Heinz Dürr
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Heinz Dürr is a German
entrepreneur and stockholder of the Stuttgart-based Dürr AG.
Dürr was born in Stuttgart
and was educated at a National Political Institutes of Education
He was chairman of the board at AEG
from 1980 to 1990. From 1991 on, he was president of Deutsche Bundesbahn
and Director-General of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR
. When these state-owned enterprises became the new, private Deutsche Bahn AG
in 1994, he became the first chairman of the board of the new enterprise, a position he kept until 1997.
Heinz Dürr is credited with the invention of the weekend discount ticket, which led to a notable increase in local railway traffic in Germany.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
entrepreneur and stockholder of the Stuttgart-based Dürr AG.
Dürr was born in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
and was educated at a National Political Institutes of Education
National Political Institutes of Education
National Political Institutes of Education were secondary boarding schools in Nazi Germany. They were founded as "community education sites" after the National Socialist seizure of power in 1933.-Overview:...
He was chairman of the board at AEG
AEG
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau....
from 1980 to 1990. From 1991 on, he was president of Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
and Director-General of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR
Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR
The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR was the operating name of state owned railways in the German Democratic Republic ....
. When these state-owned enterprises became the new, private Deutsche Bahn AG
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
in 1994, he became the first chairman of the board of the new enterprise, a position he kept until 1997.
Heinz Dürr is credited with the invention of the weekend discount ticket, which led to a notable increase in local railway traffic in Germany.