Adelholzener Alpenquellen
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1849 |
| Seat | Bad Adelholzen , Germany |
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| Number of employees | 580 (2020) |
| sales | 166.7 million € (2018) |
| Branch | Food |
| Website | www.adelholzener.de |
The Adelholzener Alpenquellen GmbH is the largest mineral well in Bavaria and is based in Bad Adelholzen , a district of the Upper Bavarian municipality of Siegsdorf in Chiemgau . Around 600 million bottles of the Adelholzener and Active O 2 brands are filled every year.
The Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent von Paul in Munich . All of the company's profits are used for social causes.
history
Adelholzen is one of the oldest spas in Bavaria. The Munich motherhouse of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy acquired Bad Adelholzen in 1907 and built a nurses' home there. The spring and healing water was initially made available by the sisters using the simplest means, and in 1919 the first electrical filling plant was built. In 1939 the Primusquelle became a state-recognized medicinal spring , and in 1946 it was also officially recognized as a "bath". In 1994 the Adelholzener Primusquelle became the Adelholzener Alpenquellen GmbH .
Historical overview
Legend has it that the healing spring of Bad Adelholzen was discovered by the Roman preacher St. Primus around the year 280 AD .
The mineral spring came into the possession of the Archbishops of Salzburg in the 10th century and was first mentioned in a document as "diß Wiltbad" in 959. Already in the Middle Ages, it was used intensively as a bathing resort for "hundreds of years". In the 17th century the place was developed into a glamorous health resort and a first description of the mineral water by Georgius Bopp appeared in 1629: " We first tasted the water and noticed that it left a pleasant sweetness on the tongue and the palate. So the water is not heavy, nor dull, nor too fresh, or hard; rather, it is mild, lovely, gentle and easy to drink; it does not easily cause flatulence, and it soon goes through again ". They began to put water in clay bottles for home treatments .
Georg Mayer (1795–1870), who came from the simplest of backgrounds and who had already successfully managed the “cold water sanatorium” Bad Brunnthal in what is now the Munich district of Haidhausen, once again succeeded in raising “Adelholzen from the rubble”. In 1849 he had the idea of not only using the healing water on site, but also offered his guests "to take a keg [...] home with them to continue the drinking cure". His son Wilhelm took up this idea in 1895 and began shipping the water from the Adelholzen springs in bottles.
In 1875 the Adelholzener Heilwasser came on the market. In 1895, the mineral water was sent nationwide for the first time. At the beginning of the 20th century, the spa and bathing business in Bad Adelholzen went bankrupt and the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vinzenz von Paul, mother house in Munich, acquired the spa and bottling facilities in Bad Adelholzen ( sister home Bad Adelholzen ) in 1907 . In the following years, the production and administration operations were modernized and expanded. In 1919, after the introduction of electricity, the first electric bottling plant was inaugurated.
The Primusquelle was recognized as a state-recognized mineral spring in 1939. After the Second World War , the town was officially recognized as a spa in 1946 by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior .
In 1994 the Adelholzener Primusquelle was renamed Adelholzener Alpenquellen. The company received its first certification according to the EMAS regulation (EG-Öko-Audit) in 1997. In 2001 the "oxygen water" Active O2 was introduced.
The Adelholzener Alpenquellen are successfully represented on the market in more than 20 countries. The second strongest sales market after Germany is Japan. The income from the mineral water operation, minus investments for long-term job security, benefit charitable and social institutions.
social commitment
All profits of the company, after deducting the investments for the long-term preservation of jobs, flow into the social institutions of the order. The order runs the Neuwittelsbach Hospital , a specialist clinic for internal medicine, and the Maria Theresia Specialist Clinic in Munich. A total of 640 people spend their old age in six old people's and nursing homes, three of them in the Chiemgau and three in the greater Munich area. Other social institutions such as care for the homeless are supported.
natural reserve
As one of the pioneers in the industry, Mineralbrunnen submitted its first environmental statement in accordance with the EC eco-audit in 1997, which was certified for the third time in 2004. The company operates a solar system on the factory floors to generate energy . The two farms, which also belong to the congregation and provide the catering for the company canteen , are bioland certified. In addition to the traditional glass bottles, Adelholzener was the first well company in Bavaria to also introduce returnable PET bottles in 1998, which can be circulated 25 times and then 100 percent recycled .
Products
- Mineral and medicinal water
- Oxygen water
- water-based soft drinks
- Spritzer fruit
- fruit drinks
- low-calorie soft drinks
- Lemonades
- Tea drinks
- Wellness drinks
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adelholzener. In: Adelholzener. Retrieved on March 27, 2020 (German).
- ↑ adelholzener.de: Imprint
- ↑ a b Information about Adelholzener. In: adelholzener-karriere.de. Retrieved on February 5, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2018 in the company register
- ↑ Adelholzener. In: Adelholzener. Retrieved on February 5, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Adelholzener. In: Adelholzener. Retrieved on February 5, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Home - Sisters of Charity in Munich. Retrieved April 18, 2020 .
- ↑ The sisters are coming to Adelholzen ( Memento of May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 22, 2012 (PDF; 2.3 MB)
- ↑ The sisters come to Adelholzen ( Memento from May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), p. 25, accessed on May 22, 2012
- ↑ Famous wild bath from the Middle Ages ( Memento from May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Tradition and History. Adelholzener Alpenquellen, accessed on July 31, 2017 .
- ↑ The sisters come to Adelholzen ( Memento of May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), p. 37, accessed on May 22, 2012
- ↑ Outline of the history of the Adelholzener Heilquelle . In: Traunsteiner Tagblatt . No. 48/2004 . Traunstein November 27, 2004 ( online text [accessed July 31, 2017]).
- ^ Matthaes Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart Germany: Adelholzener Alpenquellen increases sales. Retrieved April 18, 2020 .