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Felke Möbelwerke
The Felke-Möbelwerke company was a German furniture factory with its headquarters in Sohren in the Hunsrück region and branches all over the country. It was one of the largest employers in the Hunsrück and significantly increased the economic importance of the region. History The Felke-Möbelwerke GmbH & Co.KG was founded by Michael Felke in Sohren in 1928 and emerged from his first furniture factory that had been established in Laufersweiler in 1919.''18.April 1895–1995, Michael Felke 100 Jahre, Pionier der Industrieansiedlung im Hunsrück'', Rhein-Zeitung vom 22./23. April 1995 In the 1950s the Felke-Möbelwerke became one of the biggest furniture factories in Southern Germany with three production plants in Sohren, Simmern and Hermeskeil and it boosted the industrial development in the Hunsrück region. The factories mainly produced for Central and Western Europe. At the end of the 1960s the founder Michael Felke gradually handed over executive power to his sons Aloys F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Felke
Michael Felke (Laufersweiler, 18 April 1895 - Sohren, 8 April 1977) was a German furniture manufacturer. Life Michael Felke was the first of four children and came from a poor family background. He learned the job of a joiner in his father’s small carpenter's workshop in Laufersweiler (State of Rhineland-Palatinate). Michael Felke inherited his father’s carpenter's workshop in 1919 after World War I. He then moved the workshop to Sohren in 1928 and started expanding - the beginning of the company Felke-Möbelwerke GmbH & Co.KG.''Laufersweiler, Geschichte eines Hunsrückdorfes'', Schriftenreihe 22, Fritz Schellack, Argental 1994 Due to his dedication he was known as an industrial pioneer in the Hunsrück region. He managed to boost the region’s industry and created many jobs. Michael Felke was married to Maria Felke and the father of 3 sons. Among his sons were Aloys Felke, manufacturer and politician, and Günter Felke, manufacturer, numismatist and patron. Distin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohren
Sohren is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. Sohren is a state-recognized tourism resort (''Fremdenverkehrsort'') and is set out in state planning as a lower centre. Geography Location The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück and precisely in the centre of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. North of Sohren runs ''Bundesstraße'' 50, and northwest lies Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. Sohren lies roughly west of Kirchberg. Eight kilometres to the southwest is the edge of the Idarwald. Through the village runs the Grundbach, also known as the Dillerbach and the Sohrbach along various stretches of its course. Climate Yearly precipitation in Sohren amounts to 764 mm, which falls into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Mark
The Deutsche Mark (; English: ''German mark''), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" (), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English, it was typically called the "Deutschmark" (). One Deutsche Mark was divided into 100 pfennigs. It was first issued under Allied occupation in 1948 to replace the Reichsmark and served as the Federal Republic of Germany's official currency from its founding the following year. On 31 December 1998, the Council of the European Union fixed the irrevocable exchange rate, effective 1 January 1999, for German mark to euros as DM 1.95583 = €1. In 1999, the Deutsche Mark was replaced by the euro; its coins and banknotes remained in circulation, defined in terms of euros, until the introduction of euro notes and coins on 1 January 2002. The Deutsche Mark ceased to be legal tender immediately upon the introduction of the euro—in contrast to the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunsrück
The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued by the Taunus mountains, past the Rhine and by the Eifel past the Moselle. To the south of the Nahe is a lower, hilly country forming the near bulk of the Palatinate region and all of the, smaller, Saarland. Below its north-east corner is Koblenz. As the Hunsrück proceeds east it acquires north-south width and three notable gaps in its southern ridges. In this zone are multi-branch headwaters including the Simmerbach ending at Simmertal on the southern edge. This interior is therefore rarely higher than above sea level. Peaks and escarpments are principally: the (Black Forest) Hochwald, the Idar Forest, the Soonwald, and the Bingen Forest. The highest mountain is the Erbeskopf (816 m; 2,677 ft), towards the region's south-west. Notable towns are Simmern, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felke Werkshallen , German furniture factory
