Doris Günther (Entrepreneur)

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Doris Günther (born Doris Birke ; born March 4, 1919 in Leipzig ; † December 19, 2009 there ) was a German entrepreneur and patron .

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In 1967, after the death of her husband Herbert Günther (1906–1967), Doris Günther took over the management of the printing company, which was founded in 1906 by her father-in-law Richard Günther (1879–1958) with Gustav Kirstein and Reinhold Wendler in Stötteritz as the “Book and Art Print Shop Günther , Kirstein, Wendler "(also" Offizin von Günther, Kirstein and Wendler, Leipzig ") was founded. In 1972 the medium-sized company was nationalized in the GDR ; Doris Guenther remained director of the renamed "Messedruck Leipzig" state-owned enterprise . When this was to be incorporated into VOB Zentrag , Doris Günther left the company in March 1981. She began to work at the Evangelical Main Bible Society and later became the head of the Leipzig branch.

After the fall of the Wall , Doris Günther submitted an application to transfer the business back in February 1990 . This was advocated and in 1991 she founded "Messedruck Leipzig GmbH" with Axel Schöpa. The company produced all kinds of print products.

In 2002 Doris Günther ended her job as an entrepreneur. Messedruck Leipzig merged with Jütte Druck to form “Jütte-Messedruck Leipzig”. In 2007, Jütte-Messedruck Leipzig was renamed Messedruck Leipzig again. In 2013 this company was closed.

Günther family grave

In addition to her entrepreneurial activity, Doris Günther was socially committed in a variety of ways. In 1994 she was a co-founder of the Harmonie Leipzig Society . In 1999 she became the first honorary member of the “Förderkreis Thomanerchor Leipzig”. In 2010 she was posthumously appointed chorister of the “Foundation Canons of St. Thomae” in Leipzig. She was an honorary member of the “Friends of the Grassi Museum for Applied Art ”.

In 2001 she founded the “Doris Günther Foundation”. The purpose of the foundation is "the promotion of particularly worthy cultural purposes, youth welfare, public health and charitable purposes [...] The funded facilities and measures should have a spatial, material and personal relationship to Leipzig or the surrounding area."

Doris Günther died on December 19, 2009. She was buried in the Südfriedhof Leipzig.

Awards

Fonts

  • Messedruck Leipzig GmbH's corporate typeface. Exhibition printing Leipzig, Leipzig 1994.
  • I belong here. Memories of a Leipzig entrepreneur. In collaboration with Katrin Löffler. Doris Günther Foundation, Leipzig 2006.

literature

  • Jutta Donat: And there is magic in every beginning - the entrepreneur Doris Günther. In: Leipziger Blätter. Issue 36, Leipzig 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leipzig entrepreneur restarted at 71 after the fall of the Wall and lived on in her foundation. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung . January 7, 2010 (start of article online at genios.de)
  2. ↑ see GBV entry by Karl Ernst Knodt: Von Sehnsucht, Schönheit, Truth. A triad in verse. Eckardt, Leipzig 1907 ( online )
  3. ↑ a b The year 2009 on the website of the Harmony Society
  4. ↑ a b Messedruck Leipzig and Jütte Druck merge ( memento from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on print.de, April 12, 2001.
  5. ↑ Jütte-Messedruck becomes “Messedruck Leipzig GmbH” ( memento from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on print.de, August 13, 2007.
  6. ↑ Messedruck Leipzig will be closed ( Memento from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on print.de, February 12, 2013.
  7. ^ A b Farewell to honorary member Doris Günther. In: Thomaner Journal. April 2010, p. 22 (PDF; 1.6 MB).
  8. ↑ Convent of Canons and Choir Ladies on chorherren.de
  9. ↑ Obituary Ms. Doris Günther. In: Courier. Friends of Grassi. No. 21, May 2010, p. 8 (PDF; 65 kB).
  10. ↑ Press release of the Leipzig Annual Exhibition Association (PDF; 146 kB).
  11. ↑ Foundations under civil law on lds.sachsen.de (PDF; 202 kB).
  12. ↑ Medal bearer ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on geschichte.sachsen.de.
personal data
SURNAME Günther, Doris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Birch, Doris (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and patron
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 2009
Place of death Leipzig