Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach

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Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach here 1st from the left in the main entrance of Villa Hügel on the occasion of the visit of the President of Togo; on the right Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. Photo taken in 1961

Arndt Friedrich Alfried von Bohlen and Halbach (born January 24, 1938 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ; † May 8, 1986 in Munich ) was the only child of Anneliese and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach .

Life

Up to the age of 28, Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach appeared as the future heir of his father's Krupp company . He grew up in the Second World War as the only child under the care of his mother Anneliese von Bohlen and Halbach (nee Bahr, divorced Lampert; 1909-1998). His father's divorce from his mother and his father's incarceration after World War II resulted in him growing up largely without a father. Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach attended two boarding schools ; the Schloss Stein school in Bavaria and later the Swiss Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz , where he passed his Matura in 1958 . He then studied economics and business administration and law in Freiburg im Breisgau and Munich . In Munich he wanted to join the Isaria Corps . Since he refused the scale length , he was denied admission. He completed various internships in different areas of his father's company, Krupp. This should prepare him for his legacy as an entrepreneur and sole owner.

On February 14, 1969 married Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach on his castle Blühnbach at throwing in the Salzburger country Henriette ( "Hetti") von Auersperg , daughter of Alois von Auersperg and Henriette Larisch of Möennich. The marriage remained childless.

Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach lived a party and jet set life between Palm Beach and Marrakech from his severance payment and the annual apanage , which earned him a mention in the autobiography of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards . He donated for the poor in Thailand and the Philippines . As a thank you for a donation for Catholic refugees in the Lebanese civil war , he was made Knight of the Order of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem in a ceremony . Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach underwent dozens of cosmetic surgeries, especially since he liked to make up, even against medical advice. Since 1980 he suffered from lymph gland cancer . In 1982 he converted to Catholicism in Manila , although he came from a strictly Protestant family.

At the age of 48, Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach died at the side of his mother Anneliese, "who held his hand on his last breath" and was supposed to outlive him by ten years, on May 8, 1986 at the Großhadern Clinic in Munich from oral cancer . He was then buried in the crypt of the castle chapel of Blühnbach Castle.

Surrender of inheritance and establishment of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation

The recession of the 1960s brought his father Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach into considerable trouble. In addition, Friedrich Krupp had problems in the Eastern trade that Berthold Beitz had begun because payments were either not made or were delayed.

A banking consortium led by the spokesman for Deutsche Bank, Hermann Josef Abs , refused the company loans. A state guarantee came on the condition that Krupp would be converted into a stock corporation, but this was later not used. The prerequisite for the granting of a guarantee was a change in the legal form of the company, for example to a limited partnership or a stock corporation. As a result, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach left the company management. However, until his death in 1967 he remained the sole owner of the company, whose company shares were only transferred to a foundation after his death.

Alfried Krupp's son Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach played a decisive role in the transformation into a foundation. Originally, following the company's tradition, he was intended to be the successor and sole heir. However, between 1962 and 1966, the father apparently changed his mind. Berthold Beitz succeeded in persuading the future heir to renounce the inheritance on September 16, 1966, which was notarized a week later in a Swiss notary's office.

The non-profit " Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation " is the "legacy" of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach. As a result of Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach's renunciation of inheritance, the entire business assets were transferred to the foundation set up by the executors Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach, Berthold Beitz and Dedo von Schenck , which began its activities on January 1, 1968 and is dedicated to philanthropic goals.

By renouncing his inheritance , Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach did not become the owner of the Friedrich Krupp company. Therefore it was controversial until his death whether he was allowed to prefix his name with the family name "Krupp", which was reserved for the respective sole proprietor. This privilege came from Wilhelm II in his capacity as King of Prussia through the so-called "Name Multiplication Letter" from 1906 and was renewed in 1943 by the Reich government on the occasion of the conversion of Krupp AG back into a sole proprietorship ( Lex Krupp ).

