Banneitz (family of manufacturers)
The Banneitz family's factories were located in Hameln , Hanover , Springe and Bad Münder from the middle of the 19th century until the 1930s . They mainly functioned as manufacturing facilities for chairs.
Family history
The factory ownership of the Banneitz family was passed on to their descendants over time. During this process, there were also changes in the nature of the business as well as its location. Although the companies Gebr. Banneitz and Banneitz & Co. emerged from the Banneitz'sche brickworks , they were autonomous companies.
Johann Wilhelm Banneitz
In the 1840s, Johann Wilhelm Banneitz (1812–1862) moved to Hameln on the Weser . There he learned the mason trade and was accepted a short time later in the city carpentry guild. With his wife Louise Adolphine he had four sons: Otto, Emil, Carl and William. In 1851 he finally founded the Banneitz'sche brick factory . The company flourished due to the growth in immigration in Hameln.
Louise Adolphine Banneitz b. Wolbrecht
After the death of Johann Wilhelm Banneitz in 1862, his wife Louise Adolphine Banneitz (1824–1902) took over the management of the brick factory in order to secure their family financially. At the time, her sons were not old enough to take over the family business. With the help of business friends and a well-known master bricklayer, Louise Adolphine Banneitz managed the company for 16 years. It was not until 1878 that she handed over the management of the Banneitz'schen brickworks to her eldest son Otto .
Otto Banneitz
Otto Banneitz (1850–1911) managed the Banneitz company for another ten years before he sold it to the brickworks owner Hermann Reese. The reason for this was the now very large number of competing companies. At that time Otto Banneitz had already reoriented himself professionally and was now working in the wood industry. Together with his younger brother Carl, he owned a chair factory in Münder / Hachmühlen .
Carl Banneitz
In 1890 Carl Banneitz (1854–1912) left the family company with his eldest brother Otto. In Hanover , they founded the chair factory Banneitz & Co together with their younger brother William (1858–1903) . Carl Banneitz had previously suffered a professional failure, as he had miscalculated the ocher extraction. The company Banneitz & Co. was such a welcome opportunity for him to become profitable again.
Banneitz brothers
Registered in the Springe district court as "Open trading company, April 1, 1880, Geb. Banneitz, Feldmark Hachmühlen near Münder station", the Banneitz brothers represented a chair production company that was equipped with a steam engine. The management was incumbent on the brothers Otto and Carl Banneitz. The company was so successful that it also supplied nationwide. After Carl went out of business, his younger brother helped Emil run the factory. In the 1890s, the Banneitz brothers began to manufacture other small pieces of furniture in addition to chairs. Luise Banneitz took over the company as sole heir after the death of her husband Otto and ran it until the company went bankrupt in 1935. The factory of the US furniture manufacturer Haworth, Inc. is now located on the former premises of the Banneitz brothers.
Banneitz & Co.
Thanks to the nearby Hanover train station , the newly founded chair factory Banneitz & Co. flourished . The company was even so successful that it expanded: a second factory was opened in Springe am Deister. It was hoped that the location would provide an advantage due to the ever-growing raw material wood in the densely forested mountains. The brothers Carl and William divided the factory locations among themselves: Carl stayed in Hanover, William went to Springe. After Williams' sudden death, Carl Banneitz was forced to take over the management of the Springer factory. He handed over the power of representation to his wife Hedwig Banneitz. In 1905 he decided to concentrate solely on the company on the Deister and sold the Hanover factory. After Carl's death, Hedwig Banneitz was the sole heir. However, she handed over the right of joint ownership to her son Wilhelm. The seizure of power by the NSDAP caused renewed turmoil in the Banneitz family : Wilhelm withdrew from the views of the NS state. His mother died, so that he lost his most important contact person. His health was getting worse and worse. Wilhelm Banneitz died in 1934 and Walter Banneitz, a cousin, inherited the company. This could only hold the company for a short time, until it was taken over by a major entrepreneur from the Nazi state and Banneitz & Co. was transferred to "Behre & Greten GmbH, special equipment for the aircraft industry".
literature
- Christel Knauer-Nothaft: Banneitz. A family of manufacturers is writing industrial history in Hameln, Münder, Hanover and Springe. zu Klampen, Springe 2018, ISBN 978-3-86674-583-4