Werner Wirthle
Werner Wirthle (born August 23, 1908 in Blaubeuren ; † August 2, 2001 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German publisher .
Life and accomplishments
Wirthle grew up in Ulm and was initially trained at B. G. Teubner Verlag in Leipzig . He then moved to Berlin for Ullstein Verlag .
In 1945 the US occupation appointed him trustee of the Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei , which had published the renowned Frankfurter Zeitung until 1943 . He transformed the traditional company into a modern publishing house and ran it until 1991.
Awards
- Large Cross of Merit (1959) with star (1968) and shoulder ribbon (1978) of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Honor plaque of the city of Frankfurt am Main 1968
- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1976
- Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 1977
- Friedrich Stoltze Prize 1990
- Hessian Order of Merit 1990
literature
- Ernst Cramer: The Frankfurt publisher Werner Wirthle loved the printed word . In: Die Welt , August 4, 2001
- Prestigious award for Wirthle publisher . (PDF) In: Frankfurter Rundschau , October 18, 1968, p. 14
- Frankfurter Zeitung: The Mayflower . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1959, pp. 24-29 ( online ).
Web links
- Werner Wirthle , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 48/2001 from November 19, 2001, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Werner Wirthle has passed away , report by the Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers, September 6, 2001
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 30, No. 219, November 21, 1978.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wirthle, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blaubeuren |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 2001 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |