Carl Sembach
Carl Sembach (born December 8, 1908 in Frankfurt am Main , † January 18, 1984 in Munich ) was a German circus director of the Circus Krone .
Life
The son of a chief tax inspector worked as a tamer and predator teacher, temporarily also in the Soviet Union , was hired in 1933 in the Circus Krone and married the daughter of the owner Carl Krone . Then he renounced the predator dressage and worked successfully with horses and elephants.
After the death of his father-in-law in 1943, he took over the management of the company together with his widow and his wife Frieda Sembach-Krone . The Munich festival structure was destroyed in 1944, but touring was resumed in 1949. In 1962 the new Munich festival building was opened.
In 1980 his daughter Christel Sembach-Krone , in the fourth generation, took over the management of the largest traveling tent circus in Europe .
Carl Sembach was buried in the forest cemetery in Munich / Alter Teil in grave no. 13-W-1.
Honors
- 1969: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1980: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sembach, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sembach-Krone, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German circus director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1984 |
| Place of death | Munich |