Gerhart Brenner

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Gerhart Brenner (born September 4, 1918 in Heilbronn ; † June 22, 2006 ) was a German entrepreneur in Heilbronn, who was awarded the Federal Order of Merit in 1992 .

Gerhard Brenner's parents' shop in Heilbronn, destroyed in 1944

Life

Born in Heilbronn, he was in the Wehrmacht in 1937 and most recently as captain of the reserve in the Heilbronn artillery department I./AR 71 (Ludendorff barracks). In May 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Americans in Tyrol and was released in June 1945. The parental business of Brenner-Schilling (toys, haberdashery and sporting goods) was destroyed in the air raid on December 4, 1944 . In May 1950, together with his mother Anne Brenner (1893–1975) and his wife Rosemarie (* 1921), he reopened the traditional toy store Brenner-Schilling at Fleiner Straße 31. From 1961 to 1973 he was first chairman, then honorary chairman of the Heilbronn tourist office . The Heilbronn Wine Village took place for the first time in 1971 while he was working for the Tourist Association . From 1973 to 1982 he was a member of the General Assembly IHK Heilbronn-Franken and was there as a commercial judge at the District Court of Heilbronn operates. He died at the age of 87.

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gift shop. In: Uwe Jacobi: Heilbronn - The most beautiful years? Post-war period in a German city. Heilbronner Voice, Heilbronn 1984, ISBN 3-921923-01-8 , pp. 121, 130 ( series on Heilbronn. Book 9).
  2. ^ Bärbel Kistner: Toys and tourist office. In: Heilbronn voice . June 27, 2006 ( from Stimme.de , accessed March 5, 2011).
  3. ↑ Werner Föll: Chronicle of the city of Heilbronn. Volume X: 1970–1974, Heilbronn City Archives, Heilbronn 1999, ISBN 3-928990-68-3 , pp. 140, 152, 232. ( Publications of the Heilbronn City Archives. Volume 38).
personal data
SURNAME Brenner, Gerhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 2006