Oskar Herrmann

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Oskar Herrmann (born September 12, 1906 in Heilbronn ; † May 19, 1999 ) was a German entrepreneur and sport shooting functionary.

Life

He was the son of the Heilbronn gold goods manufacturer Franz Herrmann († 1944). The father founded the factory at Kaiserstrasse 17 in 1899 and moved into a plot of land at Allee 32 in 1932. The factory was destroyed in the air raid on December 4, 1944 , and Franz Hermann was also killed. Oskar Herrmann had meanwhile been drafted into military service. At the end of the war he was taken prisoner by the Soviets , but was released after four months. Back in Heilbronn, he set about rebuilding the family business. The makeshift barracks on the avenue with which he began the reconstruction had to give way in the 1950s for the new building of the festival hall Harmonie under pressure from Lord Mayor Paul Meyle ; Hermann found a new company location at Lerchenstrasse 12. Herrmann's company primarily manufactured seamless wedding rings for which he owned a patent. From 1960 to 1972 Hermann was chairman of the “Wedding Rings” specialist group of the jewelry and silver goods industry association in Pforzheim . In 1978 Herrmann sold his patent along with the devices and customer list to a Bavarian company.

From 1950 to 1954 he worked as a juror at the Heilbronn District Court , from 1954 to 1958 as a juror in the jury trial Heilbronn.

Far more than his company, Herrmann became known as an official for shooting sports . His father was already a marksman and introduced the young Oskar to shooting from an early age. In 1923, Oskar Herrmann joined the Heilbronn rifle guild and then regularly took part in shooting competitions with a room nozzle and a fire nozzle , and from the late 1920s also with the small-bore rifle . In 1933 he was appointed to the lower district rifle leader of the lower district Heilbronn and began his career as an official. In 1934 he was represented for the first time in a national competition at the German Federal Shooting in Leipzig , in 1937, 1938, 1941 and 1944 he took part in the German championships with the Wehrmanngewehr 175. In 1937 he rose to the position of Kreisschützenführer for Kreis 6 Neckar-Kocher.

After the Second World War, he was involved in the re-establishment of the Württemberg state rifle club in 1951 and was elected state rifle champion in 1952. As such, he also worked on the entire board of the German Rifle Federation . In 1954 he gave the initiative to re-establish the 1st Heilbronn shooting club , and in 1963 to re-establish the shooting club in 1903 Heilbronn . In the 1950s and 1960s he took part in several state and federal shootings. In 1960 he was appointed to the honorary committee of the German Shooting Federation, which he chaired from 1961 to 1992. In 1962 he was the supervisor of the German national shooting team at the World Cup in Cairo . In 1963 he represented the German Rifle Federation at the 9th Austrian Federal Shooting. In 1964 he brought the German Rifle Club to his home town of Heilbronn, but narrowly missed entry into the presidium in the presidium election. In 1966 he was responsible for the invasion of nations and the award ceremonies at the Rifle World Championships in Wiesbaden. From 1967 to 1973 he was a member of the Presidium of the German Shooting Federation, which he represented on numerous international occasions, including a. also at the Olympics in Munich, where he was responsible for the award ceremony. He remained an active marksman and functionary throughout his life. When he was almost 90 years old, he took part in senior competitions and appeared as a keynote speaker at shooting events. He has received many awards for his commitment.

In addition to shooting sports, Herrmann was also interested in tennis . In 1924 he was a founding member of the tennis club Sununnen Heilbronn and was chairman of this club from 1928 to 1941 and from 1948 to 1956. He was also a member of the Heilbronn District Hunters' Association, for which he carried out the audit from 1964 to 1980 and was a member of its honorary council from 1956 to 1986 .

Shortly before his death, he wrote his memoirs under the title Sagittarius-Life Story of an Idealist .

Honors

  • 1956: Honorary member of the Heidenheim shooting club
  • 1962: Ring of Honor of the German Shooting Federation
  • 1962: Ring of honor of the Württemberg State Rifle Club
  • 1964: Silver City Medal of the City of Heilbronn
  • 1964: Golden Presidential Medal of the German Rifle Federation
  • 1964: Honorary member of the TC Sun Fountain Heilbronn
  • 1966: Golden UIT badge
  • 1971: Ring of honor of the Württemberg Rifle Association
  • 1972: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
  • 1973: Golden badge of honor of the Württemberg State Rifle Federation
  • 1973: Honorary member of the German Rifle Federation
  • 1973: Honorary member of the shooting club 1903 Heilbronn
  • 1973: Golden plaque of the Heilbronn shooting guild
  • 1975: Golden cup of the city of Heilbronn
  • 1979: Honorary member of the Heilbronn shooting guild
  • 1993: Golden badge of honor of the German Shooting Federation for 70 years of membership

Fonts

  • Sagittarius life story of an idealist , Heilbronn o. J. (1996)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of death after entry of Oskar Herrmann in the HEUSS database of the Heilbronn City Archives , contemporary history collection, call number ZS-11892
personal data
SURNAME Herrmann, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and marksman functionary
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1999