Heinz Appel (entrepreneur)

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Heinrich ("Heinz") Appel (born January 29, 1884 in Hanover ; † March 13, 1962 ibid) was a German businessman , manufacturer and inventor of the term "delicatessen" for the joint stock company Appel Feinkost, which he then ran . At the same time he was a leader in the home movement in Lower Saxony for decades .

Life

Heinz Appel was born as the son of the pastor's son, food wholesaler and company founder Heinrich Wilhelm Appel (1850–1923) at the time of the German Empire . After graduating from high school, he did an apprenticeship in a company for ore imports in Hamburg from 1902 , before joining his father's Hanover company in 1905. There he only received power of attorney in 1908 , in 1909, in the year the new factory was built on Engelbosteler Damm in the northern part of Hanover, he became an authorized signatory and - after the First World War - in 1920 he became a partner in the company that he, after his father's death and in the year of Peak of the German hyperinflation , took over in 1923 and converted into a rapidly expanding stock corporation . The man, who always fought for the maintenance of the German language , also replaced his father's company term “ delicatessen ” with the word “delicatessen” that he had established. It was not just by chance that in the first quarter of the 20th century personalities like Hermann Bahlsen developed the “biscuit” from the “cakes” and Appel from the “delicacies” the “delicatessen”; It was only the close connection between creativity and art that made the branded items of the Hanoverian family companies “something special”. Klaus Wiborg, editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, wrote : "The style that suggests the creative investment and the intellectual entrepreneurial personality behind everyday goods has proven to be the most effective sales promotion in the long run ."

In the mid-1930s he represented Belgium as consul .

An avid hiker , who for the preservation of the Lüneburg Heath by promoting the moorland breeding began, and for the Low German language , in much fold was volunteer work of the necessity of "rootedness in the home" deeply convinced. He was also involved in other cultural life. So he founded the example 1924 Kulturring Hannover , which he chairs to the year of the seizure of power by the National Socialists held 1,933th During the Weimar Republic he was a co-founder of the Hanover Music Community , which later became the Chamber Music Community of Hanover .

The Second World War not only cost the Appel company destroyed factories and production facilities in Altona , Prostken / East Prussia , Rügen and Hanover, but also all three sons of Heinz Appel who died as soldiers - and ultimately his house in Hanover. From then on, Heinz Appel moved privately to Lauenstein am Ith / Weserbergland .

Immediately after the war, however, Heinz Appel set about rebuilding the company's headquarters in Hanover. Even before the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany , he was elected chairman of the Lower Saxony Heimatbund from 1946 and until 1956 . After being elected chairman for a short time and also deputy chairman of the Lower Saxony Heimatbund for many years , Appel was appointed honorary chairman of the association in 1954.

In 1958, Heinz Appel suffered a stroke and stepped down from the chairmanship of Appel Feinkost AG, whose function was then taken over by Appel's son-in-law Werner Blunck .

Honors

1962, the year of Heinz Appel, was the former military road in the Hanover district of northern city in Appelstraße renamed.

Fonts

  • Gerd Schulte, Heinz Appel: Appel: 1879 - 1954; Cordially dedicated to the friends of our house for the 75th anniversary ; Hanover: Appel Feinkost AG, 1954

literature

  • Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, p. 29.
  • NN : New production building HW Appel, Feinkost AG. In: Building and Living. Jg. 17, 1962, issue 5, p. 220f., With 3 illustrations and a plan
  • Edgar Kalthoff (ed.): Niedersächsische Lebensbilder , Vol. 6 (= Publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen , Vol. 22), ed. on behalf of the Historical Commission, Hildesheim: Lax, (1969), pp. 72–91
  • Waldemar R. Röhrbein (Ed.): Preserve your home, shape your home. Contributions to the 100th anniversary of the Heimatbund Lower Saxony. 1901 - 2001 , ed. on behalf of the Heimatbund Niedersachsen eV Hannover, Hannover: Heimatbund Niedersachsen, 2001, ISBN 3-9800677-4-2 , p. 151f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Waldemar R. Röhrbein: APPEL, Heinz. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 30; online through google books
  2. ↑ a b c d e Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Appel, Heinz , and Appel - HWA, Feinkost AG. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 31; online through google books
  3. ↑ Simon Benne: Myths in Bags / Rise and Fall of a Hanoverian Company: Appel once invented the word "delicatessen" - now the great-granddaughter of the company founder has researched the history of the traditional company , in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of September 6, 2013
  4. ^ Peter Struck: Appel. In: Hanover in 3 days. An entertaining cultural guide , Hanover: Schlütersche, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89993-659-9 , pp. 33, 55, 59; here: p. 55; online through google books
personal data
SURNAME Appel, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Appel, Heinrich (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German food manufacturer, inventor of the word "delicatessen" and friend of his homeland
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1962
Place of death Hanover