Kurt Nickisch

Kurt Nickisch (born August 19, 1889 in Beuthen , † September 9, 1967 in Hamburg ) was a German entrepreneur.

Life

Nickisch grew up in Bytom and made there at the town's secondary school in 1910 his Abitur . He then completed a one-year apprenticeship as a mining enthusiast on pits in the Silesian coal, lignite and ore mining. From summer 1911 to summer 1914 he studied mining at the University of Breslau and at the Bergakademie Berlin . During his time in Breslau he became a member of the Corps Silesia there . He completed his studies with the mountain trainee examination in early August 1914. With the outbreak of the First World War, first the 1st Guard Field Artillery Regiment in Berlin-Moabit and then the Field Artillery Regiment 503 in France. He was there as a lieutenant battery and orderly officer as well as deputy adjutant to the regimental staff. From 1919 to 1921 he was a trainee lawyer in various mining areas for training, which he completed in 1921 with the mountain assessor exam. After that he had his first job as a mountain assessor in the Waldenburg-West mining district. From there he switched to the private sector in 1923 at the mining company Georg von Giesches Erben in Breslau as head and mine director of the "Cons. Heinitzgrube" coal mine in Beuthen. In 1925 he rose to head the entire mining administration of Giesche's heirs in western Upper Silesia. From 1939 to 1945 he was the fiduciary manager of the Giesche mining operations in Eastern Upper Silesia. After the end of the Second World War, Nickisch played a key role in the rebuilding of the Giesche company in West Germany. In doing so, he eventually became co-managing director of the parent company and managing director of various subsidiaries that have since been established.

Awards

Nickisch was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class, for his services to the mining industry in the Federal Republic of Germany .

literature

• Fritz Maywald: Complete directory of members of the Corps Silesia 1821–1961, Part I, Cologne 1961, serial no. 669
• Kösener corps lists 1960, 83 , 668