Wilhelm Reissmüller

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Wilhelm Reissmüller (born December 19, 1911 in Süßen ; † November 14, 1993 in Ingolstadt ) was a German publisher. From 1949 until his death he was editor of the Donaukurier .

Life

Reissmüller was born as the second son of a goldsmith. After secondary school, he learned sculpture, woodcut and typography at the Württemberg Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart . For financial reasons, he had to break off his studies and take a graphic job in Freiburg. He later continued his studies in philosophy, psychology, art and literary history and newspaper studies in Freiburg and Munich and received his doctorate in philosophy in 1937. In 1933 he joined the Munich Corps Germania , of which he remained a member throughout his life.

Reissmüller met Elin Liebl while studying in Munich . In 1935 he led the negotiations for the publishing house of her father Ludwig Liebl to take over the conservative-Catholic Ingolstädter Zeitung as part of the synchronization of the press. The Ingolstädter Zeitung was merged with Liebls National Socialist Kampfblatt Donaubote and from 1936 was called Donaubote - Ingolstädter Zeitung . Reissmüller joined the publishing house management of the Danube messenger in 1937 and married Liebl's daughter in October of the same year. Reissmüller was a candidate for the NSDAP. In 1939, Liebl took him on as an equal partner in the "Druck und Verlag Donaubote San. Rat Dr. Ludwig Liebl and A. Ganghofer'sche Buchhandlung, open trading company". In August 1939 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and served for the greater part of the war in the 1st Mountain Division , until in 1944 he became a lieutenant in the reserve and a liaison officer with the general of the volunteer associations in the OKH . During the war, however, he remained the publishing director of the Danube messenger.

After the mandatory license imposed by the military government was lifted , he was co-editor alongside Joseph Lackas in 1949 , and then sole editor of Donaukurier in 1951 . Despite the re-establishment, this referred to the tradition of the "Ingolstädter Zeitung" which was taken over by Liebl in 1936. Likewise, Liebls Ganghofer'sche Buchhandlung again formed part of the company, which was now called Donau Kurier Verlagsgesellschaft, A. Ganghofer'sche Buchhandlung and Courier Druckhaus KG . Reissmüller developed the paper into one of the high-circulation daily newspapers in Bavaria and was able to cleverly fend off the desire to take over and expand by large media groups.

He also used his economic success to promote various social and cultural purposes. In 1968 he donated the Ingolstadt Concert Association's Music Promotion Prize, which supports students in masterclasses at Bavarian music colleges and conservatories. In 1983, together with his wife, he set up his own foundation which, with annual funds of now 60,000 EUR, supports the exchange of students and professors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Ingolstadt's twin town Carrara .

Fountain created by Reissmüller in front of the Donaukurier building

He also remained active as a painter, sculptor and draftsman. Works in public space include the fountain in front of the Donaukurier-Verlagsgesellschaft building and the fountain in front of the Ingolstadt Clinic . A bronze bust of the former Lord Mayor Josef Listl designed by him is in the old town hall . Another of his bronze busts depicts the long-time VW works council chairman Fritz Böhm . A show of his works took place in 2003 in the gallery in the Stadttheater Ingolstadt .

For his life's work, Reissmüller was made an honorary citizen of Ingolstadt in 1976.

He died on the day of national mourning during high mass in the Franciscan basilica .

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SURNAME Reissmüller, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher, painter, sculptor and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuties
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1993
Place of death Ingolstadt