Herbert Kreibich

Herbert Kreibich
Herbert Kreibich on his 105th birthday in 2015.
Birth:	24 March 1910 Kaaden an der Eger, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Death:	7 January 2019 Montreux, Switzerland
Age:	108 years, 289 days
Country:	CZESUI
Centenarian

Herbert Kreibich (24 March 1910 – 7 January 2019) was a Czech-Swiss centenarian who was the oldest (known) living man in Switzerland. He is the fourth oldest (known) man ever to die in Switzerland.

Biography

Kreibich was born in Kaaden an der Eger, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic), on 24 March 1910. The Second World War took the Kreibich family first to Hesse and later to the Palatinate. Kreibich was known as entrepreneur and manager, among other things as CFO and later Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Joh. A. Benckiser GmbH in Ludwigshafen. Following his retirement in 1975, he moved with his wife from Ludwigshafen to Weinheim, Switzerland. He published a book "Dynamische innerbetriebliche Berichte als Führungsinstrument" in the Verlag Moderne Industrie.

In March 2010, he celebrated his 100th birthday and became a centenarian.

His wife Trude Kreibich died in 2013. In his final years, Kreibich lived in Montreux, Canton of Vaud, at Lake Geneva.

Kreibich died in Montreux, Switzerland on 7 January 2019 at the age of 108 years, 289 days.

References

• Herbert Kreibich, der älteste Weinheimer, feiert am 24. März seinen 105. Geburtstag Metropol News, 23 March 2015

• Herbert Kreibich Traueranzeige Zuruck Zu Trauer

Switzerland's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

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