Jürgen Thorer

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Jürgen Otto Thorer (born January 13, 1926 ; † June 2, 2009 ) was a German entrepreneur in the tobacco wholesale trade and association official of the tobacco industry from the house of the furrier and fur trader dynasty of the Thorer family (Leipzig, Offenbach).

Thorer at the opening of a tobacco wholesaler in Frankfurt (1978)

Life

As the Frankfurt cultural department head Hilmar Hoffmann recalled in his laudation on Jürgen Thorer's 60th birthday, Thorer's interests went beyond his profession. It was also a childhood dream to become a musician. His talent for this was certified by a prize for his own compositions in 1943. He also received a price for model aircraft. While still a prisoner of war, he studied chemistry and passed his interpreting exam "with flying colors". Thorer was married and had several children.

Jürgen Thorer gives a speech on the occasion of the installation of a memorial plaque for the Jewish fur traders in Leipzig 's Brühl (1998)

He completed his training in London. In 1950 he became co-owner of the companies Thorer & Hollender and Thorer & Co. Since 1951 he was personally liable partner of Thorer OHG and since 1965 director of Belfast (Northern Ireland) based Thorer (UK) Limited . In the 1960s the company expanded and fur cleaning companies ( Thorer-Cleaning ) were set up in Berlin, Hamburg, Velbert in the Rhineland and Oberpframmern near Munich. In 1967 a branch was established in Sulzbach and in 1978 a branch in Mühlheim was taken over. Due to the crisis in the fur processing industry, Thorer & Co. GmbH, which last had 150 employees, had to close in 1994. The machine park was exported to Dispilio, Greece, a small town near the old furrier town of Kastoria .

Further increase in finishing orders and the workforce in the first years of Jürgen Thorer's co-ownership

From 1978 to 1989 Thorer was chairman of the German fur association (today: Deutscher Pelz- Groß- und Außenhandelsverband eV). He was chairman of the supervisory board of the Frankfurt fur fair and president of the "International Fur Trade Federation", which became a member of the IUCN at his instigation . Thorer published specialist articles and books on the international Persian trade and company history.

Honors

See also

Fonts

  • Karakul sheep in South West Africa , import, breeding and economic importance. In: Kosmos . Volume 56, Issues 1-6, 1960, pp. 222-224
  • Chapter in: Hans E. Matter: Karakul: Breitschwanz and Persianer. Hermelin, Berlin a. a. 1968.
  • Thorer & Hollender - 125 years of global trade. Thorer and Hollender, Frankfurt am Main 1987.

Web links

Commons : Thorer company  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kosmos, Volume 56, Issues 1-6, 1960, p. 225 online
  2. ↑ a b German fur wholesale and foreign trade association confirms President Herbert Würker forward textile technologies, accessed on April 15, 2013
  3. ↑ Without mentioning the author: Juergen Thorer honored as a businessman, association president and person. In: Pelz International No. 2, Rhenania-Fachverlag Koblenz, February 1986, pp. 42-44.
  4. ↑ Volker Rodekamp (Ed.): Leipzig, city of wa (h) ren miracles: 500 years of imperial trade fair privilege , publications by the Leipzig City History Museum, Leipziger Messe-Verlag, Leipzig 1997, p. 139 online
  5. ↑ a b Jürgen Thorer celebrates his seventieth birthday today , FAZ , January 13, 1996, p. 50
  6. ↑ a b Thorer & Co. GmbH & Co. , Hessisches Wirtschaftsarchiv
  7. ^ Thorer (UK) Limited , bizzy.co.uk, accessed April 15, 2013
  8. ^ Advertisement in: Winckelmann 97 Fachadressbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1989, p. 98.
  9. ↑ Pelzveredlung Thorer & Co., closed in 1994 , photo series on industriezerfall.de
  10. ↑ a b c d “Well known person in karakul circle passed away” (obituary for Jürgen Thorer), in: NAU News Namibia Agricultural Union, July 10, 2009; Retrieved April 15, 2013
  11. ^ "Golden Lamb Award" for use in the karakul industry , Allgemeine Zeitung (Windhoek), November 8, 2004; Retrieved April 15, 2013
  12. ↑ Plaque of honor at kultur-frankfurt.de, accessed on April 15, 2013
  13. ↑ Kosmos, Volume 56, Issues 1-6, 1960, p. 173 Online
personal data
SURNAME Thorer, Jürgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thorer, Jürgen Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and association official
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1926
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 2009