Moritz Freiherr Knigge

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Moritz Freiherr Knigge, 2014

Moritz Freiherr Knigge (born October 7, 1968 in Hanover ) is a German author and speaker .

He comes from the family of Adolph Freiherr Knigge and grew up on the manor Bredenbeck , on which Adolph Freiherr Knigge also grew up and which has been owned by the Freiherrn Knigge family since the 13th century . Because Adolph Freiherr Knigge had no male descendants, there are no direct descendants with the family name Knigge. Moritz Freiherr Knigge comes from another line of the Knigge family.

After a training for publishing sales assistant in Göttingen , the study of business administration in Berlin and the wholesale distribution for two online personal marketing company, founded Moritz Freiherr Knigge, 2003 in Dusseldorf his own company, the Freiherr Knigge OHG , stay with the emphasis on "man - as we get along better ”. The motivation of his entrepreneurial activity and the associated publications is the interest and enjoyment in dealing with people. Moritz Freiherr Knigge advocates human coexistence in business and society in his lectures for companies and in his stage programs. His main focus is on observation: “We usually know exactly what to do and what not to do in order to get along better with one another. Especially what others have to do and not do. ”For him, staying human means“ starting change where we can make a difference: with ourselves. The finger on one's own nose cannot point to others. ”Moritz Freiherr Knigge considers most of the friction in dealing with one another less to be a bad will than a misunderstanding. The German Knigge Council, which he co-founded (a private, voluntary group of experts), also pursues the idea that respect for fellow human beings is more important than strict etiquette.

In 2004 Moritz Freiherr Knigge published his first book entitled Rules of the Game - How We Should Treat Each Other . Seven more publications on dealing with people followed by 2015. His current book is called Instructions for Being Impolite - The Art of Failing Virtuously .

Fonts

  • Moritz Freiherr Knigge: Rules of the game. How we should deal with each other. With Leo G. Linder and Michael Schellberg. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2004. ISBN 3-7857-2181-1 .
  • Moritz Freiherr Knigge, Claudia Cornelsen: Signs of Power. The secret language of status symbols . Econ, Berlin 2006. ISBN 3-430-11848-4 .
  • Moritz Freiherr Knigge, Michael Schellberg: One question Mr. Knigge. What manners do we still need? Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2008. ISBN 978-3-404-66418-4 .
  • Moritz Freiherr Knigge, Michael Schellberg: You stand better with a backbone. The world, life and everything that concerns me. Lübbe, Cologne 2010. ISBN 978-3-7857-2409-5 .
  • Moritz Freiherr Knigge, Jörg Steinleitner u. a .: The art of polite travel. Instructions for use for careful use on the go. mvg verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-386-88246-3-6 .
  • Moritz Freiherr Knigge: Knigges 1x1: Insights into better cooperation. vocalbar, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-939696-18-6 .
  • Moritz Freiherr Knigge, Michael Schellberg, Kajo Titus Strauch: Instructions for being impolite About the art of being a virtuoso wrongdoer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86265-491-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Station 1 - The Bredenbeck Manor | Knigge, lime and grain | Industrial culture | Architecture & History | Culture & Leisure | Hannover.de | Home - hannover.de. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Knigge as a father . In: Deutschlandradio Kultur . ( deutschlandradiokultur.de [accessed on January 23, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Success factor appreciation - better togetherness - Moritz Freiherr Knigge. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Moritz Freiherr Knigge on dealing with people . In: RTL Nord . ( rtlnord.de [accessed on January 23, 2017]).
  5. ^ Moritz Freiherr Knigge: Moritz Freiherr Knigge "Mixtape" - lecture. February 18, 2015, accessed January 23, 2017 .
  6. ↑ You get ahead with good manners. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .
  7. ↑ FOCUS Online: Knigge descendant wants to hold a mirror up to Rüpeln . In: FOCUS Online . ( focus.de [accessed on January 23, 2017]).
  8. ↑ idea. In: Knigge-Rat. Retrieved on February 19, 2019 (German).
  9. ^ Moritz Freiherr Knigge: rules of the game. How we should deal with each other . ( perlentaucher.de [accessed on January 23, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Knigge descendant fights against rudeness | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed on January 23, 2017]). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnp.de
personal data
SURNAME Knigge, Moritz Freiherr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German advisor for manners and a descendant of Adolph Freiherr Knigge
DATE OF BIRTH 7th October 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover