Hermann Voss (entrepreneur)
Hermann Voss was a German entrepreneur and politician and an honorary citizen of the city of Wipperfürth .
Life
On September 15, 1931, he took over a small factory for the manufacture of domestic water fittings in Wipperfürth. In doing so, he laid the foundation stone for a company from which the globally operating Voss Group developed. Hermann Voss later became mayor of the city of Wipperfürth and was made an honorary citizen of the city in 1986. The Wipperfürther Realschule was renamed after him in February 2010 in his honor in Hermann-Voss-Realschule der Stadt Wipperfürth .
His son Hans Hermann Voss joined the company in 1953, his daughter Erika Wehrli-Voss lives in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland.
supporting documents
- The company shaped the company for 53 years. Report of the Kölnische Rundschau on August 1, 2006 on the death of their son Hans Hermann
Individual evidence
- ↑ New name after almost 44 years , by Lars Strombach, article from February 2, 2010 in the Kölnische Rundschau , on rundschau-online.de, viewed July 3, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voss, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |
| Place of death | Wipperfürth |