Berndt Niethammer
Berndt Niethammer (born December 5, 1931 in Dresden ; † June 26, 2005 in Mittweida ) was a German manager and entrepreneur in the paper industry.
Niethammer came from the family who owned the Kübler & Niethammer paper mill in Kriebstein (Saxony), which was expropriated after the Second World War . Until German reunification, he was plant manager at the paper mill E. Holtzmann & Cie. active in Weisenbach (Black Forest). In 1990, he and several cousins, including his cousin Frank Niethammer , bought back the former family business, which had become a state-owned company in the GDR, from the Treuhandanstalt and became CEO of Kübler & Niethammer Papierfabrik Kriebstein AG, whose modernization he pushed ahead.
In 1992 he received the Aufschwung 92 manager award from the German business magazine Forbes and the personnel consultancy Heidrick & Struggles for special achievements in building up the new federal states. In 1995 he was awarded the Federal Order of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany for his special services to the reconstruction .
He worked as a councilor in Weisenbach and in Kriebstein, and played a key role in establishing the partnership between the two communities. In Kriebstein he was the mayor's deputy.
Niethammer was a great-grandson of the company's founder Albert Niethammer . He was married with five children and had been widowed since 1990. He died in 2005 at the age of 73.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The King of Kriebethal . In :! Forbes , issue 11 / November 1992, page 54
- ^ Obituary in the Gemeindeanzeiger Weisenbach, July 7, 2005 ( Memento from January 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niethammer, Berndt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Niethammer, Berndt Albert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manager and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 2005 |
| Place of death | Mittweida |