Herbert Reichel
The Herbert Reichel company was a German textile company founded by Herbert Reichel (* 1920 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal ; † 1977 ).
history
Herbert Reichel founded his textile company in 1937 in the Sudetenland . The company manufactured decorative fabrics. After the invasion of the Red Army in 1945, the plants were relocated to Hohenstein-Ernstthal.
In view of the threat of expropriation, Herbert Reichel began building up production in Rheinberg in 1948 . Numerous employees came from Hohenstein-Ernstthal in Saxony. In addition to the factory premises, more than 1000 apartments were built for employees, the Reichel-Siedlung , which is now officially called the Rhineland-Siedlung .
In 1955 the company exhibited its products in an exhibition of German textiles and wallpapers in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In the 1960s the production of carpets and carpets was started. Herbert Reichel managed the company until 1976. He was Senator hc and member of the Düsseldorf / Krefeld Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG .
In 1975 the company received a government grant of 9.4 million DM , the award of which was possibly connected with donations from Herbert Reichel to the FDP district associations in Düsseldorf and Wesel; Reichel is also said to have generously donated FDP leaders such as the then federal chairman Walter Scheel .
Until its demise in the 1980s, the plant in Rheinberg was Europe's largest plant for home textiles with 1,800 employees.
After the company was closed, it was temporarily the location of the US Army. Some halls later gave way to residential buildings, others are used by the Niederrhein Exhibition Center.
Fonts
- Herbert Reichel: Famous oriental carpets from a historical perspective. Rheinberg, 1969.
literature
- Dagmar Kift (Ed.): Structure West - New Beginning between Expulsion and Economic Miracle . Catalog for the exhibition at the Westfälisches Industriemuseum Zeche Zollern II / IV in Dortmund, 2005–2006 ISBN 3-89861-542-1
- Herbert Reichel-Textilwerk In: Jutta Beder : "Between Blümchen and Picasso" - textile design of the fifties in West Germany , p. 221 ( books.google.de )
- 10 years of development work. The Herbert Reichel company, textile factory in Rheinberg . Deutz, Cologne 1958.
- 25 years for textile home culture. Herbert Reichel, Rheinberg Textile Works. Festschrift. KV, knockout, 1963.
- Herman Jung: HR Man and his work. Herbert Reichel on his 50th birthday. Stritt + Osterieth, Frankfurt am Main, 1970.
- Herbert Reichel - Textile Factory - Rheinberg. - In: Hans Tischert: Places of German Work, Volume 2, Europa-Pressedienst, Berlin 1955, pp. 122–128.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uwe Plien, Rainer Kaussen: Rheinberg: As extinct . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Rheinische Post Online, March 3, 2008.
- ↑ 1970 Annual Report ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2006 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. (PDF) Deutsche Bank, p. 95.
- ↑ Signs on the horizon . In: Der Spiegel . No. 16 , 1978 ( online ).
- ↑ Rainer Kaussen: A breath of fresh air in the old "Berka" . ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2011 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. In: Rheinische Post online.
