Wilfried Feldenkirchen

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Wilfried Paul Feldenkirchen (born October 25, 1947 in Cologne ; † June 21, 2010 in Hinterzarten ) was a German economic historian and university professor .

Life

Wilfried Feldenkirchen studied history, English and economics at the University of Bonn . In 1974 he was awarded the title of Dr. phil. PhD. In 1980 he completed his habilitation with a study of the iron and steel industry in the Ruhr area from 1879 to 1914. In 1982, Feldenkirchen was awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize . In 1985 he became an adjunct professor at the University of Bonn and was director of the university's international office from 1985 to 1990 . In 1989/1990 he held a professorship at the University of Saarland and in 1990 was appointed to the chair for economic, social and corporate history at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . In 1990 he published the memoirs of Werner von Siemens , in 1992 he published his biography; he worked on the encyclopedia of German history . The focus of his academic work was on the economic history of the 19th and 20th centuries, the history of banks and savings banks and the history of agricultural policy. A particular focus of research was the history of large companies such as Siemens , Daimler , the Society for Consumer Research and Henkel .

Feldenkirchen was a Rotarian member (Rotary Club Euskirchen-Burgfey).

Feldenkirchen died in an accident in 2010 during a test drive with a replica of the Electric Victoria , which was built under his project management by a coachbuilder from Hinterzarten and exhibited by Siemens at the 2010 Expo .

Honors

Fonts

  • Trade in the city of Cologne in the 18th century (1700–1814). Bonn 1975.
  • The iron and steel industry of the Ruhr area 1879–1914. Growth, financing and structure of your large companies. Wiesbaden 1982, ISBN 3-515-03463-3 .
  • Werner from Siemens. Inventor and international entrepreneur. Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-8009-4156-2 .
  • The German economy in the 20th century (= Encyclopedia of German History , Vol. 47). Munich 1998, ISBN 3-486-55744-0 .
  • Together with Susanne Hilger: People and Brands: 125 Years of Henkel, 1876–2001 . Ed .: Ernst Primosch and Wolfgang Zengerling on behalf of Henkel KGaA. Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-923324-79-0 ( henkel.de [PDF]).

literature

  • Hermann Schäfer: Pioneer of "History Marketing". Memory of Wilfried Feldenkirchen and his contribution to the modernization of the SiemensForum. Trends and challenges of the present . In: Susanne Hilger / Horst A. Wessel (eds.): Companies in competition. Commemorative publication for Wilfried Feldenkirchen (1947–2010) , Stuttgart: Steiner 2020 (contributions to company history; 36), ISBN 978-3-515-12504-8 , pp. 193–205.
  • Hans Pohl †: Wilfried Feldenkirchen's work at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In: Susanne Hilger / Horst A. Wessel (eds.): Companies in competition. Commemorative publication for Wilfried Feldenkirchen (1947–2010) , Stuttgart: Steiner 2020 (Contributions to Company History ; 36), ISBN 978-3-515-12504-8 , pp. 207–213.
  • Horst A. Wessel: The scientist and university professor Wilfried Feldenkirchen (with an overview of his publications) . In: Susanne Hilger / Horst A. Wessel (eds.): Companies in competition. Commemorative publication for Wilfried Feldenkirchen (1947–2010) , Stuttgart: Steiner 2020 (contributions to company history; 36), ISBN 978-3-515-12504-8 , pp. 215–229.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Siemens project manager dies while driving a classic electric car . In: Badische Zeitung online from June 21, 2010.
  2. ↑ Tragic test drive. Professor dies in a classic car accident . In: Südkurier online from June 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ a b Feldenkirchen / Hilger 2001, p. 401, henkel.de
  4. ^ Michael Amberg: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg mourns Professor Feldenkirchen. In: Uni-Mediendienst Aktuell No. 137/2010. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , June 22, 2010, accessed on August 26, 2016 .
  5. ^ Homepage of the Rotary Club Euskirchen-Burgfey .
  6. ↑ Rotarian president fatally injured . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger online from June 23, 2010.
  7. ↑ The fateful test drive of the "Electric Victoria" In: Badische Zeitung of June 23, 2010.
  8. ↑ With the "Viktoria" to death. Misfortune with a classic electric car . In: sueddeutsche.de , April 23, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Feldenkirchen, Wilfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feldenkirchen, Wilfried Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economic historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 2010
Place of death Hinterzarten