Detlef Hegemann

Detlef Hegemann (born November 6, 1927 in Bremen ; † August 23, 2011 in Bremen) was a German entrepreneur and managing partner of the Hegemann Group from Bremen.

Life

Hegemann studied after graduation (1947) 1948-1953 at the Technische Hochschule Hannover the civil engineering . From 1954 he worked in the construction company founded by his grandfather August Reiners, which he took over partially in 1957 and completely in 1973. In the following years the company expanded. Subsidiaries and branches were founded in the cities of Bremerhaven , Hanover, Braunschweig , Berlin , Munich and Stuttgart . Since 1958, in addition to August Reiners Bauunternehmung GmbH, Hegemann GmbH has existed with the areas of dredging, ship repair and conversion, steel construction and environmental technology. The shipbuilding sector was particularly close to his heart: in 1972, he began acquiring the insolvent Rolandwerft in Bremen-Hemelingen , which initially only dealt with section building and ship repairs, before the new shipbuilding work began again in 1977. With the acquisition of the Schürenstedt shipyard in Berne , the shipyard operations were expanded. After reunification, Detlef Hegemann first took over the Peene shipyard in Wolgast , which employed around 800 people, and then in 2007 the Stralsund shipyard from the Maersk Group. In addition, the Deutsche Industriewerke in Berlin came as a shipyard for the construction of inland waterways . With the shipyards in the old and new federal states, he had created the third largest shipyard group in the Federal Republic of Germany. At times, up to 5,000 people were employed in the companies and branches of the Hegemann Group. As early as 2009, as a result of the global economic crisis and the steady growth of the Chinese shipyards, the seagoing shipyards in the old and new federal states had to file for bankruptcy. In 2011, the year of his death, only the German industrial plants of the former shipyard association remained in the group of companies.

Offices

Detlef Hegemann was chairman of the board for eleven years and then honorary president of the Lower Saxony-Bremen construction industry association. He was a member of the Presidium of the Main Association of the German Construction Industry . In addition, Detlef Hegemann was Honorary Consul of Brazil .

In 1956 he married Ursula Hegemann geb. Chamberlain. With her he also ran the sport of ballroom dancing in the Green Gold Club in Bremen , they were German champions (1952 to 1957) and European amateurs champions (among others 1954 and 1955). Detlef Hegemann was President of the International Dance Sport Federation (IDSF) from 1965 to 1999 , and was named Honorary President during the IDSF General Assembly in June 1998. He was also honorary president of the German Dance Sports Association (DTV), whose first president after the association was founded from 1962 to 1966, and an honorary member of the State Dance Sports Association Bremen (LTV Bremen).

Honors

Detlef Hegemann was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (internationally also known as Officer's Cross ) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2005 , presented by the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Harald Ringstorff .

Web links

• A biography ( Memento from June 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• Obituary ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )