Hildegard Braukmann

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Hildegard Braukmann (* December 5, 1912 in Hamm , Westphalia ; † September 2, 2001 in Burgwedel ) was a German beautician , entrepreneur and founder .

Life

Hildegard Braukmann started his own business in Berlin in 1935 . After the Second World War , Braukmann was able to resume business in Uslar in 1945 with the approval of the military authorities . At the height of the German economic miracle she founded in 1962 in Großburgwedel named after her Hildegard Braukmann - herbal cosmetics undertakings incinerating or which she ran until her 78th year of life 1990th

Shortly before, founded the entrepreneur, together with her husband Albert Wittenberg , the end of the 1980s, equipped with an endowment of 30 million euros Braukmann-Wittenberg Heart Foundation , which since the cardiovascular - Research of the Hanover Medical School supports (MHH) . The highest private endowment sum for the MHH to date was presented on March 12, 2003 during a festive presentation by the MHH.

Honors

According to a council resolution of December 9, 1999, future names of streets, paths, squares and bridges in the Lower Saxony state capital Hanover are to be named predominantly after women, since as of August 2011, of the 3486 locations of this type in Hanover, only 157 are named after women and 1208 were named after men. Hildegard Braukmanns was suggested as one of many others to which a corresponding location could be dedicated.

literature

  • Christine Kannenberg, Sabine Popp (Red.), Luise F. Pusch , Annette Volland (research): Hildegard Braukmann , in: Important women in Hanover. A help for future naming of streets, paths, squares and bridges after female personalities , ed. from the City of Hanover, Department for Women and Equality, Department of Planning and Urban Development, Hanover: City of Hanover, August 2011, p. 48

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Christine Kannenberg, Sabine Popp (Red.), Luise F. Pusch, Annette Volland (research): Hildegard Braukmann (see literature)
  2. ^ NN : legacy / 30 million euros for MHH / festive presentation of the Braukmann-Wittenberg-Stiftung on March 12, 2003 , in: MHH Info , April 2003, p. 6; downloadable as a PDF document
  3. Uwe Bodemann, Brigitte Vollmer-Schubert: Introduction , in: Christine Kannenberg, Sabine Popp (Red.), Luise F. Pusch , Annette Volland (research): Hildegard Braukmann , in: Important women ... (see literature)