Heinrich Vormbrock
Heinrich Vormbrock (born May 24, 1881 in Senne I , Bielefeld district, † June 3, 1966 in Münster ) was a German entrepreneur. He was general director of Westfälische Heimstätte GmbH.
Career
Vormbrock worked from 1901 to 1910 as a social security officer at the State Insurance Institution of Westphalia. In addition, between 1904 and 1910 he took part as a guest lecturer in law and economics lectures at the University of Münster .
From 1911 to 1918 he was general secretary of the Westphalian Association for Small Settlements and the Association of Westphalian Building Cooperatives. From 1909 he was a board member of the Federation of German Soil Reformers .
In 1918 he changed as managing director to Westfälisch-Lippische Heimstätte GmbH, which was the first Heimstättengesellschaft to be established on July 26, 1918 on the basis of the Prussian Housing Act, and in 1920, together with Karl Siebold, he founded the Volksbaugesellschaft mbH, a non-profit testing and advisory center for economical construction methods . In this role he promoted the non-profit housing construction in Westphalia as planned. He was a co-founder of the Research Center for Settlements and Housing at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster .
In addition, Vormbrock emerged as the author of numerous articles in specialist journals and editor of works on housing developments.
In 1919 Vormbrock ran unsuccessfully for the German constituent assembly and the Prussian state assembly . In March 1919 he was elected city councilor in Münster.
Honors
- 1932: Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Dresden
- 1951: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Honorary President of the Research Center for Settlements and Housing at the University of Münster
- 1956: Honorary citizen of the municipality of Senne I
- The sponsorship prize awarded by the Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Heimstätten eV since 1970 was called "Heinrich Vormbrock Sponsorship" for 20 years and was ultimately included in the LEG Prize .
- Naming of streets in Bielefeld and Lübbecke
- Designation of paths in Dortmund-Dorstfeld and Hanover-Bothfeld
literature
- Karin Jaspers / Wilfried Reinighaus: Westphalian-Lippian candidates for the January elections in 1919. A biographical documentation , Münster: Aschendorff 2020 (publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia - New Series; 52), ISBN 9783402151365 , p. 195.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Vormbrock in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 3, No. 250, December 29, 1951.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vormbrock, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Senne I. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd June 1966 |
| Place of death | Muenster |