commitment in the community.

Wolfgang Laude was born in Schöneiche near Berlin and spent his first seven years there. The family experienced an eventful time through the professional transfer of his father, who came to Poznan as head of a teacher training center. After the Second World War, the family fled to Werl in Westphalia in 1947, where Laude lived in a children's home for three quarters and worked as a kitchen boy. These experiences shaped him and laid the foundation for his later career.

a life with the navy

1955 Wolfgang Laude graduated from his Abitur and entered the Federal Navy a year later, which was set up on October 1, 1956. This time was an exciting period in which the navy was founded after the turmoil of the Second World War. Schnellboot-net reports that the Federal Navy initially had to break with historical traditions and build a new identity.

family and commitment

1962 he married his wife Dietlinde and became the father of three children who were born in Kiel and Flensburg. The Laude family made Wilhelmshaven their home in 1971 and now even has five grandchildren who are regularly celebrated in the family. His commitment was not only limited to the navy - from 1984 to 2015 he was active on the community church council of the Thomaskirche and also worked as a lecturer until 2021.

The family stories also tell of numerous trips to the hinters, where Laude was traveling with the Johannitern between 1990 and 2016 up to three times a year. From 2002, traveling with the caravan was another passion that the family guided and created numerous memories.

The way to modern navy

The Federal Navy, emerged from the ruins of the Second World War, continued to develop steadily over the years. Wikipedia explains that the navy played an important role in NATO until the reunification in 1990 by protecting the Baltic Sea additions and participating in international missions. According to German unity, the Volksmarine of the GDR was integrated into the federal marine, which led to important structural changes.

Wolfgang Laudes Lebensweg and the course of the Federal Navy are reflected in the challenges and successes of this eventful time. This day of honor is not only recognized by his personal life's work, but also the change of the navy, which shaped him for decades. He celebrates in the circle of family and friends, surrounded by the successes and experiences of a moving life.