Hermann Bahlsen (manufacturer, 1927)

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Hermann Bahlsen (born November 6, 1927 in Hanover ; † June 6, 2014 in Wiesbaden ) was a German baked goods manufacturer . He was a long-time member of the management and co-owner of the biscuit manufacturer Bahlsen .

Life

Hermann Bahlsen junior was the son of Hans Bahlsen and a grandson of the company founder Hermann Bahlsen . His maternal grandfather, Willy Tischbein , was General Director of Continental Gummiwerke in Hanover.

In World War II Hermann Bahlsen was Luftwaffenhelfer and briefly in the last year of the war in the Navy. After the end of the war he did various internships, made up his Abitur in 1947 and studied mechanical engineering from 1948 to 1954 at the TU Hannover and Northwestern University in Evanston , Illinois , with a master’s degree .

After initial professional experience at various companies, he joined the management of Bahlsen in 1956 as head of the then new plant in Barsinghausen . After the death of his father in 1960, he took his place at the side of his two uncles. Initially he was responsible for production in the German subsidiaries, later he was the management spokesman. Since 1976 he has been a personally liable partner . From 1963 he became involved in the Lions Club Hannover.

In 1993 Hermann Bahlsen jr. after almost four decades in the management of the Hanover company in a dispute with his younger cousins Werner Michael Bahlsen and Lorenz Bahlsen from the management. In 1996 he left the biscuit manufacturer entirely, and was paid off with the takeover of the capital shares and management of some American company holdings as well as the real estate division of the Bahlsen Group.

Hermann Bahlsen 1927–2014 gravestone

He also withdrew from his numerous honorary posts. Among other things, he was president of the Lower Saxony employers' associations from 1981 to 1995 , then honorary president. From 1986 to 1995 he was chairman of the Federal Association of the German Food Industry (BVE), and for many years also vice-president and board member of the Confédération des Industries Agro-Alimentaires de l'Union Européenne (CIAA, now FoodDrinkEurope ), the umbrella association of the European food and beverage industry.

His first marriage, which was divorced in 1996, comes from his three children Alexander (1957-2019), Hubertus (* 1959) and Dagmar (* 1963). On September 21, 2009, Hermann Bahlsen married the language trainer Katja Korkowski in Wiesbaden, with whom he was married until his death. His grave is in the New St. Nikolai Cemetery in Hanover.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Bahlsen in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  2. ↑ Hermann Bahlsen's obituaries. In: trauer-angebote.de. Retrieved May 29, 2020 .
  3. ↑ other information about the place of death Hannover; see discussion: Hermann Bahlsen (manufacturer, 1927)
  4. ^ Hermann Bahlsen - Munzinger biography. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The Lord of the Cookies is dead. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  6. ^ Membership Directory , published by Lions International All District 111, as of June 1, 1976
  7. ↑ Hermann Bahlsen Jr. - WHO'S WHO biography. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  8. ↑ At the age of 86: biscuit manufacturer Hermann Bahlsen died. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Groceries - company: entrepreneur and biscuit millionaire Hermann Bahlsen dies ( Memento from June 10, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  10. ↑ Zach Laing, Nick Eagland: Pilot who crashed on Gabriola Iceland remembered as 'kind', 'amazing' man. In: Vancouver Sun . December 12, 2019, accessed December 13, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Hermann Bahlsen: First interview with his widow. In: Bunte.de. June 25, 2014, accessed August 25, 2019 .
  12. ^ Anne-Kathrin Berger: Glücks-Kekse: Hermann Bahlsen celebrates his wedding at the age of 81 - Economy - Bild.de. In: bild.de. November 13, 2009, accessed May 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Bahlsen, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bakery manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 2014
Place of death Wiesbaden