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'''Karl-Heinz Rehkopf''' (born 7 December 1936) is a [[Germany|German]] self-made businessman-entrepreneur and collector.<ref name=KHRlautHA></ref><ref name=TedoxlautMatchbird></ref><ref name=KHRlautMotorrad></ref>
Not able to afford a car, he bought his first motorbike, a fourteen year old [[Victoria (motorcycle) |Victoria]] V99, in 1952.<ref name=KHRlautAutobild03></ref> It was the start of a collection which now extends to more than 1,200 two wheelers. In 2014 the foundation which he had established in 2009 opened, in a converted [[granary]] in the little town of [[Einbeck ]], the so-called [[PS Speicher]], described in some sources as a multi-storey motor museum.<ref name=KHRlautHK>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In its own publicity material it is described as "not a museum in the classical sense, but an interactive experience that thrills its visitors and seeks to offer constantly new experiences through special exhibitions and changing presentations ...".<ref name=SpeicherlautSpeicher></ref>
==Biography==
'''Karl-Heinz Rehkopf''' was born and grew up in [[Fredelsloh]], a picturesque village in the hills between [[Hanover]] and [[Kassel]]. His father was the manager of the small dairy which his parents ran together. There was an awareness, as he grew up, that the family was not wealthy. Nevertheless, by the time he was 11, in 1947, his father had acquired a car, and he would later recall that thanks to the reassuringly indulgent approach of the local policemen, even at the age of eleven he enjoyed being permitted to steer and later, long before reaching the legal minimum driving age of 18, drive his father's prewar [[Opel 1.2 litre#1935 Opel P4|Opel]], provided he did not stray outside the village.<ref name=KHRlautAutobild02></ref><ref name=KHRlautFB>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Around the time he was 20 his father died. In any event, he always had to work in order to support himself first in order to buy his first motor-bike "to impress the girls", then to obtain a qualification in business administration and later to support his young family. In 1961 - reportedly on a whim - he and his first wife took over the village store in the nearby village of [[:de:Elliehausen|Elliehausen]].<ref name=KHRlautFB/> He had purchased the motorbike in 1952 for 100 [[Deutsche Mark |Marks]]. It was a 1938 [[Victoria (motorcycle) |Victoria]] V99.<ref name=KHRlautAutobild03/>
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1972 gründete Rehkopf mit Rainer Wunderlich in Harste auf einem ehemaligen Gutshof die „Teppich-Domäne Harste“, aus dem er dann in mehr als 45 Jahren einen Discounter für Heimtextilien und Renovierungsbedarf unter dem heutigen Namen Tedox entwickelte mit mehr als 100 Filialen und rund 3000 Mitarbeitern.
Im Jahr 2009 gründete Rehkopf die Kulturstiftung Kornhaus mit Sitz in Einbeck[2] und initiierte mittels dieser Trägerin, der er rund 40 Millionen Euro aus seinem Privatvermögen zur Verfügung stellte,[4] den PS-Speicher, der fünf Jahre später ab 2014 eine anfangs rund 2000 Exponate umfassende Oldtimer-Sammlung präsentierte.
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==Notes==
==References==
[[Category:People from Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:People from Einbeck]]
[[Category:German merchants]]
[[Category:20th-century German businesspeople]]
[[Category:21st-century German businesspeople]]
[[Category:Car collectors]]
Not able to afford a car, he bought his first motorbike, a fourteen year old [[Victoria (motorcycle) |Victoria]] V99, in 1952.<ref name=KHRlautAutobild03></ref> It was the start of a collection which now extends to more than 1,200 two wheelers. In 2014 the foundation which he had established in 2009 opened, in a converted [[granary]] in the little town of [[Einbeck ]], the so-called [[PS Speicher]], described in some sources as a multi-storey motor museum.<ref name=KHRlautHK>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In its own publicity material it is described as "not a museum in the classical sense, but an interactive experience that thrills its visitors and seeks to offer constantly new experiences through special exhibitions and changing presentations ...".<ref name=SpeicherlautSpeicher></ref>
==Biography==
'''Karl-Heinz Rehkopf''' was born and grew up in [[Fredelsloh]], a picturesque village in the hills between [[Hanover]] and [[Kassel]]. His father was the manager of the small dairy which his parents ran together. There was an awareness, as he grew up, that the family was not wealthy. Nevertheless, by the time he was 11, in 1947, his father had acquired a car, and he would later recall that thanks to the reassuringly indulgent approach of the local policemen, even at the age of eleven he enjoyed being permitted to steer and later, long before reaching the legal minimum driving age of 18, drive his father's prewar [[Opel 1.2 litre#1935 Opel P4|Opel]], provided he did not stray outside the village.<ref name=KHRlautAutobild02></ref><ref name=KHRlautFB>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Around the time he was 20 his father died. In any event, he always had to work in order to support himself first in order to buy his first motor-bike "to impress the girls", then to obtain a qualification in business administration and later to support his young family. In 1961 - reportedly on a whim - he and his first wife took over the village store in the nearby village of [[:de:Elliehausen|Elliehausen]].<ref name=KHRlautFB/> He had purchased the motorbike in 1952 for 100 [[Deutsche Mark |Marks]]. It was a 1938 [[Victoria (motorcycle) |Victoria]] V99.<ref name=KHRlautAutobild03/>
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1972 gründete Rehkopf mit Rainer Wunderlich in Harste auf einem ehemaligen Gutshof die „Teppich-Domäne Harste“, aus dem er dann in mehr als 45 Jahren einen Discounter für Heimtextilien und Renovierungsbedarf unter dem heutigen Namen Tedox entwickelte mit mehr als 100 Filialen und rund 3000 Mitarbeitern.
Im Jahr 2009 gründete Rehkopf die Kulturstiftung Kornhaus mit Sitz in Einbeck[2] und initiierte mittels dieser Trägerin, der er rund 40 Millionen Euro aus seinem Privatvermögen zur Verfügung stellte,[4] den PS-Speicher, der fünf Jahre später ab 2014 eine anfangs rund 2000 Exponate umfassende Oldtimer-Sammlung präsentierte.
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==Notes==
==References==
[[Category:People from Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:People from Einbeck]]
[[Category:German merchants]]
[[Category:20th-century German businesspeople]]
[[Category:21st-century German businesspeople]]
[[Category:Car collectors]]
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