Carl Hierl
Carl Hierl (born November 25, 1911 in Taufkirchen (Vils) , † December 12, 2003 in Taufkirchen (Vils)) was a German businessman and honorary citizen of the municipality of Taufkirchen.
In 1948 he founded the Himolla company , once the largest manufacturer of upholstered furniture in Europe, which is still the largest employer in the municipality today.
Life
He was the son of Karl and Maria Hierl, who had a saddlery, upholstery and wagon construction business. After his apprenticeship as a saddler, upholsterer, car painter and car upholster, he worked in his parents' company from 1927. In 1933 the master's examination as a car upholsterer followed. In 1938 Hierl was drafted into the military as a car upholsterer. He owed an early release from military service in December 1939 to the business where mattresses, bread bags and rucksacks were manufactured on behalf of the Wehrmacht.
When the Blaupunkt development department was relocated from Brno to Taufkirchen for security reasons , Hierl produced for them. After the end of the war, the company planned to expand the base in Taufkirchen. Carl Hierl had campaigned for it and perhaps saw his future in it. The project failed due to the unwillingness of landowners to make land available.
After the war, the headquarters of the Hierl family was the headquarters of the Americans for Taufkirchen. Carl Hierl made horse blankets, rucksacks, bags and gloves from tarpaulins from US tents. Hierl also received orders from the Americans.
Hierl had contact with the Laubmann company in Hof , one of the largest weaving mills that relocated part of the business to Taufkirchen. Hierl created a factory building for this company. This resulted in the Himolla factory in 1948. In 1948 Hierl also married his wife Elisabeth.
A dynamic development phase followed with construction work on the former parents' premises in the center of the village on Landshuter Straße. In 1957 Carl Hierl renamed the company "Himolla Polstermöbelwerk GmbH". "Himolla" is made up of parts of the words "heavenly", "plump" and "pleasant".
In 1958, Carl Hierl began to relocate the company to the northern outskirts, where the company headquarters are to this day. By 1966, one of the most important upholstered furniture companies in Europe and one of the largest employers in the region with up to 3000 employees was established. With the acquisition of the patent for the product "Cumulus", the company rose to become the largest manufacturer of TV armchairs.
In 1966, the development of the Himolla bucket chair Hierl cost the company because the start of mass production took place on the basis of a miscalculation. The company was on the verge of bankruptcy with 3000 employees and an output of around 4000 chairs per day. In 1966 Carl Hierl was forced by the creditors to sell part of his shares and to refrain from any business activity. His wife died that same year.
Then Hierl built up a second existence as a florist.
Awards and honors
- Honorary citizen of Taufkirchen
- Carl Hierl tournament in Taufkirchen
literature
- Bodo Gsedl, Peter Keilhacker: Memories of Carl Hierl: Life means fighting. Präbst Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3926390110 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c kompass-taufkirchen.de: On the death of Carl Hierl, honorary citizen of the community of Taufkirchen (Vils)
- ↑ Bosch in Hildesheim 1937-1945 in the Google book search
- ↑ a b moebelmarkt.de: Himolla founder Carl Hierl has passed away
- ↑ onetz.de: Entrepreneur, idealist and visionary
- ↑ merkur.de: Unadorned memories of Carl Hierl
- ↑ kompass-taufkirchen.de: VIP of the month October: Carl Hierl
- ↑ taufkirchen.de: History
- ↑ kompass-taufkirchen.de: Carl Hierl
- ↑ bsg-taufkirchen.de: Carl-Hierl-Tournament
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Here, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman and honorary citizen of the community of Taufkirchen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taufkirchen (Vils) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 2003 |
| Place of death | Taufkirchen (Vils) |