Bachert (fire fighting equipment factory)
| Bachert Brothers GmbH + Co | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH + Co |
| founding | May 27, 1927 |
| resolution | 16.09.1996 (Gebr. Bachert), 1998 (GFT Geisselmann Feuerwehr Technik GmbH) |
| Reason for dissolution | bankruptcy |
| Seat | Bad Friedrichshall , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany |
| management | Albert Bachert, Eugen Bachert |
| Branch | Fire fighting vehicles and equipment factory |
The Bachert brothers was the name of a Bad Friedrichshaller bell foundry and fire fighting equipment factory, which went bankrupt in 1987. The company's origins lie in the Bachert bell foundry , which was founded in the 18th century and which has always produced fire fighting equipment. From 1951, complete fire engines were manufactured in the Kochendorf district of Bad Friedrichshall . The Bachert brothers were considered to be the oldest factory for fire-fighting equipment in Germany and enjoyed a worldwide reputation for both fire-fighting equipment and bell casting.
history
The history of the company is closely linked to the Bachert bell foundry, which also produced fire fighting equipment as early as the 18th century. In 1823 Adam Bachert from Dallau founded his own foundry in Kochendorf, which is now part of Bad Friedrichshall. The bell foundry was operated at several locations by various members of the Bachert family, including a. also in Karlsruhe, where from 1904, in addition to the foundry of Karl and Alfred Bachert, an independent fire-fighting equipment factory was founded. A little later, the brothers took over the Heidelberg fire fighting equipment factory from Carl Metz ; the name Metz was continued and the company headquarters moved to Karlsruhe. The factory in Kochendorf was meanwhile run by Albert Bachert.
While the Karlsruhe factory was already taken over by Kaelble in 1953 , the Bad Friedrichshall factory, which was rebuilt after the Second World War, under the management of Albert Bachert's son Eugen Bachert (1905–1993), flourished from 1951 when, in addition to ladders and syringes, it was also complete for the first time Fire trucks produced. Later her main line of business was the manufacture of standardized fire engines, special fire engines and centrifugal fire pumps. In the 1980s, turntable ladders were built in cooperation with the VEB Feuerlöschgerätewerk Luckenwalde.
In the mid-1980s, the company got into financial difficulties. In the spring of 1986 an employee of the management consultancy Kienbaum took over the management; At the beginning of 1987, Gerhard Kienbaum himself took over the majority. In June 1987 the company filed for bankruptcy. The fire fighting equipment factory in Kochendorf was continued by GFT - Geisselmann Feuerwehr Technik GmbH , a newly founded supplier. For a time, the British fire equipment manufacturer Carmichael Fire Ltd. Main shareholder of GFT. In 1998 the company was finally closed. The bell foundry previously operated at different locations was gradually merged at the Karlsruhe location until 2003. The factory area in Bad Friedrichshall has now been built over for other uses. Kirchgässner Elektrotechnik GmbH in Binau has been using the Bachert brand since 2008 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography of Karl Bachert at erzbistum-freiburg.de
- ↑ Automatically in the end . In: Der Spiegel . No. 2 , 1989, pp. 86 ( online ).
literature
- Manfred Gihl: The history of German fire fighting vehicle construction. Volume 2. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-17-014290-9 .
- Through the past and present of the city of Bad Friedrichshall. City administration Bad Friedrichshall, Bad Friedrichshall 1961.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '11.9 " N , 9 ° 5' 17.1" E