Günther Henle
Günter Henle (born February 3, 1899 in Würzburg , † April 13, 1979 in Duisburg ) was a German politician ( CDU ) and head of the Henle entrepreneurial family, which was associated with the Cologne-based Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG .
Live and act
Henle was born in Würzburg in 1899 as the son of Julius Ritter von Henle , who later became President of Lower Franconia . After participating in the First World War , he studied law at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and at the Philipps University of Marburg . In 1919 he became a member of the Corps Moenania and Teutonia Marburg . 1921 doctorate he became Dr. jur. .
In the same year he joined the Foreign Service , where he worked among others in The Hague and Buenos Aires. From 1931 to 1936 he was appointed Legation Counselor to the German Embassy in London . As a veteran of the First World War, Henle was able to remain in the Foreign Service for a number of years after the National Socialists came to power in 1933, despite his partly Jewish descent .
After marrying the adoptive daughter of the entrepreneur Peter Klöckner , chairman of the Duisburg-based Klöckner group, Henle switched to industry in 1937. Since Peter Klöckner's biological son died in a car accident in 1940, Henle's wife became the sole heir of the company. This opened the way for Henle to the top of the group after 1945. As chairman of the Klöckner & Co group of companies, he became a leading representative of the Rhenish-Westphalian iron and steel industry in the young Federal Republic. In 1977 he placed responsibility for the group in the hands of his sons Jörg Alexander and Christian Peter .
Henle also pursued a political career and was a member of the Frankfurt Economic Council from 1947 to 1949 . He then belonged to the German Bundestag in its first legislative period (1949–1953) as a directly elected member of the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis constituency . He was also from July 16, 1952 to December 10, 1953 a member of the Joint Assembly of the Coal and Steel Community in Strasbourg, later the European Parliament .
In the run-up to the second federal election in 1953 , he decided to retire from active politics in order to concentrate on the management of his group of companies.
Henle was co-founder and from 1955 to 1973 the first president of the German Society for Foreign Policy eV (DGAP).
Henle also started a music publisher in 1948, later G. Henle Verlag .
Honors
- 1956: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1969: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1979: Ring of Honor of the City of Würzburg
- Bavarian Order of Merit
Works
- Companion of the Century. As a diplomat, industrialist, politician and friend of music (memoirs), 3rd edition, Stuttgart 1968 [1] (PDF; 135 MB)
- Publishing service for music (memoirs, excerpt), Munich 1973 [2] (PDF; 21.3 MB)
literature
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 2: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: G – K. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2005, ISBN 3-506-71841-X .
- Music, edition, interpretation. Commemorative Günter Henle. Edited by Martin Bente, with essays by numerous experts, Munich 1980 [3] (PDF; 145 MB)
Web links
- Literature by and about Günther Henle in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 101 , 714; 171 , 1075
- ↑ manager-magazin 6/1975, pp. 75-77
- ↑ Hans-Otto Meissner: Young Years in the Reich President's Palace . 1988, p. 414.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henle, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1979 |
| Place of death | Duisburg |