Aloys Felke (20 February 1927, in

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 ...

– 13 January 1997, in

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 Kirchb ...

) was a

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politician and furniture manufacturer.

Life

In 1956 Aloys Felke started working with his two brothers Walter and

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 i ...

as a business graduate in the manufacture of furniture, a firm founded by his father

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’ ...

.''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 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:

Medal of Merit Several countries award a military or civil medal called Medal of Merit: * Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) * Medal of Merit (Denmark) * Medal of Merit of the Dominican Woman * Medal of Merit of the National People's Army (East Germany) * Medal of M ...

References

1927 births 1997 deaths People from Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis People from the Rhine Province Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub