Becker + Flöge

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becker + flöge - My optician

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founding November 11, 1836
Seat 30161 Hanover , Lister Meile 3
Number of employees approx. 270
sales 19.8 million euros (2015)
Branch Sole proprietorship (Germany), optician
Website www.becker-floege.de

Becker + Flöge (proper spelling becker + flöge ) is a family-run of the Lower Saxony eye optics company with 31 specialty shops (status 2019) in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia . The main focus of the company is the sale of glasses, contact lenses, magnifying visual aids, hearing aids and astronomical instruments. Becker + Flöge is one of the largest optics companies in Germany. The company is based at Lister Meile 3 in Hanover. ( Location )

history

WL Becker

After the young W. Ludwig Becker (born August 18, 1807 in Hameln ; † August 9, 1882 in Hanover) began his professional career as an optician on April 8, 1823 in the first quarter of the 19th century , he founded the company at the beginning of industrialization in the Kingdom of Hanover on November 11, 1836 in Hanover an own "optical institute" in the house Dammstrasse 9. About a decade later, his business building was in the royal seat in the later Bohlendamm at the Leineschloss , in 1846 by King Ernst August I. von Hanover awarded the title of court mechanic and optician.

The Continental house on Georgstrasse at the corner of Karmarschstrasse became the headquarters of the court optician in 1891.
Colored postcard number 145, anonymous photographer, around 1900

More than a generation later, in the early days of the German Empire - on offer led Becker at the time "perspective, lorgnettes , eyeglasses," meteorological instruments and the like - was the son of the company founder, Ludwig Becker, his position in the Hofoptiker Eduard Petitpierre in Berlin on in order to take over the management of his own family business for his father in October 1876. On January 1, 1882, he was also appointed court optician by Prince Albrecht of Prussia .

In 1891 Ludwig Becker opened a new main store - while maintaining the parent company in Dammstraße - in the Continental building at the address Georgstraße 20 at the time .

The later owner Hans Ahrens founded branches in Hameln at Bäckerstraße 7 and in Springe , Lange Straße 23. The main business in Georgstraße was closed during the Second World War due to the air raids on Hanover "[...] during the night of horror from 8th to 9th October 1943 “completely destroyed. A few years later it was able to be rebuilt in the same place, now in the so-called " Conti-Block ".

A. Flies

Towards the end of the 19th century, the optician August Flöge (born July 14, 1864 in Hanover; † May 19, 1905 there) founded his “A. Flöge, Optical Eye Institute ”at Alte Celler Heerstraße 56 in Hanover, the later Lister Meile .

About 15 years later, his successor Richard Giesecke, who was appointed on August 1, 1908, added a special department for cameras and accessories to the business, as well as taking over photographic work as a service. During the First World War , the company became a supplier of glasses and binoculars for the German Army .

Facade of one of W. Ludwig Becker's first optics stores - Becker Optik

At the time of the Weimar Republic , a first branch was opened on July 1, 1924 at Georgstrasse 4 am Steintor . In 1933 the branch was relocated to the building of the Hotel Rheinischer Hof on Bahnhofstrasse .

During the Second World War, the shop on Bahnhofstrasse was first destroyed by aerial bombs ; In January 1945 the main business fell to rubble, and a few weeks later the alternative business that was set up a few more houses.

After the end of the war, but still under British military rule in 1945, operations on Bahnhofstrasse could initially be resumed, but only after the currency reform did the temporary arrangement give way to a functioning family business again from 1948.

W. Ludwig Becker was awarded the title of court mechanic and optician in 1846 by King Ernst August I of Hanover.
On October 27, 1893, “A. Flöge, Optical Eye Institute ”, Alte Celler Heerstraße 56 , later Lister Meile .

Becker + Flöge

In 1958 Dieter Flöge († in March 2008) joined the family company and from 1962 it merged with the family company W. Ludwig Becker, whereby both companies brought four locations each into the new company Becker + Flöge. This was led by Dieter Flöge until his retirement in 1998. When he left on January 1, 1998, Becker + Flöge was considered one of the largest family-run optical chain stores. As a result, Katja Flöge, the great-granddaughter of the company founder, and her husband Michael Thöne-Flöge took over the management of the family business.

After the takeover of the long -established Hanoverian company Optiker Postleb in 1968, Becker + Flöge moved up into the ranks of the "Top Ten German opticians" and continued to develop as follows:

