Günther Beindorff

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Günther Beindorff (born February 23, 1890 in Hanover ; † February 2, 1952 there ) was a German chemist , manufacturer, association official and patron. He was managing director of the Günther Wagner factory in Hanover, from which the Pelikan Holding Aktiengesellschaft emerged .

Life

Günther Beindorff was the eldest son of Fritz Beindorff (1860–1944), who was a merchant, factory owner, Romanian consul general and Prussian commercial councilor, art patron and highly honored association official and married to Wagner, who was born in Elli. His grandfather was the chemist and entrepreneur Günther Wagner (1842–1930), the founder of the Pelikan company in Hanover.

After attending secondary school in Hanover, Günther Beindorff completed an apprenticeship in his father's business. Then he went to study chemistry in Munich, Freiburg im Breisgau and Rostock. From 1914 to 1918 he took an active part in the First World War. After his return, he received his doctorate in 1919 for Dr. phil. The topic of his dissertation was contributions to the knowledge of 1,3-diphenyl-4-azobenzene-5-chlorpyrazole and its derivatives . He then became an authorized signatory at his grandfather Günther Wagner's company, where he became managing director in 1923. In 1928 his younger brother Kurt Beindorff joined the management. Günther Beindorff joined the NSDAP as a member . After the war ended in 1945, Günther Beindorff took over the factory.

As a patron he supported the Waldorf School in Hanover. Günther Beindorff was also a member of the Kestner Society in Hanover. He was also President of the Rotary Club in Hanover until his death in 1952 .

Günther Beindorff was buried in the Stöcken city cemetery.

family

Günther Beindorff married Dorothea nee Peters in 1914. The four sons Gunfried, Wolfgang, Klaus and Johann Christoph Beindorff and the daughter Renate, married Soltau, emerged from the marriage. They lived in Hanover, Richard-Wagner-Straße 9.

Fonts (selection)

  • Contributions to the knowledge of 1,3-diphenyl-4-azobenzene-5-chlorpyrazole and its derivatives . Rostock 1919.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Beindorff, (2) Günther , in: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 47.
  2. ^ Project Scientific consideration of eponymous personalities of the state capital Hanover , 2008, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Entry at kulturimpuls.org
personal data
SURNAME Beindorff, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, manufacturer, association official and patron
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1952
Place of death Hanover