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⚫ '''Hans Dieter Beck''' (9 April 1932 – 3 January 2025) was a German publisher. He was one of the two partners in the ] publishing group and was responsible for the company's legal, tax and economics publishing program.<ref> {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref>https://www.nord24.de/kino/verleger-hans-dieter-beck-im-alter-von-92-jahren-gestorben-261567.html</ref>
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|04|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = ], Bavaria, ]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|01|03|1932|04|09|df=yes}}
| death_place = Munich
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⚫ '''Hans Dieter Beck''' (9 April 1932 – 3 January 2025) was a German publisher. He was one of the two partners heading in the ] publishing group in the sixth generation. He was responsible for the company's legal, tax and economics publishing program.


== Life and career ==
⚫ ==References==
Beck was born in ] in 1932 as the son of the publisher Heinrich Beck and his wife Eva. He first studied mathematics and physics, then German and psychology, before turning to law studies.<ref name="c801">{{cite web | title=Mit 92 Jahren verstorben: Hans Dieter Beck ist tot | website=Legal Tribune Online | date=4 January 2025 | url=https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/hans-dieter-beck-verlag-gestorben | language=de | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> From January 1961 he worked "as a kind of legal editor" in the family-owned publishing house ],<ref name="Budras" /> founded by {{ill|Carl Gottlob Beck|de}} in 1763.<ref name="q365" /><ref name="n090">{{cite web | last=Amann | first=Melanie | title=(S+) Der Methusalem-Komplex | website=] | date=1 September 2013 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/der-methusalem-komplex-a-3b205d46-0002-0001-0000-000110118001?context=issue | language=de | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> He earned his doctorate in law with a dissertation on licensing agreements in publishing at the ] the same year.<ref name="Budras" /><ref name="g467">{{cite book | last=Beck | first=Hans Dieter | title=Der Lizenzvertrag im Verlagswesen : mit Vorschlägen für die Vertragsgestaltung | publisher=Beck | publication-place=München | year=1961 | oclc=17111420 | language=de | page=}}</ref> After four years of working in the publishing house and an extended stay in the US, including at ] and as a trainee in an American publishing house,<ref name="Budras" /> he gained experience in the judicial service as a court assessor and later as a judge at the Munich I Regional Court.<ref name="c801" />

At the end of 1970 he returned to the publishing house to take over the legal and economic departments and at the same time the management of the printing works in ].<ref name="n013">{{cite web | last=Prizkau | first=Anna | title=Wolfgang und Hans Dieter Beck: Zwei deutsche Brüder | website=] | date=24 December 2013 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/wolfgang-und-hans-dieter-beck-zwei-deutsche-brueder-12722212.html | language=de | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> From 1971 he headed the legal publishing branch.<ref name="s140">{{cite web | title=Über den Verlag C.H.BECK München | website=RSW | url=https://rsw.beck.de/verlag | language=de | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> He formed, together with his brother {{ill|Wolfgang Beck|de|Wolfgang Beck (Verleger)}}<ref name="n090" /> and from 1995 with his nephew {{ill|Jonathan Beck|de|Jonathan Beck (Verleger)}}<ref name="q365" /> who was responsible for the fiction and non-fiction divisions; they were the sixth generation of management of the family business in direct succession of the company founder.<ref name="n090">{{cite web | last=Amann | first=Melanie | title=(S+) Der Methusalem-Komplex | website=] | date=1 September 2013 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/der-methusalem-komplex-a-3b205d46-0002-0001-0000-000110118001?context=issue | language=de | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> He expanded the position of C. H. Beck as a leading publisher of legal literature in German, adding legal commentaries and trade papers.<ref name="c801" />

In other roles, Beck was chairman of the Bavarian regional association of the ] from 1979 to 1982<ref name="a412">{{cite web | title=1960–1989 | website=boersenverein-bayern.de | date=22 December 2017 | url=https://www.boersenverein-bayern.de/de/157696 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613235041/https://www.boersenverein-bayern.de/de/157696 | archive-date=13 June 2018 | url-status=dead | language=de | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> and a board member of the Association of Legal and Political Science Publishers.<ref name="r663">{{cite web | title=ARSV: Impressum | website=ARSV | url=https://www.juristische-verlage.de/pages/de/kontakt/impressum/index.htm | language=de | access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref>

