Heinz-Horst Deichmann

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Heinz-Horst Deichmann, 2014

Heinz-Horst Deichmann (born September 30, 1926 in Essen ; † October 2, 2014 ibid) was a German entrepreneur , under whose direction the largest European shoe retail chain Heinrich Deichmann-Schuh was established. He gained fame above all for his social diaconal commitment, which was recognized by several domestic and foreign awards.

Life

Deichmann branch in Essen, Limbecker Platz, in September 2009

Heinz-Horst Deichmann was born in the Borbeck district of Essen as the only son of the shoe retailer Heinrich Deichmann, who still had four daughters. Heinrich Deichmann had founded a shoe shop in 1913, which his wife Julie took over after his early death in 1940. Heinz-Horst Deichmann was drafted in 1943 as a flak helper in World War II; the following year he was sent to the Eastern Front as a soldier. In May 1945 he returned seriously wounded after he had only barely survived a bullet through the throat, and in 1946 graduated from the Borbeck high school in Essen. He then studied Protestant theology in Bonn , among others with Karl Barth , and then medicine in Düsseldorf to become a missionary doctor . In 1951 he completed his studies with the state examination and received his doctorate in 1952. med.

Deichmann initially worked as an orthopedic surgeon before taking over the management of the Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe family business in 1956. As managing director, he mainly focused on inexpensive shoes. He introduced a new inventory management and presentation system. In the 60s he was the first entrepreneur in the shoe industry to show shoes sorted by size on the shelves and later in the rack room system , which saves staff costs : he kept the shoes in the cardboard box in all available sizes for the customer to immediately reach Salesroom in front. He took over competitors with rapidly increasing sales and profits. In 1999 he handed over management of the company to his son Heinrich Otto Deichmann (* 1962).

Deichmann died on October 2, 2014 at the age of 88 in Essen.

Other engagement

Deichmann was an avowed Christian and a member of a free church brother community . In 1977 he founded the social missionary organization "Wort und Tat", which supports those in need in India, Moldova and Greece. He took part in aid projects in the Third World and was a member of the board of trustees of the evangelical organization ProChrist , an organizer of large evangelizations close to the YMCA . In 2005 Deichmann made 15 million euros available for the victims of the tsunami disaster in South Asia and other aid projects in India and Africa. In addition, he was a patron of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Scheva ( Israel ), where several buildings are named after him. Deichmann also supported the “High Potential Classix” concert series in which young soloists from the Folkwang University of the Arts present themselves to the public together with guest orchestras. In April 2014, a new teaching and learning center was officially opened at the Essen Medical Faculty, the lecture hall of which was named after Deichmann. Deichmann supported the 16 million euro new building with a large donation.

He also supported the evangelical study house Albrecht-Bengel-Haus in financing the extension.

family

Deichmann lived on the city limits of Wuppertal / Velbert - Neviges (Kleine Höhe). He was married to the teacher Ruth, née Fischer, from 1950 until her death in 2008. The marriage resulted in a son and three daughters.

Foundations

Awards

Publications

  • Surgical treatment of arthrosis deformans of the hip. Dissertation, University of Düsseldorf 1952.
  • Word and deed - help for people in need in India. Wort & Tat eV, Essen 1995.
  • Indian sermons. Taken from English using tape copies. TOM-Verlag, Dülmen 2000, ISBN 3-935170-00-9 .
  • I only own what I give away. Christian and entrepreneur. R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2001, SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2., revised. and strong exp. 2008 edition, ISBN 978-3-417-26280-3 .

as editor:

literature

  • Andreas Malessa , Hanna Schott: Why are you rich, Mr. Deichmann? The Deichmann story. About dealing with money and responsibility. R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2006, ISBN 3-417-24953-8 .
  • Ethically with success: 100 years of Deichmann . In: Essen Affairs - The magazine of Messe Essen, issue 2/2013, p. 34 ff.
  • “The company must serve the people”. The Christian entrepreneur Heinz-Horst Deichmann . In: Bernd Ziesemer : Pioneers of the German economy. What we can learn from the great entrepreneurs. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / Main; New York 2006, ISBN 978-3-593-38121-3 , pp. 100-112.
  • Wolfgang Sykorra: Heinz-Horst Deichmann, internationally active entrepreneur and benefactor, in: Lothar Böning (Ed.), Von der Penne in die Welt. Borbeck portraits. Essen: Edition Rainruhr 2013, ISBN 978-3-941676-17-6 , p. 49 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The biblical shoe giant , idea.de, article from March 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ Brigitte Koch: son of a shoemaker . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 7, 2014, page 16
  3. ↑ Senior boss of the shoe chain: Heinz-Horst Deichmann has died . dpa message on Wirtschaftswoche.de, October 6, 2014
  4. ^ Deichmann receives Karl Barth Prize ; idea message in: Christians in Business, June 28, 2013; Accessed November 25, 2013
  5. ↑ Founding of “Wort und Tat” ( memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , wortundtat.de, accessed on June 5, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wortundtat.de
  6. ↑ New teaching and learning center officially opened , press release from the University Hospital Essen of April 30, 2014, accessed on October 10, 2014
  7. ↑ Kid house builds for doctoral students . In: Albrecht Bengelhaus: Theologische Orientation , Issue 145, Q1 2007, p. 3.
  8. ↑ a b c Prime Minister Jürgen Rüttgers presents the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to ten citizens: "They are role models who stand for the" social conscience "of North Rhine-Westphalia" . Press release from the State Press and Information Office of North Rhine-Westphalia dated June 7, 2006, accessed on November 20, 2009
  9. ^ Essen University Hospital receives Heinz Horst Deichmann endowed professorship . Press release of the University of Essen from September 27, 2001, accessed on November 20, 2009
  10. ↑ a b Ben Gurion University of the Negev - Honorary Awards ; ( Memento of August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved November 20, 2009
  11. ↑ Ashwin Raman: Poison is in the shoe . In: the daily newspaper (taz) of April 10, 2001, p. 4, accessed on November 20, 2009
  12. ↑ Max Haerder: Award ceremony in Berlin: Deichmann, Luther and the financial crisis . In: Handelsblatt of November 11, 2008, accessed on November 20, 2009
  13. ↑ Jan Sedeliers: A piece of jewelry that fits. Award for life's work: The entrepreneur Heinz-Horst Deichmann was honored yesterday by the Press Club with the Leibniz Ring , in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of November 19, 2009, p. 20
  14. ↑ Honorary doctors from the Wuppertal / Bethel Church University . ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Wuppertal / Bethel University of Applied Sciences, accessed on October 6, 2014 (pdf; 28 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kiho-wb.de
  15. ^ Business Club Aachen-Maastricht: The winners ; ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 6, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.businessclub-aachen.com
  16. ^ Uni Duisburg-Essen - Honorary doctorate for shoe entrepreneur Heinz-Horst Deichmann . Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, July 11, 2012; accessed on October 6, 2014
  17. ↑ Ulrike Schäfer: “Word and Action”: Heinz-Horst Deichmann was awarded the Gustav Adolf Prize in Worms . ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Wormser Zeitung, November 24, 2013; Retrieved October 6, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wormser-zeitung.de
  18. ^ Karin Bertheau: Karl Barth Prize . Press release of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), September 11, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Deichmann, Heinz-Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and shoe retailer
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1926
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DATE OF DEATH 2nd October 2014
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