Hermann Deninger

Hermann Deninger (born October 18, 1894 in Lorsbach , † August 25, 1967 in Frankfurt am Main ), Consul of the Principality of Monaco , was a smokers merchant in Frankfurt am Main. He was also Vice President of the Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Commerce and Industry , Chairman of the Regional Association of the Frankfurt am Main tobacco industry , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Frankfurter Rauchwaren-Messe-GmbH and Chairman of the Association of German Philatelists .

Life

Head Shop • Fur ingredients • furrier tools. Post-war company stickers

Hermann Deninger's father owned a leather factory in Lorsbach im Taunus. When a smokers' finishing shop was attached to the factory during the First World War , he got his first contact with the fur industry . In 1923, Hermann Deninger took over his parents' business and developed it into a fur trading company that was highly regarded until his death, with its headquarters at Mainzer Landstrasse 65, Frankfurt .

After the Second World War, the Deninger company was the only fur wholesaler based in Frankfurt am Main. With foresighted foresight and a consistent approach, Deninger ensured that the fur wholesalers in Frankfurt around Niddastraße in the "new Brühl", which was based in Leipzig until the end of the war, found a home again (see also the fur trade center Niddastraße ). In 1946 Hermann Deninger became the first chairman of the state association of the tobacco industry in Hesse . From 1950 to 1956 he was chairman of the Association of the German Tobacco and Fur Industry . Since the establishment of Frankfurter Rauchwaren-Messe GmbH in 1953, he was its chairman of the supervisory board until 1956.

Hermann Deninger was Vice President of the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry for ten years . Since 1950 he was a commercial judge . He was a member of the executive board of the State Association of Wholesale and Foreign Trade of Hesse .

His private interest was stamp collecting. He was also the chairman of the Association of German Philatelists. V. and chairman of the Foundation for the Promotion of Philately and Postal History e. V. He has received numerous honors in this area. The Foundation for the Promotion of Philately and Postal History created the Hermann Deninger Literature Prize in his honor . The literary prize is awarded for an individual work or the life's work of an author in the field of philately or postal history. The prize of currently € 2000 has been awarded every third year since 1971. ^{As of 2017}

Deninger also received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1954 , the Great Cross of the Order of Merit in 1956 and the plaque of honor of the city of Frankfurt am Main in 1960 . In 1965 he was also made a knight of the Monegasque Grimaldi Order .

Works

Handbook of the abbreviated pre-philatelic stamps (Nuremberg 1963)

Web links

Commons : Hermann Deninger - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Without mentioning the author: Consul Hermann Deninger . In: All about fur . No. 9, September 1967.
^ Friedrich Hering: Frankfurt am Main. The new West German smoking center . In: The furrier. Technical and textbook for the furrier trade. 2nd revised edition. Vocational training committee of the central association of the furrier trade (ed.), JP Bachem publishing house, Cologne 1956, p. 271. → Book cover and table of contents .
^ [1] Foundation for the Promotion of Philately and Postal History: Statutes for the award of the Hermann Deninger Literature Prize . Retrieved March 25, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Deninger, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Smokers' merchant in Frankfurt am Main, various business management positions, committed philatelist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 18, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lorsbach
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 1967
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[RudP-1] Without mentioning the author: Consul Hermann Deninger . In: All about fur . No. 9, September 1967.

[2] Friedrich Hering: Frankfurt am Main. The new West German smoking center . In: The furrier. Technical and textbook for the furrier trade. 2nd revised edition. Vocational training committee of the central association of the furrier trade (ed.), JP Bachem publishing house, Cologne 1956, p. 271. → Book cover and table of contents .

[3] [1] Foundation for the Promotion of Philately and Postal History: Statutes for the award of the Hermann Deninger Literature Prize . Retrieved March 25, 2017.