On November 10th, 2013 Princess Gisela accepted the invitation of the commercial Board represented by Mr. Hartmut G. Knippscheer to Rothenburg / Upper Lusatia. With his retirement starting on December 1st, 2013 Mr. Hartmut G. Knippscheer completed an outstanding chapter of entrepreneurial engagement and basically Christian action as part of his life’s work in Upper Lusatia and Lower Silesia. Under the commercial management of Mr. Knippscheer the Martinshof in Rothenburg grew not only to become the largest employer in the region, but also developed to a well known site of Christian life across the borders of Germany.

Margravine Gisela von Meissen expresses her thanks on behalf of the Wettin family to Mr. Hartmut G. Knippscheer for many years of successful and fruitful cooperation in Saxony and wishes him all the best and God’s blessing for his new life.