Heinz Küppenbender
Heinz Küppenbender (born February 23, 1901 in Waldniel near Mönchengladbach ; † July 4, 1989 ) was a German manager.
Küppenbender studied at the Technical University of Aachen , where he graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1924 and worked as an assistant from 1926 to 1927. From 1927 he worked for the Carl Zeiss company in Jena . From 1929 to 1941 he was chief designer at Zeiss Ikon , and since 1941 a member of the management of the Carl Zeiss company in Jena. From 1947 to 1972 he was technical director at Carl Zeiss in Oberkochen and from 1966 to 1970 a member of the education commission of the German Education Council .
He designed the first 35mm camera called Contax , which came onto the market in 1932.
Awards
- 1968: Honorary citizen of Oberkochen
- 1971: Large Federal Cross of Merit with a star
Individual evidence
- ↑ Küppenbender, Heinz, Dr. (Newspaper clippings collection) in the German Digital Library . Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Kuč, In the footsteps of the Contax, page 25ff, Wittig Fachbuchverlag, 1992, ISBN 3-88984-118-X
- ↑ Dr. Heinz Küppenbender , Zeiss Historica, accessed on October 19, 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Küppenbender, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Küppenbender, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldniel near Mönchengladbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1989 |