Hans Hirner

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Hans Hirner Russ (born August 16, 1906 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ; † May 11, 2004 in Barcelona ) was a German businessman .

Life

Hirner had lived in Spain since the late 1920s and was a fur wholesaler in Barcelona . After the Second World War he was President of the German Aid Association in Barcelona, ​​for whose official approval he personally campaigned, and from 1957 President of the German Chamber of Commerce for Spain. Hirner was also chairman of the German School Association in Spain.

In Aalen Hirner had the Kolbenhof , on the German President Heinrich Lubke was often holidaymaker.

Hirner was buried in the Leonhard Cemetery in Gmünd .

Honors

In 1968 Hirner was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in “recognition of his services to the economic and cultural relations between Germany and Spain” .

literature

  • Who is who? The German who's who , Volume 15, Arani, Berlin 1967.
  • Gmünder town and district chronicle. Personal details , in unicorn. Illustrated homeland and culture magazine for the city and district of Schwäbisch Gmünd , No. 90, Eduard Dietenberger KG, Schwäbisch Gmünd, December 1968.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b tombstone on genealogy.net (as of October 21, 2014)
  2. ↑ "Treue Freunde--"?: West Germany and Spain, 1945–1963, p. 132 restricted preview in the Google book search
  3. ↑ Who is who ?: Volume 13, 1958, p. 514 limited preview in the Google book search
  4. ↑ Paperback of public life, Volume 9, p. 170 limited preview in the Google book search
  5. ^ Anton Dieterich : The unicorn in Madrid , in unicorn . Illustrated magazine for cultivating the idea of ​​home in the city and district of Schwäbisch Gmünd , No. 3, einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd, February 1954
personal data
SURNAME Hirner, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hirner Russ, Hans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Gmünd
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 2004
Place of death Barcelona