Josef Grünewald

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Josef Grünewald (born May 21, 1897 in Kassel , † 1984 in Grävenwiesbach ) was a German entrepreneur and local politician.

education and profession

Josef Grünewald studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University in Ilmenau and moved to Berlin-Spandau after marrying Maria, born Gassmann . There he founded the “Notwerk für Arbeit” in 1924. He later worked in the Reich Ministry of Aviation .

In 1941 he acquired the Amepa company in Wuenheim in Alsace, where he also moved. The company expanded and soon had 300 employees. He himself moved with his family to Ilfeld in Thuringia, where he worked in Wernher von Braun's team on the development of the controls for the V1 and V2 rockets .

After the war he fled with his family to Grävenwiesbach in 1946, where he founded the Grünewald Feinmaschinenbau company on May 19, 1946. The first product to be built was padlocks. The company expanded and in 1961 employed around 170 people. Products included front wheel drive shafts, special machines and fixture construction.

In 1966, Josef Grünewald built a spa house for his employees, offering a hairdresser, massage and sauna. In 1970 an indoor pool was added. In the same year, a branch for cardan shaft construction was set up in Weilmünster . After the death of Josef Grünewald in 1984, the company was continued by the sons Hans and Werner Grünewald and is still family-owned today.

politics

From 1960 to 1972 Josef Grünewald worked for the CDU as the first councilor in local politics.

The Franco-German reconciliation was particularly close to his heart. He therefore initiated the community partnership between Grävenwiesbach and Wuenheim .

Honors

  • Federal Cross of Merit, 1st Class (December 7, 1972)
  • Honorary citizen of Wuenheim
  • Honorary citizen of Grävenwiesbach
  • Memorial stone in Grävenwiesbach (October 2009)
  • Josef-Grünewald-Straße in Graevenwiesbach

literature

  • The pioneer and committed entrepreneur , in: Taunus-Zeitung of January 23, 2014, p. 19.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Grünewald, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and local politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH 1984
Place of death Graevenwiesbach