Kurt Boesch

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Kurt Bösch (born July 9, 1907 in Augsburg ; † July 15, 2000 there ) was an entrepreneur, bibliophile , collector and patron .

As the son of a Swiss architect, he went back to Switzerland with the family after the First World War . After his military service in Sion (Wallis) in Zurich, Bösch became a successful wholesale merchant in the import sector. In 1952 he took over the sole chairmanship of Alpine AG , which he expanded into a globally active company with exceptional social commitment.

In 1986 he founded the Kurt Bösch Foundation, with which, according to the statutes, he wanted to contribute to the “maintenance of science at the University of Augsburg in research, teaching and studies, in particular by promoting international relations at the university”. This international component is mainly related to the canton of Valais , where Bösch donated two buildings to the University of Augsburg for seminar purposes; In the words of Sabine Doering-Manteuffel with the main idea "that high-quality training has to be more than just increasing knowledge, that it is above all education that comes about through living and working together in a community".

Since 1989 Bösch has been an honorary senator at the University of Augsburg. For his social commitment, Bösch was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit in 1990 and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class on October 7, 1998 . In his honor, the road to the SGL-Arena in Augsburg was named after him.

literature

  • Patronage in the past and present. Homage for Kurt Bösch. Vögel, Munich 1988.
  • Helmut Koopmann : Money and Literature in the 18th Century. Lecture on the occasion of the 85th birthday in honor of Kurt Bösch at the University of Augsburg on July 9, 1992. Book decoration by Johannes Lebek . Kurt Bösch Press, Sion 1992.
  • Helmut Koopmann: The poets and the Valais. Lecture and speeches at a memorial ceremony for Honorary Senator Kurt Bösch (July 9, 1907 to July 15, 2000) on January 10, 2001 at the University of Augsburg (= Augsburger Universitätsreden. Vol. 43). Augsburg 2001 (with a greeting from Augsburg Vice Rector Gunther Gottlieb and a tribute to the deceased by Rector Wilfried Bottke ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Obituary ( memento from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at the Kurt Bösch Foundation (University of Augsburg).
  2. ↑ a b estate at the Bavarian literature portal.
  3. ^ Information ( memento of February 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) from the Kurt Bösch Foundation at the University of Augsburg.
  4. ^ Greetings from the President of the University of Augsburg on the foundation.
  5. ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Boesch, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, collector and patron
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 2000
Place of death augsburg