Hans Welsch

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Hans Welsch

Hans Welsch (born March 5, 1923 in Lisdorf ; † September 27, 1995 in Saarlouis ) was a Saarland entrepreneur and founder of DSD Dillinger Stahlbau GmbH.

Life

Hans Welsch was born in Lisdorf in 1923 as the only child of the engineer Johann Welsch and the market woman Maria Welsch (née Jakob). After attending higher commercial school and completing a commercial apprenticeship, he served in the German Navy from 1939 to 1945 . Immediately after the end of the war, he returned to his homeland after being briefly captured in Norway. Welsch was an exceptionally fast sprinter in his youth. All in all, he was an outstanding autodidact who himself easily closed the gaps in school education that had arisen from wartime. In 1951 he married Regina Welsch (née Hoffmann), daughter of the Saarland Prime Minister Johannes Hoffmann , with whom he had four children. The family lived in Saarlouis during his lifetime , but remained connected to his hometown Lisdorf, where the Hans-Welsch-Halle was named after him in 1996 . Hans Welsch died on September 27, 1995 at the age of 72 after a short illness in Saarlouis. On the occasion of his funeral, traffic in downtown Saarlouis had to be diverted.

Entrepreneurial activity

DSD logo based on a design by Hans Welsch

The entrepreneurial activity of Hans Welsch is closely linked to the establishment and development of the company, which in later years bore the name DSD Dillinger Stahlbau GmbH . Together with the technician Hubert Linster, who was almost 20 years older, Hans Welsch founded the Dillinger Stahlbau company shortly after the end of the war.

The company experienced rapid growth and soon after a number of demolition jobs had been successfully completed, it began to do justice to the actual task of steel construction. In the first few years, light steel structures were built, first in Saarland and then in neighboring France. As early as the early 1950s, after the founding of the first subsidiaries, a comprehensive range of products was created: production and assembly of halls, bridges, shaft frames, container and pipeline construction as well as ventilation and air conditioning technology. Hans Welsch has been the company's commercial director since the company was founded. After the death of business partner Hubert Linster in 1974, he became the sole chairman of the management board before he became honorary chairman of the supervisory board at the age of 68. At that time, DSD Dillinger Stahlbau GmbH had branches in ten European countries and representatives on five continents. At times the company employed over 10,000 people worldwide.

Leadership style

The founders Hubert Linster and Hans Welsch laid the foundation stone for the emerging global corporation . Despite different leadership styles, or possibly precisely for this reason, the two personalities complemented each other perfectly. They lived in the immediate vicinity, shared the office and spent weeks on vacation together. This partnership is to be seen as the reason for the successful development of a team of close employees, which has contributed to the considerable growth of the company over the decades. There were particularly close ties among those who worked for the company during the early years. Here, too, reportedly, community spirit went beyond the scope of professional collaboration. In order to save the costs for cleaning staff during the construction phase, they made “clear ship” together on Fridays, an expression that Hans Welsch had internalized during his time in the Navy. Furthermore, after the work was done, there were occasional races on the company premises, as Welsch had been an excellent runner in his youth.

The observatory on Calar Alto with DSD steel dome, completion: 1979

Hans Welsch's management style was to be seen as modern, open-minded and person-oriented.

Extraordinary offices

  • Supervisory board Saarfürst brewery
  • Vice President of the German Steel Construction Association (DSTV)
  • Advisory Board Commerzbank
  • Advisory board member of the Karlsberg brewery

Honors

literature

  • Ralf Hoffmann et al., "A time in motion: Saarlouis district from the rubble years to structural change", publisher: Saarlouis district, Saarbrücken, June 1995. ISBN 3-925036-93-8
  • John Slof, "DSD Dillinger Stahlbau GmbH (A)", case study # 0-390-033, DG-944-E, IESE International Graduate School of Management, Barcelona-Madrid, 1989.
  • John Slof, "DSD Dillinger Stahlbau GmbH (B)", case study # 0-390-034, DG-945-E, IESE International Graduate School of Management, Barcelona-Madrid, 1989.
  • Jean Gaumy, Bertrand Deroubaix, "Le Pont de Normandie" , with a foreword by Didier Decoin, Le Cherche-midi, Paris, 1994. ISBN 2-86274-334-8
  • VIS-A-VIS. Saar-Lor-Lux magazine. Building for the world of tomorrow. 6/1995.
  • Wilhelm Grotkopp, Ernst Schmacke, "The big 500: Germany's leading companies and their management", Düsseldorf, Droste Verlag, 1971. ISBN 3-7700-0267-9

Footnotes

  1. ^ Saarbrücker Zeitung, October 1st, 1995.
  2. ^ Announcement of awards of the Saarland Order of Merit . In: Head of the State Chancellery (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Saarland . No. 6 . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, Saarbrücken February 9, 1995, p. 95–96 ( uni-saarland.de [PDF; 213 kB ; accessed on June 12, 2017]).

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personal data
SURNAME Welsch, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saarland entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisdorf
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1995
Place of death Saarlouis