Dr. Hans Riegel Foundation

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The Dr. The Hans Riegel Foundation is a foundation established in 1987 and based in Bonn . The founder was Hans Riegel junior , co-owner of the HARIBO group of companies. On December 6, 2000, it was recognized as a non-profit , public foundation under civil law .

The purposes of the foundation are "Education, upbringing, training - in general", "Science and research - in general", "Art and culture - in general" and "Charitable purposes". The foundation's primary purpose is to promote school and vocational training for young people in the MINT subjects .

The foundation aims to support young people in shaping their future.

The advisory board includes, among others, Riegel's long-time friend and HARIBO advertising partner Thomas Gottschalk .

In 2006, in cooperation between the University of Bonn and the foundation, the Dr. Hans Riegel Specialist Awards launched. The Dr. Hans Riegel Specialist Awards are intended to recognize pre-academic achievements by students and to find and promote talent and inspire them to find suitable MINT educational pathways.

In March 2017, the foundation made a contribution to the preservation of the Deutsches Museum Bonn by promising to support the basic funding with 28,000 euros in 2018 and 100,000 euros each in 2019 and 2020.

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  1. ↑ Fahnster, Lavinia / Vargas Gonzalez, Veronica: Biography Hans Riegel, in LeMO biographies , Living Museum Online , Foundation House of West Germany, Stand January 22, 2016, [1] , accessed on May 11, 2017
  2. ^ Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , [2] , accessed on May 11, 2017
  3. ↑ Dr. Reinhard Schneider, Prof. Ingeborg Henzler, Marco Alfter: Greetings, in a brochure about the Dr. Hans Riegel Foundation , accessed on May 11, 2017
  4. ↑ Dr. Reinhard Schneider, Prof. Ingeborg Henzler, Marco Alfter: The Dr. Hans Riegel-Stiftung - Promoting education for young people for over 16 years , accessed on May 11, 2017
  5. ↑ GESAMTMETALL - General Association of Employers' Associations of the Metal and Electrical Industry eV: Dr. Hans Riegel Foundation - portrait , accessed on May 11, 2017
  6. ↑ Dr. Hans Riegel-Stiftung: Personen - Thomas Gottschalk , accessed on May 11, 2017
  7. ↑ Dr. Hans Riegel Specialist Awards , Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität , accessed on May 11, 2017
  8. ↑ Dr. Hans Riegel specialist prizes , Dr. Hans Riegel Foundation, accessed on May 11, 2017
  9. ↑ Thanks to the Hans Riegel Foundation, Deutsches Museum in Bonn is about to be saved in: Kölnische Rundschau , March 14, 2017, accessed on May 11, 2017