Jürgen Hunke

Jürgen Hunke (born June 8, 1943 in Gütersloh ) is a German entrepreneur , book author , politician of the Statt Party , publisher , theater owner and former sports official .

Life

Hunke, who has lived in Hamburg since 1962 , was initially known as the managing director of Zeus Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, which he founded in 1974 with Gerd F. Klein. The company, which sold magazines, books, records and travel, as well as brokered insurance of all kinds, primarily for young people, came under fire for its use of columns . In 1981 the company changed its name to ZEUS Vermittlungsgesellschaft mbH and, in cooperation with the insurance group Deutscher Ring and Continentale, concentrated on brokering insurance and capital investments of all kinds for young people and employed up to 800 agents. This was held against him, among others, by the Association of Insureds when he ran for the presidency of Hamburger SV in 1990 . Hunke defended himself against the allegations and finally prevailed against Joachim Dege, head of the Hamburg Mercedes branch. From November 1990 to October 1993 Hunke was HSV President. The core task of Hunke's tenure as president was the financial restructuring of the then economically troubled club. To this end, he founded HSV Sport Aktiengesellschaft in 1991 (since 2014 HSV Fußball AG ), of which he was a member of the management board until 1997 and its supervisory board until 2014. Among other things, he initiated the issuance of 36,000 promissory notes, which were declared as "shares" of 1,000 DM each. As a novelty in German professional football, the model was the subject of nationwide reporting at the time. Ultimately, however, not enough shares were sold to reorganize the association, the lion's share of the reorganization was earned in Hunkes aegis through the sale of Thomas Doll to Lazio Rome . From November 1996 to December 2000 and from November 2004 to January 2009 Hunke was a member of the Supervisory Board of Hamburger SV, where he often took a critical stance on club policy. At the general meeting on January 9, 2011, he moved back to the supervisory board. In January 2019, Hunke runs for president of Hamburger SV e. V.

Jürgen Hunke said the following about the outsourcing of the professional football department at Hamburger SV:

“I don't even think about it, it's out of the question for me anyway. Just out of respect for our grandfathers, who kept this club over two world wars. "

- HSV Supervisory Board Jürgen Hunke on the subject of the sale of club shares

Jürgen Hunke has been the managing partner of the Hamburger Kammerspiele , which he saved from financial ruin, since 1994 . The house was completely renovated and expanded in 2002. Today it is an important center for culture and communication in Hamburg. Hunke, who was still the managing director of the Zeus group of companies until 2000, then described himself as an "independent, self-determined privateer". In 2005 he founded the Hamburger Trotting Center eV (HTZ) and as its president (until 2008) he campaigned for the preservation of the Hamburg trotting track . Since September 2008 he has been the editor of the online magazine Guten-Morgen-Hamburg, which he finances.

Mikado in Timmendorfer Strand

Pier with tea house

Hunke is the managing partner of MIKADO GmbH and the owner of one of the largest Buddha collections in Germany. In the Mikado galleries (Timmendorfer Strand, Hamburg and Berlin) he exhibits sculptures, paintings and old art from various Far Eastern countries. In 2010, Hunke planned the construction of an Asian Mikado tea house on the pier in the Baltic Sea resort of Timmendorfer Strand . In May 2012 the municipality of Timmendorfer Strand terminated the contract with Hunke after lengthy disputes over responsibilities, securities and unscheduled costs amounting to 2.4 million euros. Hunke planned an art exhibition in the tea house, while the community of Timmendorfer Strand preferred a gastronomic excursion company. In the end, a referendum should decide on the future of the tea house. The businessman then filed a declaratory action. The tea house was originally intended to be a gift from the patron of the arts, Hunke, to the community of Timmendorfer Strand. In order to settle the dispute, a donation for free use to the local SPD group was under discussion. Instead of a tea house, restaurateur Christian Kermel opened the "Wolkenlos" restaurant on July 1, 2014. On October 19, 2017, the community announced that there were significant construction defects on the glass front of the building, which they would likely have to spend another € 800,000 to repair.

Hunke was a member of the Statt party and was the top candidate in the elections for the Hamburg parliament in 1997 and 2001.

In 2017 Jürgen Hunke published his latest book “You're turning 70 - look forward to it!”, In which he devotes himself to life in old age.

Works (selection)

• The untrained society
• You are turning 60 - and what then?
• Feeling good - the megatrend
• Excuses - the new widespread disease
• Watch the stones grow!

Web links

Commons : Jürgen Hunke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The galleries

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jürgen Hunke - "We have to tackle the inheritance tax"; WELT online from April 13, 2008
2. ↑ A tea house divides Timmendorfer Strand ; Hamburger Abendblatt from September 1, 2010
3. ↑ Hamburg Commercial Register HRB 18052
4. ↑ ^{a b} With Uncle Paul's money. In: Der Spiegel 11/1991. March 11, 1991, pp. 220-224 , accessed January 9, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Insurance: Evenings with a bite. In: Der Spiegel 12/1983. March 21, 1983, pp. 75-78 , accessed January 9, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Jens Meyer: Mr. Hunke, are you unscrupulous? In: Hamburger Abendblatt . August 27, 1990.
7. ^ HSV presidents since 1919. In: hsv-history.de. July 9, 2014, accessed January 9, 2019 . 
8. ^ Franko Koitzsch: Hoffmann's critics move into the HSV supervisory board. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . January 9, 2011, accessed January 9, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Presidential election. In: hsv-ev.de. December 12, 2018, accessed December 12, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Bundesliga: Reform debate at HSV: Hunke has renewed criticism. In: Focus Online . October 23, 2013, accessed January 9, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Nothing but theater: the history of the Hamburger Kammerspiele
12. ↑ Werner Langmaack: Traber boss Hunke reckons with critics. In: welt.de. November 7, 2005, accessed on February 6, 2018 : "The leasehold contract has not yet been transferred to the Hamburg Trotting Center newly founded by Hunke." 
13. ↑ Jürgen Hunke - Personal website ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ Tea house rejected: Hunke sued Timmendorf, Jürgen-Hunke's homepage ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ Public prosecutor switched on. Did Hamburg millionaire Hunke want to bribe the SPD? Hamburger Morgenpost, September 27, 2013
16. ↑ Trouble about the lease for the tea house, LN Online, March 1, 2014
17. ↑ Hunkes Teehaus becomes "Ostsee-Sansibar", restaurateur Christian Kermel opens the restaurant Wolkenlos on Timmendorf's pier, Jürgen-Hunke's homepage ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Lübecker Nachrichten, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: It'll be an expensive cup of tea. Accessed November 1, 2017 (German). 
19. ^ Press report on Hunke and the Statt Party , Die Welt
20. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, September 16, 2017, p. 23.