Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler

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Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler in 1983 at the award of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Friedrich "Fritz" Wilhelm Schnitzler (born December 16, 1928 in Ohnastetten ; † July 15, 2011 ibid) was a German farmer , association official, CDU politician , entrepreneur , co-founder and chairman of the supervisory board of the Intermilch group, co-founder and chairman of the supervisory board of Südmilch AG and Sachsenmilch AG, CEO of Südmilch AG, co-founder and CEO of Bezirksmilchverwertung Reutlingen e. G. (BMV), co-founder, chairman and honorary chairman of the Milcherzeugergenossenschaft (MEG) Reutlingen e. G. and manager of the German economy. He was also the founder and first president of the Reutlingen District Farmers' Association, founder and functionary of the Reutlingen District Rural Women Association and the Rural Women's Choir, founder and first vice-president of the state farmers ' association in Baden-Württemberg, functionary and lecturer at the Swabian farmers' school , the Mariaberger Heime and first lobbyist of the State farmers' association in Baden-Württemberg in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg.

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler attended elementary school in Ohnastetten from 1934 to 1942, then the agricultural vocational school in Münsingen . Schnitzler was a member of the Hitler Youth until 1944 and then became a volunteer in the Wehrmacht. Schnitzler became an American prisoner of war there , from which he was released after the end of the war and returned on foot to Ohnastetten, where he took over the farm of his father Friedrich Wilhelm (senior), which he expanded into the Aussiedlerhof in 1964 . Schnitzler was a member of the decades Ohnastetter church municipal council , the shooters Ohnastetten e. V. and an active member of the male choir Frohsinn e. V. in Ohnastetten.

Political activity and public office

From October 1962 to December 1974 Fritz Schnitzler was a councilor in the independent community of Ohnastetten and deputy mayor . During this time he also served as a juror at the District Court of Tuebingen operates. After the community reform, Schnitzler was mayor of the St. Johann suburb of Ohnastetten from 1975 to 1996 , member of the local council and the local council. The trained agricultural master ran a farm as a sideline and was sworn in as a game damage appraiser.

Founder and first president of the district farmers' association in Reutlingen

The farmers 'association functionary and local politician of the CDU was elected first chairman of the then farmers' association in Reutlingen in January 1962, and in 1975 united the farmers 'associations Reutlingen and Münsingen to form the district farmers' association Reutlingen e. V. and thus became the founder of the Reutlingen District Farmers' Association. From 1975 to 1992 Schnitzler was 1st chairman (district chairman) of the district farmers' association in Reutlingen. He was the first political representative of the farming profession for the entire Reutlingen district and is therefore considered the founding father of the Reutlingen district farmers' association . From 1992 until his death, Schnitzler was honorary chairman of the district farmers' association in Reutlingen.

Founder of the District Rural Women's Association Reutlingen and the District Rural Women's Choir

The District Rural Women Association Reutlingen was established in 1982 in the District Farmers Association Reutlingen. After Fritz Schnitzler founded the Reutlingen District Farmers' Association based in Münsingen in 1975, Heinrich Mangold from Münsingen-Apfelstetten was elected managing director.

The district farmers' association Reutlingen began the rural women work in the district of Reutlingen with a summer training trip . On June 3, 1982, the founding fathers of the state farmers 'association in Baden-Württemberg, Fritz Schnitzler and Ernst Geprägs, together with the rural women of the Reutlingen district, founded the Reutlingen rural women's association in the Reutlingen district farmers' association. V. After the foundation, Lore Lamparter from Münsingen-Dottingen was elected as the first district chairman.

In 1991, at the instigation of Lore Lamparter and the country women, together with Fritz Schnitzler and Ernst Geprägs, the district country women choir was founded. The highest award of the association is the badge of honor The hardworking bee in gold . The rural women’s association in Reutlingen has more than 1000 members from 21 local associations. The Rural Women's Association Reutlingen is a member of its umbrella organization Rural Women's Association Württemberg-Hohenzollern , which the founders Ruth Wößner, Toni Teufel and Ernst Geprägs founded on October 16, 1981 as Rural Women's Association South Württemberg-Hohenzollern , which is a member of the German Rural Women 's Association. Objectives, education and further training offers of the rural women’s association Reutlingen are educational and further education seminars in culture , family and health , information and instruction trips, rural women’s meetings, interest group of rural agriculture and rural housekeeping .

