Richard Schmitz (Hotelier)
Richard Schmitz (born June 9, 1937 in Wülscheid ) is a German hotelier.
Live and act
Richard Schmitz grew up on a farm. He completed an apprenticeship as a pastry chef in Cologne , worked as a cook in the federal guest house on Petersberg and obtained a diploma from the Lausanne hotel management school . He then worked from 1963 to 1964 as a receptionist at the Hotel Ritz in London, as a banquet waiter in several other hotels in London and at the Hotel Le Bristol in Paris. From 1964 to 1966 he was the receptionist at the Dom-Hotel Cologne and then Assistant Manager in hotels in Zurich.
In 1968 he became second director, 1970 first director and 1973 managing director of Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden and remained in this position until 2000. For over thirty years he was Vice President of the Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of the Baden-Baden Hotel and Restaurant Association . He was a co-founder of the German-Russian Economic Forum of the Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce.
He put his experiences and experiences in 2007 in the book For the shine in the eyes: My life under five stars .
In 2014 Richard Schmitz was one of the founding members of the voter initiative “Free Citizens for Baden-Baden”. He has been with Edith Riccarda born in 1964. Juon is married and has three sons.
Awards
- 1992: Karl-Friedrich-Nebenius-Medal of the IHK Karlsruhe in silver
- 1997: Medal of Honor of the City of Baden-Baden in silver
- 1997: Paul Harris Fellow of the International Rotary Association
- 1998: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 2000: "Euro Crystal Globe" award from the European Economic Institute
- 2000: Business medal of the state of Baden-Württemberg in gold
- 2013: Karl-Friedrich-Nebenius-Medal of the IHK Karlsruhe in gold
- 2013: Honorary member of the General Assembly of the Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce
- Honorary member of the presidium of the IHK Karlsruhe
- 2015: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
Fonts
- For the shine in the eyes: my life under five stars. Edited by Thomas Lindemann . Editing by Birgit Cremers-Schiemann. Info, Karlsruhe 2007, ISBN 978-3-88190-476-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Schmitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heinz Horrmann : Farewell after 33 years of Brenner's. In: The world . October 6, 2000
- Book review for For the shine in the eyes (with biographical information)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Richard Schmitz on fbb-baden-baden.de
- ↑ New political force in Baden-Baden ... on goodnews4.de
- ^ Christian Frietsch: High distinction for Richard Schmitz on goodnews4.de
- ↑ High distinction for Richard Schmitz on goodnews4.de, accessed on November 5, 2015
- ↑ New IHK President elected ( Memento from September 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on rheinstetten-online.de
- ↑ Honorary members on the website of the Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce and Industry, accessed on November 5, 2015
- ↑ Federal Cross of Merit for Richard Schmitz on baden-wuerttemberg.de, accessed on November 16, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitz, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hotelier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wülscheid |