Heinz Zellermayer
Heinz Max Lorenz Zellermayer (born October 9, 1915 in Berlin ; † October 31, 2011 in Uznach , Switzerland ) was a German entrepreneur and politician. He distinguished himself as an influential hotelier in Berlin and was from 1958 to 1979 for the CDU in the Berlin House of Representatives .
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Life
Zellermayer was born as the son of hotelier Max Zellermayer. In 1913 his father bought the later Hotel am Steinplatz in Charlottenburg, an Art Nouveau building by August Endell , and ran it himself from 1916 onwards. Heinz Zellermayer graduated from high school in Berlin in 1935 and then trained as a hotel manager . From 1937 to 1945 he attended a hotel management school in Lausanne . During the Second World War he was the manager of various restaurants. He worked for the Horcher in Berlin and for Maxime and the Bagatelle, both in Paris . In 1945 he opened his first own restaurant under the name Zellermayer's and also started with the inherited hotel on his father's Steinplatz. In 1945 he also founded the Berlin Inn Guild, of which he was director until 1990. Four years later he was a co-founder of DEHOGA . He also gained notoriety in 1949 when he persuaded the commander of the American sector, Frank Howley , to abolish curfew in Berlin .
Zellermayer opened several restaurants and hotels in Berlin in the 1950s. The Schultheiss Bräuhaus on Kurfürstendamm was opened in 1952, followed five years later by the Parkhotel Zellermayer. He was also later co-operator of the restaurant in the Berlin radio tower . He was honored in 1953 when he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon . In 1958 he was elected for the first time for the CDU in the Berlin House of Representatives, to which he belonged for over 20 years until 1979. He received another honor in 1968 when he was awarded the Cross of Merit, First Class. In 1985 he was finally awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit. After he was no longer available as head of the Hotel and Restaurant Guild in Berlin in 1990, he was appointed honorary chief master for life. In the same year his autobiography “Everything in my time” was published .
In 2008 Zellermayer moved to Switzerland for health reasons, where he died in 2011. Zellermayer was married four times. The last marriage to Anne Zellermayer was childless. He left his three daughters. Nicole and Franziska Zellermayer, from the second marriage with Simone Zellermayer, and Tanja Maxi Zellermayer, from the third marriage with the gallery owner Carsta Zellermayer. His first marriage was to actress Winnie Markus , whose son, Alexander Zellermayer, died in a car accident in 1982.
Fonts
- Heinz M. Zellermayer: Everything in my time. Diary memories. A rich life. Politics, hospitality and art . Arne, Hochheim 1990, ISBN 3-920039-14-9 .
- Ilse Eliza Zellermayer with Heinz Zellermayer: Prinzessinnensuite. My century in the hotel . Structure, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-351-02720-9 .
literature
- Werner Breunig, Siegfried Heimann , Andreas Herbst : Biographical Handbook of Berlin City Councilors and Members of Parliament 1946–1963 (= series of publications by the Berlin State Archives . Volume 14 ). Landesarchiv Berlin , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9803303-4-3 , p. 286 (331 pages).
Web links
- Speech by the President of the Berlin House of Representatives Ralf Wieland for the late former MP Heinz Zellermayer
- openPR : Federal Cross of Merit, Heinz Zellermayer, died at the age of 96 on November 7, 2011.
- Hangover guide : How Heinz Zellermayer overturned curfew in Berlin
Remarks
- ↑ Heinz Zellermayer's sister
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zellermayer, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zellermayer, Heinz Max Lorenz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and politician (CDU) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 2011 |
| Place of death | Uznach , Switzerland |