Otto Wolfgang Bechtle

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Otto Wolfgang Bechtle (born March 10, 1918 in Stuttgart ; † July 25, 2012 ) was a German entrepreneur as well as a publisher and editor.

Life

The son of the newspaper publisher and book printer owner Richard Bechtle (1882–1944), completed an apprenticeship as a publisher and bookseller and in 1947 joined the management of the " Esslinger Zeitung ", of which he was the publisher and editor-in-chief. In 1949 he founded the Bechtle publishing house, which discovered and promoted the authors Heinz Piontek and Peter Härtling . In 1960 he took over the " Cannstatter Zeitung " and the " Untertürkheimer Zeitung ". He built up the Bechtle Verlag & Druck in Baden-Württemberg.

From 1953 he was involved as a co-founder of the Association of Southwest German Newspaper Publishers , of which he was honorary chairman until his death. From 1970 to 1987 he was its president, from 1963 to 1970 vice-president of the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers (VSZV) . 1958 Bechtle became a member of the supervisory board of the news agency dpa ; from 1974 to 1991 he was its chairman and its honorary chairman until his death. From 1973 to 1980 he was a member of the German Press Council , from 1978 to 1980 he was its spokesman. Bechtle was less popular with APO because BILD was printed in his house : "Bechtle, Bechtle, Springers Knechtle".

He received the Federal Cross of Merit with a star and the appointment as a Knight of the French Legion of Honor .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the death of the Esslingen publisher Otto Wolfgang Bechtle , Eßlinger Zeitung , accessed on July 26, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Bechtle, Otto Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, publisher and editor
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 2012