Dr. Quendt

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Dr. Quendt GmbH & Co. KG

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legal form GmbH & Co. KG
founding 1991
Seat Dresden-Gittersee
management Stephan Berens (since June 1, 2014)
Number of employees 100, in the season with temporary workers around 200
sales 25 million euros (2017)
Branch Food
Website www.dr-quendt.de

The factory building in Dresden-Gittersee

The Dr. Quendt GmbH & Co. KG is a Dresden company in the food industry . She mainly produces Russian bread , Christmas stollen , wafers and spelled.

history

In 1876 the Austrian Wenzel Hromadka Eidam and the Dresden businessman Heinrich Vollmann founded the “Original Viennese Waffle, Hollow Stick, Bisquit etc. Special Factory” in Plauen near Dresden . After various changes of ownership and the gradual expansion of the production facility, it was partially destroyed during bombing raids in 1945 . The factory was rebuilt by 1946. In 1957, the company “Berger & Böhme Dauerbackwarenfabrik BERBÖ” had to take on state participation . In 1972 it was completely nationalized as VEB Rubro . In 1974 this was affiliated to the VEB Elite Dauerbackwaren Dresden .

In 1959 the production of Russian bread, the main product of Dr. Quendt KG. Russian bread was part of the " Bückware " in the GDR .

In 1982 a test laboratory for bakery technology machines was set up. After the system for the continuous production of Russian bread developed by a group of employees around the food technologist Hartmut Quendt (1940-2016) was tested for the first time in 1988 , the VEB Dauerbackwaren was dissolved and wound up as a result of the change . Quendt saved his machine and in 1991 founded the “Dr. Quendt Backwaren GmbH ”to continue the production of Russian bread in Dresden. Quendt drove across the country in a delivery van and sold Russian bread to shops that were still interested in Eastern products at the time. In 1992 he got the name “Dr. Quendt " legally protected , and were in the same year in the retail chains Spar and Allkauf Quendt products listed. In 1994 the production of original Dresden Christmas stollen with a protected geographical indication began. In 1999 the "Herbert Wendler Company" , which went bankrupt in 1996, and with it the production of dominoes, was taken over. In 2000 the capacities at the new location in the Coschütz / Gittersee industrial area were expanded . In 2008 a new building with an expanded factory outlet was opened as a visitor center.

The home-based origin from Saxony is placed in the foreground in marketing and advertising , for example with the name "Dresdner Russisch Brot". The anniversary was celebrated in 2011 with the 20th anniversary of the company and 135 years of the “Dresden Specialty Bakery”. For this, the dominoes were included as an organic product. Since the necessary prices for the high-quality ingredients could not be obtained in retail, their traditional production was discontinued in spring 2010, but with the anniversary from October 2011 as "Dresden Dominoes" according to the original recipe of the inventor Herbert Wendler in organic quality Brought to market.

From June 2014 the majority stake in the large bakery Dr. Quendt was taken over by the Aachener Printen- und Schokoladenfabrik Henry Lambertz GmbH & Co. KG , with which the Lambertz Group unites three leading brands with major designations of origin in the baked goods sector: Aachener Printen , Nürnberger Lebkuchen and Dresdner Stollen.

Products

The best-known products are Dresden Russian bread , dominoes, "Bemmchen" and "Dinkelchen". Wafers complement the "Baked goods / snacks" product group. In the Advent season, Dresden Christmas stollen and almond stollen are in the product range. With 2.4 million pieces annually ( Template: future / in 5 yearsas of 2019), the company is the largest manufacturer and member of the “Dresdner Stollen” association. V. Stollen are sold by Aldi , Edeka , Lidl and REWE , among others . As these products are not available anywhere in Germany, the company has set up an online shop through which a selection of products can be ordered. In addition to other sweet and savory pastries, confectionery (Dresden marzipan) and organic products are also made in Dresden-Gittersee , including organic Christmas stollen. In 2017 the total production reached 4630 tons.

Just in time for the election of the Saxon word of the year 2018, there was the 2nd “Limiddid Eddischn Säggsisch Brod” without “hard” consonants.

Trivia

The comic characters The Abrafaxe of the magazine "Mosaik" adorned various company products in the 2000s.

literature

  • Jürgen Helfricht : Saxon specialties baking book: Gourmet recipes from Dr. Quendt . 7th edition. Husum Verlag, Husum 2013, ISBN 978-3-89876-230-4 .
  • Arnd Zschiesche , Oliver Carlo Errichiello: Dr. Quendt - With nothing but quality and a rusty delivery truck to become the market leader . In: Success Secret East: Survival strategies of the best brands - and what managers can learn from them . Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8349-1615-0 , pp. 117-119 .

Web links

Commons : Specialty Bakery Dr. Quendt  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : VEB Dauerbackwaren Dresden  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Michael Rothe: Hard bread for Dr. Quendt. In: Saxon newspaper. April 23, 2014, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Dr. Quendt ceases production of dominoes. DNN-online March 24, 2010
  3. ↑ Morning post on Sunday, June 19, 2011: The “emergency chocolates” are in full swing again
  4. ↑ Lambertz takes over Stollenbäcker ( memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on grenzecho.net from June 19, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grenzecho.net
  5. ↑ We don't deliver almond stollen to retailers until November.
  6. ↑ After the death of Dr. Quendt Is the baking giant now burying the tunnel seal? In: Bild , April 13, 2016
  7. ↑ Dr. Quendt
  8. ↑ For the Christmas coffee table - the Saxon specialty in organic quality
  9. ↑ Saxon Word of the Year 2018
  10. ↑ «Beschmuh» named the most beautiful Saxon word in 2018 . In: Free Press , October 3, 2018
  11. ↑ Description, nutritional information, product information : Diddschgebägg - gonsegwend geine harden Gonsonanden : " You won't find any hard consonants in the bag - the Saxons chew all letters softly."

Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 25 ″  N , 13 ° 41 ′ 43 ″  E