Johannes Wolfgang Willy Friedlieb Heuer
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Johannes Wolfgang Willy Friedlieb Heuer (1910 – 14 September 1993) was born in Kiel
and started his working life in Hamburg
, Germany
. He arrived in Cape Town
, South Africa
by ship with his wife and two children in 1953.
Heuer was the founder of a family business now known as Musikhaus W. Heuer which was established in Stellenbosch in 1955.
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
and started his working life in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, 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...
. He arrived in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
by ship with his wife and two children in 1953.
Heuer was the founder of a family business now known as Musikhaus W. Heuer which was established in Stellenbosch in 1955.