Founder and first vice-president of the state farmers' association in Baden-Württemberg

In 1989, Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler and his friend and colleague Ernst Geprägs founded the state farmers' association in Baden-Württemberg . The delegates elected Ernst Geprägs as the first president and Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler as the first vice-president and first lobbyist of the state farmers' association in Baden-Württemberg (LBV) in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg . Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler and Ernst Geprägs have since been considered to be the founding fathers of the state farmers' association in Baden-Württemberg and were also the co-founders of the Swabian Farmers School in Bad Waldsee , of which the LBV is the sponsor. His special commitment was rural agriculture. He particularly shaped the areas of milk production and processing, in which he achieved significant structural changes that resulted in violent disputes nationwide, also within the profession and with politics. As a lobbyist for the farming profession for the state of Baden-Württemberg and as chairman of the board of Südmilch AG Germany, with headquarters in Stuttgart , Fritz Schnitzler conducted negotiations with Lothar Späth in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg for years , which resulted in a long-term friendship between the two. Schnitzler played a key role in founding the Reutlingen District Rural Women's Association and the Rural Women's Choir. He opened the first political meeting of the Reutlingen District Farmers' Association, the light measurement conference, in St. Johann and thus brought light measurement to the community for the first time . On 28 November 1983 by the Federal Schnitzler became president Karl Carstens by Secretary VENTUR SCHÖTTLE the Federal Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany awarded for his services to the farming profession in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Co-founder and chairman of the supervisory board of the Intermilch Group, Südmilch AG and Sachsenmilch AG

Schnitzler was a co-founder of the interregional milk interest group (Intermilch Group), which was founded in Heilbronn in June 1969 and which, in addition to the MVH, also the Württembergische Milchverwertung Südmilch AG (WMV) from Stuttgart and the Dauermilchwerk Hohenlohe-Franken GmbH from Künzelsau, joined the largest German milk processing company. On June 29, 1972, MVH merged with WMV to form Südmilch AG. For the first chairman was Wolfgang Weber , the first chairman Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler was chosen. Since Südmilch AG expanded rapidly in the late 1980s and in connection with the German reunification, the board members of Südmilch AG founded Sachsenmilch AG in 1990 , in which Fritz Schnitzler was also elected chairman of the supervisory board. Wolfgang Weber was elected CEO. At that time, Südmilch AG had an annual turnover of 13 billion DM. Sachsenmilch AG initially placed a very heavy burden on Südmilch AG due to high investment costs. In addition, there was the Südmilch scandal triggered by Wolfgang Weber, which weakened both groups too much and thus resulted in a comparison between Südmilch AG and Sachsenmilch AG. Sachsenmilch AG was taken over by the Theo Müller group of companies, Südmilch AG merged with Campina BV , today's FrieslandCampina Germany .

Chairman of the supervisory board and CEO of Südmilch AG

As chairman of the supervisory board and chairman of the board, Fritz Schnitzler headed Südmilch AG Germany, headquartered in Stuttgart, which he had to sell in 1993 to FrieslandCampina Germany, based in Holland , for around DM 350 million due to the Südmilch scandal . At that time, Südmich AG had a market value of around DM 1 billion. Through his work as CEO of Südmilch AG, Schnitzler had many conversations with Stuttgart's Lord Mayor Manfred Rommel , which later led to a friendship.

District milk processing Reutlingen eG

Schnitzler was co-founder and chairman of the board of the Reutlingen e. G. (BMV), which has been operating as the Milcherzeugergenossenschaft (MEG) Reutlingen e. G., in which he also served as chairman of the board and later as honorary chairman until his death. The BMV was the operator of the dairy plant in Reutlingen and affiliated with Südmilch AG. Gottlieb Rapp was appointed general manager of the Reutlingen dairy plant. Fritz Schnitzler was the deputy general manager of the Reutlingen dairy factory. After the merger of Südmilch AG with Campina BV, MEG joined OMIRA . In 2010, MEG sold the premises of the Reutlingen dairy factory to the city of Reutlingen, which demolished the dairy factory and has since rented the premises as a parking area to the Robert Bosch GmbH Reutlingen branch.

