12 Facts About Adele Duttweiler

Adele Duttweiler was married to Gottlieb Duttweiler, founder of the Migros concern and the LdU political party.

Adele Duttweiler had four half-siblings in America and five more siblings in Switzerland, of which only three reached adulthood.

Adele Duttweiler worked as an employee of ETH Zurich in the seeds control department.

Adele Duttweiler expressed concerns where they seemed attached to her, even in quite commercial matters.

Adele Duttweiler listened to their advice, and his in-the-future-thinking was always added by Adele's sense of the reality of the presence.

In 1912, the then-24-year-old Gottlieb and the almost 20-year-old Adele Duttweiler celebrated their engagement, and on 29 March 1913, the couple were married.

In 1923 Gottlieb and Adele Duttweiler went to Brazil but had to return to Switzerland in 1924 because of a serious illness of Adele.

In 1941 Gottlieb and Adele Duttweiler transferred ownership of Migros to their customers, as a cooperative.

The award includes prize money of 50,000 Swiss Francs and was initiated by the 12 regional Migros cooperatives, which decided in 1972 to mark the 80th birthday of Adele Duttweiler to donate a prize, to recalls Adele Duttweiler's selfless work.

Adele Duttweiler was nominated by her home community Ruschlikon as an honorary citizen on 19 January 1974.

Adele Duttweiler survived her husband by 28 years and died on 27 May 1990 at the age of 97 at her home in Ruschlikon.

The orange rose Adele Duttweiler was named after her in 2014.