Alice Thormählen

Alice Marcelle Thormählen (* 6. April 1928 in Heiligenhaus ; † 19th March 2020 ibid) was a German entrepreneur , who as patron and benefactor to their low bergische has made home deserves.

Life and career

Thormählen was the daughter of the Heiligenhauser entrepreneur Ernst Woelm, who initially developed products for aircraft construction . Her mother was Belgian , the middle name Marcelle is a reminiscence of this origin. Thormählen actually wanted to study languages after the war , but couldn't get a place. After working in Switzerland and France, at the request of her father, she joined the accounting department of the conveyor technology company he co-founded ; from the 1950s onwards she worked for a long time as managing director and partner in important companies in this and the local building hardware industry. In 1962 she married the hotelier and industrial master Hans Joachim Thormählen († 2012). The marriage remained childless. The couple is buried in the cemetery of the Protestant parish in Heiligenhaus.

Thormählen was a longstanding member of the CDU .

Non-profit and charitable work

Her father was already a promoter of the work of parishes, cultural institutions and nature conservation projects. Alice Thormählen has supported numerous projects and plans with a wide range of recipients throughout her life with a total of several million euros . These included the Lebenshilfe , parents' initiatives to support children with cancer , the German Red Cross , the Tafel , AWO , scholarships for students on the Heiligenhaus campus of the Bochum University of Applied Sciences , help for refugees , church communities, sports and choral clubs, right up to equipping public schools and building projects in their home.

In 2008 she and her husband founded the alice and hans joachim thormählen foundation for education, culture and sport, which is primarily aimed at young people.

honors and awards

Federal Cross of Merit
2012 Honorary Award “Humanly Engaged” from the CDU Women's Union
2017 Name of a newly created park in Heiligenhaus as "Thormählen Park"
In 2017, a building she financed to promote culture and education, which, among other things, houses the city library, was named after her as the “Thormählen-Bildungshaus” in Heiligenhaus.

Sources (selection)

Ruth Ortlinghaus: The benefactress celebrates her 90th birthday. In: Rheinische Post Online. Rheinische Post Mediengruppe, April 6, 2018, accessed on July 15, 2020 .

Henry Kreilmann and Paul Köhnes: Mourning Alice Thormählen. In: Rheinische Post Online. Rheinische Post Mediengruppe, March 28, 2020, accessed on July 15, 2020 .

Obituary of the presbytery in the parish letter of the Evangelical Church Community of Heiligenhaus, May – June 2020 edition, May 1, 2020

Individual evidence

↑ Obituary in the "Stadt Anzeiger", page 7, WWV Westdeutsche Verlags- und Werbegesellschaft mbH Essen, from March 28, 2020
^ Petra Driver: New toilets for the playhouse. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Online. Funke MedienGruppe, February 28, 2010, accessed on July 15, 2020 .
↑ Thormählen donates 30,000 euros for refugees. In: Rheinische Post Online. Rheinische Post Mediengruppe, December 3, 2015, accessed on July 15, 2020 .
↑ The client is Alice Thormählen. In: Westfalenpost Online. Funke MedienGruppe, September 9, 2019, accessed on July 15, 2020 .
^ Obituary by Alice Thormählen. In: Bochum University. March 30, 2010, accessed July 15, 2020 .
^ Homepage of the Alice and Hans Joachim Thormählen Foundation. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
^ Alice and Hans Joachim Thormählen Foundation. In: Directory of foundations of the Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
↑ Chancellor honors Alice Thormählen. In: Homepage of the Bundestag member Peter Beyer. June 19, 2012, accessed July 15, 2020 .
↑ Petrareiber: The Thormählen Bildungshaus in Heiligenhaus was inaugurated. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Online. Funke MedienGruppe, September 8, 2017, accessed on July 15, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Thormählen, Alice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Thormählen, Alice Marcelle (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur and founder
DATE OF BIRTH	April 6, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heiligenhaus
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 2020
Place of death	Heiligenhaus

[1] Obituary in the "Stadt Anzeiger", page 7, WWV Westdeutsche Verlags- und Werbegesellschaft mbH Essen, from March 28, 2020

[2] Petra Driver: New toilets for the playhouse. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Online. Funke MedienGruppe, February 28, 2010, accessed on July 15, 2020 .

[3] Thormählen donates 30,000 euros for refugees. In: Rheinische Post Online. Rheinische Post Mediengruppe, December 3, 2015, accessed on July 15, 2020 .

[4] The client is Alice Thormählen. In: Westfalenpost Online. Funke MedienGruppe, September 9, 2019, accessed on July 15, 2020 .

[5] Obituary by Alice Thormählen. In: Bochum University. March 30, 2010, accessed July 15, 2020 .

[6] Homepage of the Alice and Hans Joachim Thormählen Foundation. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .

[7] Alice and Hans Joachim Thormählen Foundation. In: Directory of foundations of the Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .

[8] Chancellor honors Alice Thormählen. In: Homepage of the Bundestag member Peter Beyer. June 19, 2012, accessed July 15, 2020 .

[9] Petrareiber: The Thormählen Bildungshaus in Heiligenhaus was inaugurated. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Online. Funke MedienGruppe, September 8, 2017, accessed on July 15, 2020 .