After the end of the Cold War, Beck also became involved in the former ]. He was very successful in Poland, but failed in Russia.<ref name="b007">{{cite web | last=Sternburg | first=Judith von | title=Verleger Hans Dieter Beck ist tot – Nachhaltiger verlegen | website=] | date=5 January 2025 | url=https://www.fr.de/kultur/literatur/verleger-hans-dieter-beck-ist-tot-nachhaltiger-verlegen-93498933.html | language=de | access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> The Russian management tried to expropriate the German parent company, and the Russian state demanded high fines for alleged irregularities in accounting.<ref name="Prantl">{{cite web | last=Prantl | first=Heribert | title=Nachruf auf Hans Dieter Beck, den größten juristischen Verleger Europas | website=] | date=6 January 2025 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/nachruf-hans-dieter-beck-verlag-c-h-beck-li.3177086 | language=de | access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> Although Beck won the court cases, he withdrew from business in Russia in 1999.<ref name="Budras">{{cite web | last=Budras | first=Corinna | title=Der Nimmermüde | website=] | date=1 April 2022 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/der-nimmermuede-17926722.html | language=de | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>

Beck died on 3 January 2025 in Munich, aged 92.<ref name="c801" /><ref name="q365">{{cite web | title=Beck-Verlag-Chef Hans Dieter Beck gestorben | website=] | date=4 January 2025 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/autoren/beck-verlag-chef-hans-dieter-beck-gestorben-110211614.html | language=de | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="o638">{{cite web | title=Verleger Hans Dieter Beck im Alter von 92 Jahren gestorben | website=nord24 | date=4 January 2025 | url=https://www.nord24.de/kino/verleger-hans-dieter-beck-im-alter-von-92-jahren-gestorben-261567.html | language=de |agency=dpa | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>

== Awards ==
In 1989, Beck was awarded the Officer's Cross of the ],<ref name="i099">{{cite web | title=Dr. Hans Dieter Beck (90) – BuchMarkt | website=BuchMarkt – Das Ideenmagazin für den Buchhandel | url=https://buchmarkt.de/dr-hans-dieter-beck-90/ | language=de | access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> in 1992 the {{ill|München leuchtet|de}} medal,<ref name="i401">{{cite web | title=OB Reiter kondoliert zum Tod von Hans Dieter Beck | website=Landeshauptstadt München | date=7 January 2025 | url=https://ru.muenchen.de/2025/3/OB-Reiter-kondoliert-zum-Tod-von-Hans-Dieter-Beck-116408 | access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> in 1993 the honorary award of the ],<ref name="n388">{{cite web | title=Schwabinger Kunstpreis | website=Rathaus – Landeshauptstadt München | url=https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/schwabinger-kunst-preise.html | language=de | access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> in 2002 the honorary citizenship of the city of Nördlingen,<ref name="k328">{{cite web | title="Bedeutender als das Oktoberfest" | website=] | date=21 October 2019 | url=https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/noerdlingen/Bedeutender-als-das-Oktoberfest-id8501146.html | language=de | access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> and in 2012 the ].<ref name="h614">{{cite web | title=Seehofer zeichnet 74 Persönlichkeiten aus | website=] | date=5 October 2012 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/bayerischer-verdienstorden-seehofer-zeichnet-74-persoenlichkeiten-aus-1.1488424 | language=de | access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref>

⚫ == References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite news |title=Hans Dieter Beck wird 90: Der Rechtsexperte |newspaper=] |number=15/16 |date=14 April 2022 |page=38 |url=https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/boersenverein/der-rechtsexperte-236777}}

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German publisher (1932–2025)

Hans Dieter Beck
Beck in 2022
Born(1932-04-09)9 April 1932
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Died3 January 2025(2025-01-03) (aged 92)
Munich
EducationLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
OccupationPublisher
OrganizationsC. H. Beck

Hans Dieter Beck (9 April 1932 – 3 January 2025) was a German publisher. He was one of the two partners heading in the C. H. Beck publishing group in the sixth generation. He was responsible for the company's legal, tax and economics publishing program.