This meant that Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach waived an inheritance of - depending on the type of inheritance - 2.5 billion or 3.5 billion DM in favor of a guaranteed annual payment of at least 2 million DM, which resulted from a subsidy pension from the former Krupp- Rossenray , Rheinberg and Pattberg collieries on the one hand and a guaranteed million from the Krupp Group itself, but which was lengthy litigation because of its reduced tax rate. Alfried Krupp was contractually assured by the three Western Allies of the so-called Mehlem contract in 1953 that a 2.5 percent share of the profits from the annual coal sales would be exempt from tax as consideration for the unbundling of his group. This right was effectively transferred to his son. The Essen-Süd tax office denied this tax exemption. In addition to the apanage by the Friedrich Krupp AG company, Arndt also inherited his original private fortune with the death of his father Alfried, which includes the Blühnbach estate with a castle and 152 km² of land, the Villa Bled Targui in Marrakech, houses in Essen and on Sylt, apartments in Munich and New York as well as paintings, holdings and accounts that were administered by the private bank Gossenberg in Essen.

The proceeds that he achieved from his inheritance waiver, as well as the unresolved tax issue, plus the fact that the payments were tied exclusively to his person, made it impossible for him to plan for the long term and to make provisions for the rest of his life. because the amount of the so-called "Förderrente", which was based on the market for hard coal and other operational developments, was subject to extreme annual fluctuations. The expensive properties in Tyrol, Marrakech and Palm Beach also meant that he became insolvent towards the end of his life.

After his untimely death in the spring of 1986, bankruptcy proceedings had to be opened. Until then, he had not been able to agree on the tax rate to be paid with the tax authorities. The tax dispute after his death before the courts was ended in 1989 after a constitutional complaint by a settlement between the bankruptcy administrator and the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Finance proposed by the then constitutional judge Roman Herzog .

Quotes

  • When asked whether he would one day work: "I was just missing that."
  • Berthold Beitz: "Arndt was a clever and talented boy, but he just didn't feel like working."

literature

  • Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns: The last Krupp. Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach; the end of a dynasty. Hamburg: Hoffmann & Campe 1998, ISBN 3-455-11188-2 .
  • Bernt Engelmann : Krupp. Legends and reality ; Munich: Schneekluth, 1969.
  • Bernt Engelmann, Günter Wallraff : You up there - we down there. Berlin: Verlag der Nation, 1975, ISBN 3-462-01202-9 .
  • Gert von Klass : Krupp. The three rings. Tübingen: Wunderlich Verlag, 1966.

media

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach . In: Der Spiegel . No. 14 , 1958 ( online ).
  2. ^ Gregor Tholl: 40 years of inheritance waiver of the last Krupp Foundation distributes a lot of money for charitable purposes ; in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, edition of September 13, 2006.
  3. ↑ Hanns-Bruno Kammertoens: The last Krupp. In: zeit.de . October 1, 1998, accessed January 1, 2017 .
  4. ^ Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach . In: Der Spiegel . No. 15 , 1984 ( online ).
  5. ^ DIED: Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach . In: Der Spiegel . No. 20 , 1986 ( online ).
  6. ^ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung WAZ v. November 19, 2011: "The life and death of a 'Playboy'"
  7. ↑ Beate Wedekind : On the ZDF film: Beate Wedekind on the last Krupp , Münchner Merkur , March 26, 2009.
  8. ^ Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation. Brief information . Editor: Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation. October 2013. p. 8f. Retrieved on January 24, 2014 Archive link ( Memento from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung. Brief information . Editor: Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation. October 2013. p. 8 f. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  9. ^ Imfernsehen GmbH & Co KG: Series by and with André Schäfer. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
  10. ^ Bohlen Halbach - YouTube. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bohlen and Halbach, Arndt von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bohlen and Halbach, Arndt Friedrich Alfried von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur's son from the Krupp-Bohlen von Halbach family
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Charlottenburg
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1986
Place of death Munich