Friedrich Dieckell

Friedrich Dieckell , also Fredi Dieckell , (* July 24, 1931 in Bremerhaven ; † February 27, 2013 in Bremerhaven) was a German businessman , entrepreneur in retail and patron .

biography

Entrepreneur

Dieckell opened the discount store Für Sie on Weserstraße in Bremerhaven in 1962 . This became a chain of stores, which he sold in 1975. Gradually, he settled further businesses in the areas of real estate , housing, ship investments , management activities of holding companies in his hometown.

Since 1984 Dieckell was a member and from 1985 to 1990 deputy chairman of the supervisory board of IG Farbenindustrie AG i.L. Until 1986, Dieckell sat with Karl Ehlerding on the supervisory board of VA Vermögensverwaltungs AG . In the 1980s and 1990s, companies such as Kaufring and Brilliant Leuchten were part of his division at times. He acquired the majority in the Spar chain and later sold it to the French Intermarché for a high three-digit million profit .

Der Spiegel magazine reported on the Cobra investor group of which Dieckell is a member. This group wanted - unsuccessfully - to influence the development of Commerzbank .

In the publication of Manager Magazin on October 12, 2010, his fortune was given as 300 million euros (347th place in the list of the 500 richest Germans ).

As an investor , he campaigned for the new development on Geestemünder Konrad-Adenauer-Platz and created a service center.

2012 existed u. a. the Dieckell Verwaltungs GmbH in Bremerhaven, Grashoff Road 7, is active in real estate.

Sailing

Dieckell was also an avid ocean sailor. He was the ship owner of the Yacht Diva , with which he and his crew (Richard Beilken, Manfred Seithe and helmsman Klaus Meyer) won the world championship for the second time in 1985.

For winning the world championship title, he and his crew received the silver laurel leaf from Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker .

patron

In 1998 his family set up the Dieckell Foundation . He supported various institutions in Bremerhaven with a large number of donations. In 1997, together with Sparkasse Bremerhaven, he launched the start-up award, endowed with 50,000 euros.

He took part in an endowed professorship at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences . He financed medical equipment for the Reinkenheide Central Hospital as well as for the Maritime School and the Workshop School. In addition, he promoted social, school, sporting and cultural activities in Bremerhaven.

Honors

1985: Silver bay leaf
2005: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
2007: Honorary Citizen of Bremerhaven
2011: Bremerhaven Company Prize from Sparkasse Bremerhaven , the Bremerhaven Society for Investment Promotion and Urban Development and the Dieckell Foundation

Individual evidence

↑ Crazy. In: Der Spiegel , issue 32/1986 of August 4, 1986
↑ Christine Diewald, Andreas Haslauer, Bernd Johann: Die Strippenzieher. In: Focus-Money , No. 19 of May 2, 2002.
↑ Wolfgang Reuter, Gabor Steingart: Where is the logic? In: Der Spiegel , issue 21/2001 of May 21, 2001 (“According to our information, they are wealthy private individuals like Jürgen Oppermann, Harald Theobald, Heinz Göttsch, the North German entrepreneur Friedrich Dieckell, the Bonn lawyer Wienand Meilicke and the Liberian company Sancton Investments based in Monrovia. ")
↑ Wolfgang Reuter: Talking and jostling . In: Der Spiegel , edition 30/2000 of July 24th, 2000 (“In turn, a holding company called Cobra has bought into Commerzbank, which today holds 17 percent. This company does not believe in a merger of the two banks because the stock exchanges are already open the announcement of the merger reacted negatively. "- meaning Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank; Dieckell was, according to Spiegel," one of the people behind Cobra ".)
↑ Deutsches Schiffahrt-Museum, Hochsee-Rennyacht, Diva 'returns to the German Schiffahrt Museum completely overhauled
^ Deutsches Schiffahrt-Museum, Hochsee-Rennyacht, Diva 'returns completely overhauled to the German Schiffahrt Museum, report by Klaus Meywe: ... connect with the' Diva '... many victorious memories ... 1985 with ... Friedrich Dieckell ... they received the silver bay leaf ...
↑ Honorary citizen Friedrich Dieckell dies - "Important entrepreneur and highly valued personality". Magistrate press release. March 1, 2013, accessed August 15, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Dieckell, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dieckell, Fredi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur and patron
DATE OF BIRTH	July 24, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremerhaven
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 2013
Place of death	Bremerhaven

[1] Crazy. In: Der Spiegel , issue 32/1986 of August 4, 1986

[2] Christine Diewald, Andreas Haslauer, Bernd Johann: Die Strippenzieher. In: Focus-Money , No. 19 of May 2, 2002.

[3] Wolfgang Reuter, Gabor Steingart: Where is the logic? In: Der Spiegel , issue 21/2001 of May 21, 2001 (“According to our information, they are wealthy private individuals like Jürgen Oppermann, Harald Theobald, Heinz Göttsch, the North German entrepreneur Friedrich Dieckell, the Bonn lawyer Wienand Meilicke and the Liberian company Sancton Investments based in Monrovia. ")

[4] Wolfgang Reuter: Talking and jostling . In: Der Spiegel , edition 30/2000 of July 24th, 2000 (“In turn, a holding company called Cobra has bought into Commerzbank, which today holds 17 percent. This company does not believe in a merger of the two banks because the stock exchanges are already open the announcement of the merger reacted negatively. "- meaning Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank; Dieckell was, according to Spiegel," one of the people behind Cobra ".)

[5] Deutsches Schiffahrt-Museum, Hochsee-Rennyacht, Diva 'returns to the German Schiffahrt Museum completely overhauled

[6] Deutsches Schiffahrt-Museum, Hochsee-Rennyacht, Diva 'returns completely overhauled to the German Schiffahrt Museum, report by Klaus Meywe: ... connect with the' Diva '... many victorious memories ... 1985 with ... Friedrich Dieckell ... they received the silver bay leaf ...

[7] Honorary citizen Friedrich Dieckell dies - "Important entrepreneur and highly valued personality". Magistrate press release. March 1, 2013, accessed August 15, 2020.