Sandhausen. (pop) If all the clubs that he generously supported over the decades and in some cases even influenced intensively wanted to personally congratulate Herbert Müller on his 90th birthday this Sunday, then this could only be a slight exaggeration for the congratulatory guests in his beautiful house Install a revolving door in the Sandhäuser hamlet of Bruchhausen. The jubilarian saw the light of day on November 10, 1934 in Heidelberg.
Three years later his parents moved to Bruchhausen to farm. He grew up with eight siblings in the hamlet between Heidelberg-Kirchheim and Sandhausen, and from 1941 he attended the Sandhausen elementary school. However, he was by no means brought to this school in the “parents’ taxi”: he had to make his way to school on “Schuster’s black horse”.
It wasn’t until about three years later that he got a bicycle. After leaving school, he trained as a tinsmith and plumber at a company in Kirchheim for three and a half years. In 1953 he passed his journeyman’s examination, which he followed up with his master’s examination as a gas and water fitter in 1967.
Based on this profound technical basis, he set up his own business in 1970, first in Bruchhausen and then from 1976 in Sandhäuser Eichendorffstrasse. He still vividly remembers the first major order that his company received at the time: it was the new town hall, which was inaugurated on May 9, 1975, cost a good five million German marks and is still impressive to this day.
First order: new town hall
At this point, Herbert Müller had already been married to his wife Margarete for 18 years, who was born Margarete Gund in Sandhausen on May 8, 1936 and whom he had met and loved at the Kirchheim riding and driving club. This marriage resulted in the daughter Christa and the two sons Bernd and Rolf.
When it comes to craftsmanship, he doesn’t want to ignore the fact that he was active as chairman of the journeyman’s examination at the Heidelberg guild and took journeyman’s examinations to become a gas and water fitter for eight years. And yes, he himself trained over 15 apprentices. No wonder that 55 hours of work per week and more were no exception.
Basically, the question that needs to be asked is how Herbert Müller reconciled all of this with his commitment to the club. Starting with the Sandhausen motorsport club, whose fortunes he guided with great success as first chairman for 38 years; today he is honorary chairman. He is again an honorary member of the fire department, the FDP, the Kirchheim riding and driving club and the ADAC Karlsruhe.
Competitions at home and abroad
The fact that he was, according to his own admission, a “diligent supporter of Sandhausen club life” benefited, among others, the Liederkranz singing club, the singers’ association, the music club, the traffic and local history club, the 1916 sports club and the bird friends’ club. Despite this enormous commitment, he managed to remain loyal to his beloved hobbyhorse for tens of years. “When I was young, everyone wanted to have a motorcycle.”
In his case it was a 250 from the Nuremberg Triumph factory. This led to his passion for enduro racing, which led him to championships at national and international level over the course of 30 years. Until three years ago he drove a BMW 1200, but since then he has preferred the car.
On this special day, on which Herbert Müller is also warmly congratulated by the RNZ, his wife wishes him above all this: “That he stays as healthy as he currently is for a few more years.” The birthday child himself draws the following conclusion: “I’m happy with my head, I’m still fine with driving and I’m happy to read the newspaper every morning.” Maybe especially today.
