Erwin Himmelseher

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Erwin Himmelseher (born August 19, 1919 in Hanau ; † August 26, 2012 in Frechen -Königsdorf) was a German insurance salesman and sports patron.

Career

Himmelseher was established as an insurance broker. He was a pioneer in sports insurance and was an insurance partner of FIFA from 1974 . After the end of his own sports career due to injury, he campaigned for the promotion of sport, especially popular sports and youth development. On his initiative, the Foundation for Safety in Skisport (SIS) and the Friends of Skisports e. V. back. He also initiated the establishment of the DSV ski watch and the construction of the “Haus des Ski” in Planegg.

He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Deutsche Sporthilfe Foundation and the Sepp Herberger Foundation .

Honors

  • 1979: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1985: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1989: Golden badge of honor for exceptional services to the Bavarian Red Cross (for his great services to the cooperation of the DSV-Skiwacht with the mountain rescue service of the Bavarian Red Cross)
  • 1993: Decoration of Honor of the German Red Cross
  • 1995: Bavarian Order of Merit
  • 1996: Badge of honor in gold with brilliant for many years of excellent cooperation of the German Football Association
  • 1998: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1999: Badge of honor from the Sporthilfe Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • 2000: FIFA Order of Merit
  • Honorary Chairman of the Ski Safety Foundation
  • Honorary Chairman of the Friends of Skisport e. V.
  • Honorary member of the DSV
  • highest association honors of the DSV, FdS, SIS, Bavarian Ski Association, Lower Saxony Ski Association, Ski Association Saxony-Anhalt, Ski Association Black Forest, West German Ski Association, Hessian Ski Association, State Sports Association Schleswig-Holstein, Swabian Ski Association, Association of German Sports Trade, Association of German Cable Cars and T-bar Lifts, German Sports Aid Foundation
  • Honorary member of the Friends of the National Team in the DFB

Web links

  1. ↑ http://www.suedkurier.de/region/hochrhein/bad-saeckingen/Trauer-um-Erwin-Himmelseher;art372588,5671797 Südkurier
  2. ↑ http://www.wirtrauern.de/Trauerbeispiel/Erwin-Himmelseher# Obituary notice of the family in Cologne newspapers
  3. ↑ List of FIFA Order of Merit recipients ( memento of the original from September 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on October 25, 2012 (PDF; 70 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / resources.fifa.com
personal data
SURNAME Heaven see, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German insurance salesman and sports patron
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanau
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 2012
Place of death Frechen -Königsdorf