  • 1974: Merger with Optiker Klemkow (Neustadt am Rübenberge), takeover of Grohmann (Wunstorf) and Optiker Jordan (Hanover). Change of name to Becker + Flöge GmbH
  • 1982: Takeover of Optiker Staude (Hanover). The traditional company, founded on October 1st, 1911, is still operated today under its traditional name.
  • 1984: Takeover of glasses Genser (Hanover)
  • 1986: New opening of a specialist shop in Braunschweig
  • 1987: Takeover of optician Kleinschmidt (Hildesheim)
  • 1998: Acquisition of glasses Schmidt (Hanover)
  • 2002: New opening of a specialist shop in Helmstedt
  • 2005: Takeover of the company Schneefuß-Optic (Bad Bevensen)
  • 2007: New opening of a specialty shop in Braunschweig ( Schloss-Arkaden )
  • 2008: New opening of a specialist shop in Hanover ( Ernst-August-Galerie )
  • 2011: New opening of a specialty store in Oldenburg ( Schlosshöfe ) and Laatzen (Leine shopping center)
  • 2012: New opening of a specialty store in Langenhagen (City Center) - Becker und Flöge achieved 9th place among the top-selling optician chains in Germany with 17.6 million euros and had 25 branches.
  • 2014: Takeover of the specialist shop Optiker Lassen (Uelzen)
  • 2015: Takeover of the specialist shop Fingberg Optik (Bielefeld)
  • 2016: New opening of a specialty store in Braunschweig (Im Weissen Ross) and Hanover (Forum Herrenhäuser Markt)
  • 2017: New opening of a specialty store in Bielefeld (LOOM) - Becker und Flöge achieved 14th place among the top-selling optician chains in Germany with 21 million euros and had 30 branches.
  • 2018: Takeover of Optik Schmerschneider (Wolfsburg-Fallersleben) - For the first time in many years, Becker and Flöge are no longer in the top 15 in terms of sales.

Opticland

Opticland is a purchasing association for ophthalmic optics and hearing acoustics . As a founding member and long-standing chairman of the board of directors of the optician purchasing association, Dieter Flöge was not only committed to Becker + Flöge, but also to various foundations and charitable events. Today Michael Thöne-Flöge acts as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Opticland purchasing group.

Employees, training and further education

The company employs around 280 people in around 31 specialist shops. 20 opticians work in the manual area of ​​the central workshop. 50 trainees are currently completing their apprenticeships at Becker + Flöge. In addition to ophthalmic optics, the company also regularly trains clerks for office management and, since 2018, the profession of clerk for e-commerce. In Lower Saxony, Becker + Flöge is one of the major trainers in the optical industry. In addition to apprenticeship training and support for the master school, Becker + Flöge also offers internal seminars for specialists and managers as well as training for the trainees.

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The largest chain stores in the optics industry (as of December 31, 2016)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Central Association of Opticians and Optometrists (ZVA)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.zva.de  
  2. ↑ Your nearest optician , Becker + Flöge homepage, accessed on January 11, 2018
  3. ↑ a b c d Companies with the highest turnover | ZVA. Accessed January 7, 2020 ( 2017 ranked 14th in terms of sales, 30 branches, 2012 ranked 9th in terms of sales, 24 branches ).
  4. ↑ Compare the imprint on the company's website
  5. ↑ a b c d e Paul Siedentopf (main editor ): Hofoptiker WL Becker, Hanover, Dammstrasse 9 and Georgstrasse 20. In: Paul Siedentopf: The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover in 1927. with the assistance of Karl Friedrich Leonhardt (compilation of the Images), Jubilee-Verlag Walter Gerlach, Leipzig 1927, p. 378
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Becker + Flöge, optician. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover. P. 52f.
  7. ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Bohlendamm. In: Helmut Zimmermann: The street names of the state capital Hanover. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 44
  8. ^ Becker Optik, Dammstrasse 9 Hannover Georgstrasse 20 / Springe, Lange Str. 23, Hameln, Bäckerstr, 7. In: The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover 1954. with the assistance of Heinz Lauenroth , Ewald Brix and Herbert Mundhenke , Adolf Sponholtz, Hanover 1954, p. 300
  9. ^ Helmut Knocke : Conti block. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover. P. 117
  10. ↑ a b c Paul Siedentopf (chief editor): A. Flöge, Optical Eye Institute, graduate optician, owner: R. Giesecke, Hanover, Alte Cellerheerstraße 56 , in the other : The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover in 1927 , with the assistance of Karl Friedrich Leonhardt (compilation of the image material), Jubiläums-Verlag Walter Gerlach, Leipzig 1927, p. 377
  11. ↑ a b c 1893 60 years 1953 Optician Flöge Modern optics binoculars Photo Bahnhofstrasse (in the house of the Hotel Rheinischer Hof). In: The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover 1954 , with assistance in the textual and illustrative design of Heinz Lauenroth, Ewald Brix and Herbert Mundhenke, publisher: Adolf Sponholtz Verlag Kommandit-Gesellschaft, Hanover (Seelhorststrasse 46), September 1954, p. 300
  12. ↑ a b c A strong mix of tradition and expansion. 175 years of becker + flöge . In: The optician . September 28, 2011 ( der-augenoptiker.de [accessed February 7, 2017]).
  13. ^ Optician Staude: Optician Staude: Yesterday. Retrieved February 9, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Family-owned since 1836 , company history on becker-floege.de
  15. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany: It's getting colorful again - Lister Miles Festival in Hanover has started - HAZ - Hannoversche Allgemeine. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .