Peter H. Werhahn

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Peter Heinz Werhahn (born May 5, 1913 in Berlin ; † November 9, 1996 in Königsdorf ) was a German entrepreneur .

Life

Peter Heinz Werhahn, son of the marriage of Peter Werhahn and Adele Herfeldt-Werhahn, passed his Abitur in Neuss at the humanistic grammar school in 1932. From 1932 to 1938 he studied economics at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen and Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel . In 1938 he was with the dissertation export of capital and debt transfer in the business cycle to Dr. rer. pole. PhD . Since 1932 he was a member of the Catholic student association AV Guestfalia Tübingen .

From 1938 he was in the family business Wilh. Werhahn KG in Neuss and from the 1960s onwards he was responsible for open-cast lignite mining, cutlery manufacturers, retail and banking at board level. After all, he was on the board of directors of Wilh from 1978 to 1983. Werhahn KG. He was director and shareholder of the Horremer briquette factory and other companies as well as a member of the supervisory board of Heinrich Bergbau AG, later also a member of the supervisory board of Ytong AG in Munich and Wanderer Werke AG in Krefeld and Commerzbank AG .

Werhahn was one of the co-founders of the Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs (BKU) in 1949 . Together with Franz Greiss, Werner Habig, Theophil Herder-Dorneich , Werner Linnemann, August Küster , Wilhelm Naegel and Peter Zettelmeyer, he was a member of the first board as Vice President. From 1960 to 1964 he was the only German President of the International Association of Christian Entrepreneurs UNIAPAC . He published numerous papers on economic, socio-political and ethical issues.

Peter H. Werhahn was married to Anne Marie, b. Kallen.

Fonts

  • Capital export and debt transfer in the course of the business cycle. Dissertation. 1937.
  • Image of man, image of society and the concept of science in modern business administration. Factor theoretical approach, decision-oriented approach and system approach in comparison. Haupt Verlag, Bern 1980, ISBN 3-258-02949-0 .
  • The international debt problem. Historical and current aspects. Deutscher Instituts-Verlag, 1985, ISBN 3-602-24733-3 .
  • Church - economy: dialogue in the field of tension between its spiritual foundations. In: Contributions to social and educational policy. Deutscher Instituts-Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-602-24866-6 .
  • The entrepreneur: his economic function and socio-political responsibility . Paulinus Verlag, Trier 1990, ISBN 3-7902-5200-X .
  • The Entrepreneur. His Economic Function and Social Responsibility. 1990, ISBN 3-7902-5201-8 .
  • Responsibility for the future. Perspectives and problems of population development and family planning. Bonifatius Verlag, 1993, ISBN 3-87088-796-6 .

literature

  • Werhahn, Peter H. In: Giancarlo Colombo, Horst Kliemann (Ed.): Who's Who in Germany 1994. Intercontinental Book and Publishing Company, 1994, p. 2309.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Complete directory of the CV. 1991, V 234.
  2. ^ Klaus-Dieter Schmidt: Social justice through entrepreneurial initiative: the Federation of Catholic Entrepreneurs 1949–1990. Schöningh, 1994, p. 30.
personal data
SURNAME Werhahn, Peter H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werhahn, Peter Heinz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1996
Place of death Königsdorf