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Gustav Windel (born December 14, 1873 in Senne near Bielefeld, † October 3, 1954 ) was a German entrepreneur .

Career

Windel studied at the Royal Mechanical Engineering School in Hagen and at the Technical University of Hanover . He then joined his parents' business, the processing facility for cotton and linen yarns and fabrics Hermann Windel GmbH in Windelsbleiche . In 1898 he took over the management of the company, in 1904 he became the owner. Under him, the bleaches developed into a well-known company in the textile finishing industry.

In addition, he was chairman of the supervisory board of Bielefelder AG for mechanical weaving and a member of the supervisory board of the Wiesental AG equipment factory in Brombach. He was a member of the Bielefeld Chamber of Industry and Commerce , chairman of the linen trade association and chairman of the Association of West German finishing companies for linen fabrics.

In 1931 he acquired the Schluesselburg manor , which is still owned by the family today.

Honors

• 1953: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

• Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German Who's Who. Arani, Berlin 1955.
• Georg Wenzel: German business leader . Life courses of German business personalities. A reference book on 13,000 business figures of our time. Hanseatic Publishing House , Hamburg / Berlin / Leipzig 1929, DNB 948663294 .