Dieter Kaltenbach
Dieter Ruprecht Kaltenbach (born December 22, 1923 in Lörrach ; † December 28, 1996 ibid) was a German entrepreneur, in particular managing partner of the Kaltenbach Group and founder of the Dieter Kaltenbach Foundation named after him in Lörrach.
Live and act
Dieter Kaltenbach was the first born of three children of the engineer Hans Kaltenbach and his wife Lise, born Maurer. Like his brother Martin Kaltenbach, his first school years were spent at the Rudolf Steiner School in Basel at the request of his father . His mother, a qualified piano teacher, is said to have been critical of anthroposophy . When the border to Basel was closed for reasons of war, he entered the Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium Lörrach. In 1942, after graduating from high school, he was called up for military service, applied as a railway pioneer and was deployed as such in France and the Balkans . At the beginning of 1945 he was taken prisoner as a lieutenant .
After his return from captivity, he began studying mechanical engineering at the TH Karlsruhe . After a year he broke off his studies and began an apprenticeship as a machine fitter in his parents' company. After his apprenticeship examination, he had three years of preparation time until he took over the management of the Kaltenbach machine factory after the death of his father and successfully continued it.
In 1965 he founded the Dieter Kaltenbach Foundation, which aims to develop the personality of people of different ages through artistic design. The Center for Play and Design was established in 1973 for this purpose . In addition, Dieter Kaltenbach founded the Lörrach Vocational Training Association (BBV) in 1976 , and later also the Association for Youth and Vocational Aid (VJB).
In addition to a son from his first marriage , Dieter and his wife Christine Kaltenbach, nee Leber, had five children. His son Valentin Kaltenbach took over the management of the Kaltenbach Group in 1996 .
Honors
- In 1979 he received the badge of honor of the state of Baden-Württemberg for this social commitment
- In 1982 he was named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International .
- 1989 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- In 1995 he received the "lever thanks" from the Lörrach lever association , which his father Hans Kaltenbach had received in 1952.
- Ms. Christine Kaltenbach, widow of the foundation's founder, received the Markus Pflüger Prize 2012 from the city of Lörrach, named after Markus Pflüger from Lörrach, for the social commitment of the Kaltenbach family .
Web links
literature
- Christine Kaltenbach: In memory. Dieter Ruprecht Kaltenbach (1923–1996) ; Memoirs and speeches at his funeral, Lörrach 1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page of the Dieter Kaltenbach Foundation about the founder ( memento from November 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Badische Zeitung Markus-Pflüger-Prize for Christine Kaltenbach and family
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaltenbach, Dieter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaltenbach, Dieter Ruprecht |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mechanical engineering entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loerrach |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1996 |
| Place of death | Loerrach |