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Horst Abt (born May 2, 1927 in Frankfurt am Main ; † October 19, 2015 there ) was a German entrepreneur .

Career

Horst Abt came from a long-established Frankfurt family business that was founded in 1890. As a pupil he attended the Helmholtz School , at that time an upper secondary school for boys with a focus on science. He then completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter .

During the Second World War he was a soldier and was taken prisoner by the French, from which he was released in 1948. With his brother Klaus he rebuilt the destroyed family business. In 1960 he passed the master craftsman's examination as a carpenter at the Chamber of Crafts in Frankfurt. His son Peter has been running the company since he retired.

Functions

  • 1971 to 1979 - President of the Frankfurt Chamber of Crafts
  • 1977-1993 - honorary member of the Municipal Council of the City of Frankfurt am Main
  • 1979 to 1994 - President of the Rhine-Main Chamber of Crafts, President of the Working Group of the Hessian Chambers of Crafts, President of the Hessian Crafts Day (HHT)
  • since 1994 - Honorary President of the Rhine-Main Chamber of Crafts

Honors

Abt had been the holder of the Hessian Order of Merit since 1991 , of the Great Federal Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1994 and the plaque of honor of the city of Frankfurt am Main since 1995 . In addition, he was awarded the Gold Crafts Ring and the Ring of Honor of the Rhine-Main Chamber of Crafts.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Frankfurter Neue Presse: Craftsmen mourn the loss of Honorary President Dept. (No longer available online.) In: www.fnp.de. October 24, 2015, archived from the original on February 25, 2016 ; Retrieved February 25, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnp.de
  2. ↑ Honorary President Horst Abt turns 80  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to: hwk-rhein-main.de@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hwk-rhein-main.de  
  3. ↑ Honorary plaque of the city of Frankfurt am Main on: frankfurt.de
  4. ↑ Mourning for Honorary President Horst Abt at: pressebox.de, accessed on February 26, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Abbot, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 19th October 2015
Place of death Frankfurt am Main