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Felke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aloys Felke (1927–1997), German politician and furniture manufacturer * Emanuel Felke (1856–1926), German protestant pastor and naturopath *Günter Felke (1929–2005), German furniture manufacturer, numismatist and patron of culture *Michael Felke (1895–1977), German furniture manufacturer * Petra Felke (born 1959), German track and field athlete See also *Felke Möbelwerke The Felke-Möbelwerke company was a German furniture factory with its headquarters in Sohren in the Hunsrück region and branches all over the country. It was one of the largest employers in the Hunsrück and significantly increased the economic im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laufersweiler
Laufersweiler is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück roughly 8 km southwest of Kirchberg and 16 km southwest of Simmern. History Prehistory and antiquity Going by archaeological finds from prehistory and protohistory, the Laufersweiler area might have been settled as early as the Bronze Age and Hallstatt times. Along what is now the municipal limit between Laufersweiler and Niederweiler ran the ''Via Ausonia'' (or ''Ausoniusstraße'' in German) in Roman times. This led from Trier to Bingen am Rhein. Archaeological finds bear witness to a settlement in Roman times. Middle Ages In 1283, Laufersweiler had its first documentary mention as ''Leuferswilre'', and was owned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein-Zeitung
The Rhein-Zeitung (''RZ'') is a regional German daily broadsheet newspaper published in Koblenz by Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH and distributed across Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the .... Notable people Editors References German-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in Germany German news websites Newspapers published in Germany {{Germany-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloys Felke
Aloys Felke (20 February 1927, in Laufersweiler – 13 January 1997, in Sohren) was a Germans, German politician and furniture manufacturer. Life In 1956 Aloys Felke started working with his two brothers Walter and Günter Felke as a business graduate in the manufacture of furniture, a firm founded by his father Michael Felke.''18. April 1895–1995, Michael Felke 100 Jahre, Pionier der Industrieansiedlung im Hunsrück'', Rhein-Zeitung vom 22./23. April 1995 From 1969 to 1971 he was a representative of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate for the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), CDU-Party. Aloys Felke was married and father of two children. Distinctions * 1984: Ehrennadel des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz ''Aloys Felke – Sohrener Unternehmer starb gestern'', Rhein-Zeitung vom 14. Januar 1997 * 1995: Federal Cross of Merit, Medal of Merit References 1927 births 1997 deaths People from Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis People from the Rhine Province Christian Democratic Union of Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günter Felke
Günter Felke (Laufersweiler, 4 November 1929 - Sohren, 22 March 2005) was a German furniture manufacturer, numismatist and patron of culture. Life Günter Felke was born as the youngest son of the industrialist Michael Felke and his wife Maria in Laufersweiler (State of Rhineland-Palatinate). In 1929 his family moved to Sohren, a village nearby, where his father expanded his furniture factory, the company Felke Möbelwerke. He studied at the Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium in Simmern, which he left in 1948 prior to the final exams to work for his father’s company. With his two brothers Aloys and Walter Felke he worked as a junior boss alongside his father. In 1970 he became chief operating officer and technical director.''Profile aus dem Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis'', Band 1, Rollf-Heiko Buyny, Boppart 1994, In 1960 Günter Felke discovered his fascination with the history of numismatics in Palatinate (Pfalz) and Mainz. As a collector of Roman, medieval and modern gold coins from the Rhin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FELKE Moebelzentrum Bad Kreuznach , German furniture factory
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Felke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aloys Felke (1927–1997), German politician and furniture manufacturer *Emanuel Felke (1856–1926), German protestant pastor and naturopath *Günter Felke (1929–2005), German furniture manufacturer, numismatist and patron of culture *Michael Felke (1895–1977), German furniture manufacturer *Petra Felke (born 1959), German track and field athlete See also *Felke Möbelwerke The Felke-Möbelwerke company was a German furniture factory with its headquarters in Sohren in the Hunsrück region and branches all over the country. It was one of the largest employers in the Hunsrück and significantly increased the economic im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
