Thank God Auwärter
Gottlob Auwärter (born June 6, 1903 in Möhringen ; † August 10, 1993 ) was a German coachbuilder and entrepreneur.
Life
Auwärter came from an old wagner family and was the sixth of nine children of the wagon master Gottlob Auwärter sen. (* 1870, † 1936) was born in Möhringen, which was still independent at the time. After attending the Möhringen elementary school, at the age of fourteen he began an apprenticeship as a Wagner in his father's company. In 1920 he passed the journeyman's examination. On February 13, 1922, he joined the Reutter bodywork in Stuttgart as a box maker and learned the profession of body builder. During the recession, he initially returned to the family business in 1925. In 1927 he passed the master craftsman examination. After a conflict with his brothers Wilhelm, Paul and Otto Auwärter about the use of the workshop, which had become too small, he went into business for himself in 1935 and founded his own company on the site of the former Probst brickworks in Vaihinger Straße in Möhringen, initially mainly producing bus bodies, Box bodies and truck cabs and platforms. In 1953 Auwärter launched the first self-supporting bus under the name Neoplan . In 1965 he retired from management.
In 2008, the Gottlob Auwärter Museum was dedicated to Auwärter and his company in Stuttgart .
Awards
- Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1980)
- Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1983)
- Honorary Citizen of the Pilsting Municipality (1983)
literature
- Uta Jung, Helmut Jung: Stuttgart body plant Reutter. From the reform body to the Porsche 356 . Bielefeld: Delius Klasing, 2006, p. 307
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auwärter, thank God |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German coachbuilder and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Möhringen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1993 |