Florian Lensing-Wolff

Florian Lensing-Wolff (born November 6, 1930 in Dortmund ; † February 4, 2011 in Neutraubling- Lerchenfeld) was a German newspaper publisher.

Life

After graduating from high school, Florian Lensing-Wolff initially trained as a printer in Bremen and then studied business administration in Hamburg and Munich. As a student in Munich he became a member of the Catholic student association K.St.V. Rheno-Bavaria Munich in the KV .

Act

From 1957 he worked for Ruhr Nachrichten in Dortmund, founded by his uncle Lambert Lensing , and took over the management of this family business from 1965 to 1998, which he expanded further, including by taking over the Münsterschen Zeitung and the Emsdettener Volkszeitung.

Lensing-Wolff was also involved in newspaper associations, for example as Vice President of the European newspaper association EVPA. From 1991 to 1996 he was chairman of the supervisory board of the German press agency .

Honors

In 1989 Lensing-Wolff received the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Web links

Obituary in the Ruhr-Nachrichten

Individual evidence

↑ Kartellverband Katholischer Deutscher Studentenvereine (ed.): KV yearbook . The members and relatives of the KV. Verb Alter KVer, Würzburg 2010, DNB 01517722X , p. 555 .
↑ Merit holders since 1986. (PDF) State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lensing-Wolff, Florian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German newspaper publisher
DATE OF BIRTH	November 6, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH	February 4, 2011
Place of death	Lerchenfeld

[KV-Jahrbuch-1] Kartellverband Katholischer Deutscher Studentenvereine (ed.): KV yearbook . The members and relatives of the KV. Verb Alter KVer, Würzburg 2010, DNB 01517722X , p. 555 .

[2] Merit holders since 1986. (PDF) State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .