Günter Wind
Günter H. Wind (born April 4, 1917 in Insterburg , East Prussia ; † December 23, 2018 ) was a German transport scientist and President of the German Traffic Guard .
Act
Wind was born in 1917 in Insterburg, East Prussia in what is now Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia , and grew up there. In 1928, after his father's death, the family moved to Hanover , where Wind graduated from high school in 1935 and then embarked on a career as an officer in the military. During the Second World War he was stationed in France and then fought in the Russian campaign . He quickly rose from lieutenant to company commander and later as a major in the Army General Staff added.
After the war he trained as a bricklayer, but was dismissed after the currency reform and worked as a freelancer for Die Welt and as an editor for the Osnabrücker Tageblatt . The Association of Private Railways became aware of him through a report on railways in the Osnabrücker Tagblatt and hired him to set up a transport policy department. The department moved to Cologne in 1954. In addition, he graduated from the University of Cologne with a degree in business administration and was awarded a doctorate. pol with the dissertation on the problem of fixed costs in railways .
In 1964, Wind became president of the German traffic watch, in his role there he initiated a traffic awareness program on television. From 1966 the program The 7th Sense was broadcast by ARD . Wind accompanied the production of the show for years. He remained President of the Deutsche Verkehrswacht until he retired in 1982. Until 1995 he was head of the German Academy for Transport Science in Hamburg .
Private
Wind met his wife Barbara Rossner in 1940 in the seaside resort of Neuhäuser . The two married in 1942 in Rinteln in the Weserbergland , in 1944, 1947 and 1959 Barbara Wind gave birth to a daughter. In 2017 the couple celebrated their crown jewel wedding .
Honors
- Iron Cross 1st Class
- 1982: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- Large Federal Cross of Merit
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Günter H. Wind obituary notice. In: Lebenswege.faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 12, 2019, accessed on June 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Christa Gast: Father of “the 7th sense” turns 100: Günter Wind celebrates with his loved ones. Rhenish advertising papers, April 3, 2017, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Saskia Nothofer, Roswitha Oschmann: Günter and Barbara Wind: Happily Married - since 1942. RP Online, August 5, 2017, accessed on June 10, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wind, Günter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wind, Günter H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German transport scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Insterburg , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23 December 2018 |