Willi Bernhardt

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Willi Heinrich Bernhardt (born June 27, 1928 in Drommershausen ; † January 31, 2020 in Aßlar ) was a German entrepreneur and association official in the Central Association of the German Motor Vehicle Industry and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit on the ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Life

Willi Bernhardt came from an old nassau because burg Forgemaster sex , which in the early 18th century after Frankfurt branched. He descended from the Drommershausen branch and was the second of three sons of the model maker Heinrich Karl Bernhardt II. And Hilda Johanna Bernhardt, née. Saam born.

In 1950, he and his older brother Erich Bernhardt (1926–2013) founded the truck brake service Bremsen-Bernhardt in Wetzlar , which he took over on his own in the following years and expanded it further in Asslar .

In addition to managing his commercial vehicle business, the master in the automotive mechanic trade was involved in a variety of ways at all levels for the automotive industry and the trade organization. From 1954 he was a member of the board of the motor vehicle guild of the district of Wetzlar (today Lahn-Dill-Kreis ), was initially its deputy head master from 1971, and from 1975 to 1996, over 20 years, its head master, then honorary master. At the Wetzlar District Craftsmen's Association, he held the post of deputy district craftsman from 1978 and headed it from 1981 to 1996 as district craftsman, then he was appointed honorary district craftsman. In addition, he had filled the office of chairman of the journeyman's examination committee .

His special drive was the commercial vehicle. He chaired the Central Association of the German Motor Vehicle Industry (ZDK) Committee for Commercial Vehicles from the beginning until 1991, and then represented the State Association of Hesse until 2001. In the ZDK Committee for Technology, Safety and the Environment, he worked for over 25 years With. From 1984 Willi Bernhardt belonged to the general assembly and from 1989 to the board of the Wiesbaden Chamber of Crafts until 1999. His diverse commitment as a representative of the craft's interests also applied to the younger generation of craftspeople. On his initiative, a partnership and apprenticeship exchange between the district craftsmen's association in Wetzlar and the Chamber of Crafts in Avignon came about, which was then expanded into a partnership between the Chamber in Avignon and the Wiesbaden Chamber of Crafts.

His commercial vehicle operations have expanded over the years to include the Mitsubishi , Chevrolet , Jeep and Dodge brands . The management was transferred to Willi Bernhardt, Bubinger from Frankfurt a. M. had the son Jochen and the daughter Elke, his son.

Honors
  • After his active activities as CEO, Willi Bernhardt became
    • Honorary master craftsman of the district craftsman's association Lahn-Dill as well as for
    • Appointed honorary master of the Lahn-Dill motor vehicle trade guild.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice in the Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung on February 5, 2020 ( online version , accessed on February 5, 2020.)
  2. ↑ Brake-Bernhardt website (accessed on August 11, 2014)
  3. ↑ a b c d kfz -betrieb online on June 27, 2008: Willi Bernhardt celebrates his 80th birthday: his heart was directed to the commercial vehicle (accessed on August 11, 2014)
  4. ↑ a b Obituary notice from the Wiesbaden Chamber of Crafts in the Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung on February 8, 2020 ( online version , accessed on February 8, 2020.)
  5. ↑ PresseKatalog.de Edition 26/2008: Klaus Opitz, His heart was for the commercial vehicle (accessed on August 11, 2014)
  6. ↑ Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on July 4, 1994 . In: The Hessian Prime Minister (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1994 No. 27 , p. 1646 , point 613 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 8.5 MB ]).
  7. ↑ Directory of the training brochure for the Lahn-Dill district craft association. Business directory of the guild companies from the district of the district handicrafts association Lahn-Dill. 1st edition for the Hessentag 2012 in Wetzlar, p. 10 ( digitized version ) or website of the Lahn-Dill District Craftsmen's Association: Board of Directors of the District Craftsmen's Association ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 11, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kh-lahn-dill.de
personal data
SURNAME Bernhardt, Willi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernhardt, Willi Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and lobbyist
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Drommershausen
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 2020
Place of death Asslar