Hans Glas (entrepreneur)
Hans Glas (born June 12, 1890 in Pilsting ( Lower Bavaria ), † December 13, 1969 in Dingolfing ) was a German entrepreneur . He was the owner of the agricultural machinery and motor vehicle manufacturer Hans Glas GmbH .
biography
After training as a mechanical engineer in the Isaria agricultural machinery factory run by his father, he worked for the Canadian agricultural machinery company Massey-Harris , initially in sales in Berlin, then from 1910 to 1924 in Toronto . Then he returned to his father's company.
As head of the family business (now Hans Glas GmbH ), which he now ran together with his children Andreas and Hertha, he gave the impetus for the development of the Goggomobil in 1952, when motor scooters were already being manufactured alongside agricultural machinery . Three years after the sale of his company to BMW , he died in 1969 at the age of 79 of complications from the flu . His grave is in the Dingolfing municipal cemetery.
Honors
- Hans Glas School in Dingolfing and Landau
- Hans Glas Memorial in Dingolfing
- Hans Glas memorial in Pilsting
- Several streets like since 1997 in Bremen - Häfen , in Dingolfing, Rosenthal (Hesse) , Wallersdorf and Stephansposching were named after him.
literature
- Hanns-Peter Rosellen, Vom Goggomobil zum Glas V 8. The rise and fall of the Hans Glas car factory in Dingolfing , 1986 ( ISBN 3-88767-075-2 )
- German Biographical Encyclopedia , 2nd edition, Volume 3
- Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia , Volume 1, 2005 ( ISBN 3-598-11460-5 ) - text identical to DBE, but with additional sources
Web links
- Short obituary in Der Spiegel on December 22, 1969
Individual evidence
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Hans Glas
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glass, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pilsting |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1969 |
| Place of death | Dingolfing |