Life and career

Beck was born in Munich in 1932 as the son of the publisher Heinrich Beck and his wife Eva. He first studied mathematics and physics, then German and psychology, before turning to law studies. From January 1961 he worked "as a kind of legal editor" in the family-owned publishing house C. H. Beck, founded by Carl Gottlob Beck [de] in 1763. He earned his doctorate in law with a dissertation on licensing agreements in publishing at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich the same year. After four years of working in the publishing house and an extended stay in the US, including at Harvard Business School and as a trainee in an American publishing house, he gained experience in the judicial service as a court assessor and later as a judge at the Munich I Regional Court.

At the end of 1970 he returned to the publishing house to take over the legal and economic departments and at the same time the management of the printing works in Nördlingen. From 1971 he headed the legal publishing branch. He formed, together with his brother Wolfgang Beck [de] and from 1995 with his nephew Jonathan Beck [de] who was responsible for the fiction and non-fiction divisions; they were the sixth generation of management of the family business in direct succession of the company founder. He expanded the position of C. H. Beck as a leading publisher of legal literature in German, adding legal commentaries and trade papers.

In other roles, Beck was chairman of the Bavarian regional association of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels from 1979 to 1982 and a board member of the Association of Legal and Political Science Publishers.

After the end of the Cold War, Beck also became involved in the former Eastern Bloc. He was very successful in Poland, but failed in Russia. The Russian management tried to expropriate the German parent company, and the Russian state demanded high fines for alleged irregularities in accounting. Although Beck won the court cases, he withdrew from business in Russia in 1999.

Beck died on 3 January 2025 in Munich, aged 92.

Awards

In 1989, Beck was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, in 1992 the München leuchtet [de] medal, in 1993 the honorary award of the Schwabing Art Prize, in 2002 the honorary citizenship of the city of Nördlingen, and in 2012 the Bavarian Order of Merit.

References

  1. ^ "Mit 92 Jahren verstorben: Hans Dieter Beck ist tot". Legal Tribune Online (in German). 4 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  2. ^ Budras, Corinna (1 April 2022). "Der Nimmermüde". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Beck-Verlag-Chef Hans Dieter Beck gestorben". FAZ.NET (in German). 4 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  4. ^ Amann, Melanie (1 September 2013). "(S+) Der Methusalem-Komplex". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  5. Beck, Hans Dieter (1961). Der Lizenzvertrag im Verlagswesen : mit Vorschlägen für die Vertragsgestaltung (in German). München: Beck. OCLC 17111420.
  6. Prizkau, Anna (24 December 2013). "Wolfgang und Hans Dieter Beck: Zwei deutsche Brüder". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  7. "Über den Verlag C.H.BECK München". RSW (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  8. "1960–1989". boersenverein-bayern.de (in German). 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  9. "ARSV: Impressum". ARSV (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  10. Sternburg, Judith von (5 January 2025). "Verleger Hans Dieter Beck ist tot – Nachhaltiger verlegen". FR.de (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  11. Prantl, Heribert (6 January 2025). "Nachruf auf Hans Dieter Beck, den größten juristischen Verleger Europas". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  12. "Verleger Hans Dieter Beck im Alter von 92 Jahren gestorben". nord24 (in German). dpa. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  13. "Dr. Hans Dieter Beck (90) – BuchMarkt". BuchMarkt – Das Ideenmagazin für den Buchhandel (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  14. "OB Reiter kondoliert zum Tod von Hans Dieter Beck". Landeshauptstadt München. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  15. "Schwabinger Kunstpreis". Rathaus – Landeshauptstadt München (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  16. ""Bedeutender als das Oktoberfest"". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  17. "Seehofer zeichnet 74 Persönlichkeiten aus". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 5 October 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

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