Paul Dierichs

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Paul Dierichs (born September 14, 1901 in Bochum ; † November 3, 1996 in Kassel ) was a German newspaper publisher and art patron .

The grave of Paul Dierichs and his wife Elisabeth in the Mulang cemetery in Kassel.

Life

Dierichs was the son of a publisher and print shop owner in Bochum. Following his father's wishes, he first studied metallurgy at the Clausthal mining academy . After his death he moved to Munich to study economics . In Clausthal Dierichs was a member of the Corps Montania , in Munich the Corps Suevo-Guestphalia . He began his journalistic career in Brandenburg , Koethen and Ludwigshafen am Rhein . After graduating as Dr. oec. publ. In 1929 he became the publisher of Laupenmühlen & Dierich's own publishing houseBochum Anzeiger published in Bochum , which he brought into the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) after the Second World War . He sold his stake in WAZ in the 1960s in order to take over the printing and publishing house of today's newspaper Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine in Kassel .

Dierichs was particularly concerned with promoting science and art. He was one of the supporters of the Kassel University, which was founded in 1970 . In 1976 he founded the Paul Dierichs Foundation . He supported the collections of the city of Bochum, the collection of antiquities of the Ruhr University Bochum and the Kassel State Museums in purchasing ancient and modern works of art.

Works

  • The newspaper market in Germany with special consideration of the conditions in Westphalia and the Lower Rhine. Dissertation , Munich 1928.

literature

  • Peter Gercke: Finds from antiquity. Paul Dierichs Collection, Kassel. Kassel 1981.

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personal data
SURNAME Dierichs, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German newspaper publisher and art patron
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1996
Place of death kassel