Rudolf Woehrl
Rudolf Wöhrl (born August 1, 1913 in Karlstein OT Dettingen , † January 18, 2010 in Nuremberg ) was a German entrepreneur.
Life
Wöhrl was born into a family of railway workers. After graduating from elementary school and following the death of his father in 1923, he took on a job as a legal assistant in Aschaffenburg to support the family. In 1933 he opened a men's clothing store in Nuremberg, which he named "Zetka" (reliable clothing). As early as 1939, the company's turnover was around 500,000 Reichsmarks .
Wöhrl had to do military service in the Second World War and therefore passed the management of the company on to his first wife Berta. His shop was destroyed in a bombing in 1945. After the end of the war, he and his wife began to rebuild their company in Roth near Nuremberg. In 1949 he opened today's Wöhrl parent company at the White Tower , at that time still on an area of 60 square meters. As a result, the company expanded and became one of the industry leaders in the fashion sector in Germany. Wöhrl handed over the management of the company to his sons Hans Rudolf and Gerhard in 1970 . From 1971 to 1991 he was Vice President of the Nuremberg Chamber of Commerce and Industry .
In 1985 he married his second wife Mizzi.
In 2002 the company founded by Wöhrl was converted into a family company and has been trading under the name of Rudolf Wöhrl AG ever since .
Awards
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1974: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1998: Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1993: Citizen's Medal of the City of Nuremberg
- Honorary citizen of the community of Dettingen, now a district of Karlstein am Main
- Al Radi Order of the King of Morocco
Web links
- Klaus Schrage: Franconia mourns its great fashion king. In: Nürnberger Nachrichten . January 19, 2010, archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; Retrieved October 26, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nuremberg mourns Rudolf Wöhrl . City of Nuremberg, press release No. 39/2010, January 18, 2010, accessed on October 26, 2017.
- ^ Obituary from January 21, 2010 in the Augsburger Allgemeine .
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^ "Karlsteiner Kulturstiftung". Karlstein municipality, archived from the original on November 23, 2012 ; Retrieved October 26, 2017 . Stefan Fuchs: A "year of living history" . Main-Echo , February 23, 2017, accessed October 26, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woehrl, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlstein OT Dettingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 2010 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |