Otto Kunz (entrepreneur)
Otto Kunz (born April 21, 1872 in Werdohl ; † May 20, 1959 in Cologne ) was a German manufacturer of refractory products .
Life
Otto Kunz was born as the son of the factory owner Hermann Kunz and Bertha. Seidenstücker born. He attended high school in Cologne-Mülheim . After graduation he studied for several semesters at the Technical University of Stuttgart Engineering . Here he joined the Corps Stauffia . He then completed a commercial apprenticeship in his father's company. After a long stay in England, he deepened his commercial knowledge at Th. Wuppermann, a rolling mill in Schlebusch . Then he joined his father's company, Stoecker & Kunz . After this was converted into a GmbH , he became its partner and managing director. The company manufactured refractory products in two plants in Cologne-Mülheim and Krefeld- Hafen. The Cologne plant was completely destroyed in the Second World War. In 1950 Kunz founded an interest group with Didier Werke in Wiesbaden and relocated the entire production to the Krefeld location.
In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, Kunz was a member of the supervisory board of the Gerling group's Köln-Düsseldorfer Versicherung AG, a member of the Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry , a board member of the Association of Rheinischer Industrielle and board member of the Association of Industrialists of the Cologne administrative district. He also worked as a commercial judge.
Awards
- Otto Kunz was an honorary senator of the Technical University of Stuttgart.
- On May 2, 1952, he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .
literature
- Kunz, Otto . In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , p. 1044 f.
- Kunz, Otto . In: Ulrich S. Soénius (Hrsg.), Jürgen Wilhelm (Hrsg.): Kölner Personen-Lexikon. Greven, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0 , p. 311.
Individual evidence
- ↑ His name is immortalized on the table in the five-member corner in the castle tavern of the Wachenburg .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunz, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manufacturer of refractory products |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Werdohl |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1959 |
| Place of death | Cologne |