Patron

Schnitzler sponsored several institutions, social institutions and associations that he founded and brought into being as a patron . Among other things, the Mariaberger Heime , the Swabian Farmer's School in Bad Waldsee, the Reutlingen District Farmers Association, the Reutlingen District Women's Association and the State Farmers Association in Baden-Württemberg.

Family and rural agriculture

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler lived with his wife Anne-Marie and their son Frank Christoph in the Ohnastetten district of the municipality of Sankt Johann (Württemberg). The family ran a 30 hectare farm with a focus on Simmental breeding and milk production as a part-time business .

Functional in corporations, associations and institutions

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler was a functionary and member of the following groups, associations and institutions:

Main agricultural festival

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler played a key role in the implementation of the main agricultural festival and was the main speaker in the speeches, especially as co-founder and first lobbyist of the state farmers' association in Baden-Württemberg. The main agricultural festival on the Cannstatter Wasen is directly linked to the Cannstatter Volksfest and takes place at the same time.

Schnitzler was also a popular speaker in front of thousands of trade fair visitors at the annual opening of the International Green Week in Berlin .

Swabian farming school

On December 22nd, 1949, the President of the State Farmers' Association for Württemberg and Hohenzollern, Bernhard Bauknecht , founded the Swabian Farmers School in Bad Waldsee. After that, the founding fathers of the state farmers' association in Baden-Württemberg, Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler and his friend and colleague Ernst Geprägs, took part in the development and expansion of the school to today's education center for rural areas in Baden-Württemberg. Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler, Ernst Geprägs and Bernhard Bauknecht were the most popular lecturers in the fields of ecology , economics , agriculture, modern agricultural technology and rural agriculture .

Mariaberg Homes

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler on the board of directors of the Mariaberger Heime 1997

Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler was active in the members' committee and on the administrative board of the Mariaberger Heime for many years. He was instrumental in drawing up and drafting the statutes of Mariaberger Heime e. V. participated and significantly expanded the local agriculture, where the residents can still find work and employment today, where he also taught modern agriculture as a lecturer.

Awards and honors

Grave of the Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler family in the Ohnastetten cemetery on December 16, 2015

Schnitzler received the following honors:

literature

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary in the Schwäbische Post ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 July 20, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / anzeigen.schwaebische-post.de
  2. ↑ Südwest Presse: Liederkranz is looking for a new chairman - Fritz Schnitzler (Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler) was honored for his 60-year membership in the Liederkranz Ohnastetten. ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) February 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ Heinrich Mangold headed the office of the farmers 'association in Münsingen for 34 years and, after the district reform, of the district farmers' association in Reutlingen. In: Südwest Presse . December 18, 2015, accessed November 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ The Rural Women’s Association Reutlingen celebrates its 30th anniversary on June 2nd, 2012. In: Südwest Presse. May 16, 2012, accessed November 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Lore Lamparter from Dottingen became the first district chairwoman of the rural women’s association in Reutlingen. In: Reutlinger General-Anzeiger. February 28, 2007, accessed November 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ Politician and manager Lothar Späth is dead. "Späth worked closely with companies based in Baden-Württemberg and their managers, in particular with the economic manager and CEO of Südmilch AG, Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler, the Mercedes-Benz Group, Porsche AG and with their boards. " Source: Kleine Zeitung March 18, 2016. Accessed June 18, 2017
  7. ↑ Check after work time online August 6, 1993. Accessed June 6, 2017
  8. ↑ TV show MUM: Suedmilch AG - Campina BV part 1/2 (source: SWR Stuttgart) - video on YouTube
  9. ↑ TV show MUM: Suedmilch AG - Campina BV Part 2/2 (Source: SWR Stuttgart) - Video on YouTube
personal data
SURNAME Schnitzler, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schnitzler, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Johann (Württemberg)
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 2011
Place of death St. Johann (Württemberg)