E. Holtzmann & Cie.

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Company engraving above the main entrance of the former headquarters

The E. Holtzmann & Cie. AG was once one of the largest German paper manufacturers with its headquarters in Weisenbachfabrik / Murgtal , Baden-Württemberg .

history

prehistory

The middle Murgtal in the northern Black Forest , with its large forest deposits and the strong water at that time, offered the prerequisites for the settlement of a large number of wood processing companies as well as cardboard and paper manufacturers , as far as below the town of Gernsbach . Already in the middle of the 16th century logging and debris flow was carried out in this region, which was needed to move wood - bound to rafts - for shipbuilding in Holland.

1883-1914

Eugen Holtzmann from Karlsruhe can be described as one of the originators of the core cell of this key industry in the Murg Valley . Together with August Fischer and Johannes Dorn, who was replaced by Wilhelm Oechelhäuser in 1886 , on May 1, 1883, he founded E. Holtzmann & Cie. oHG . In 1886 the production of wood pulp began . Paper production began as early as the following year, 1887. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Murgtal plant in Wolfsheck took place in 1905. In 1907, the first newsprint was produced in Wolfsheck. Construction of the new Breitwies headquarters began in 1912.

1922-1945

Holtzmann oHG was converted into a stock corporation in the inflation year 1922 . Only shares in the form of registered shares with restricted transferability were issued to family members and relatives of the three company founders. The company's capital was 40 million paper marks . After the currency reform of 1924, this corresponded to a value of around 4.2 million Reichsmarks .

1997

In 1997 the Finnish group Enso Oy took over the company in which the WAZ media group had previously been the main shareholder.

Works

Side view of the headquarters in Weisenbachfabrik
Partial view of the Breitwies main plant

The following building complexes were located within the extensive Murg valley area "Weisenbachfabrik" - which extended over four different districts:

  • First head office - later board member and management team Emisau - left of the Murg (district Au im Murgtal)
  • Personnel department and central purchasing - left of the Murg (district Au im Murgtal)
  • Headquarters Weisenbachfabrik - left of the Murg (Au im Murgtal)
  • Complex driver readiness and IT - right of the Murg (district Langenbrand)
  • Complex casino and canteen - on the right of the Murg (district Langenbrand)
  • Complex shipping office and electrical workshop - on the right of the Murg (district Langenbrand)
  • New power center - on the right of the Murg (district Langenbrand)
  • Breitwies plant - to the right of the Murg (district Langenbrand)
  • "Neudorf" housing estate for Holtzmann workers - on the right of the Murg (Weisenbach district)
  • Schlechtau plant - to the right of the Murg (Weisenbach district)

The aqueduct over the Murg also belonged to the area .

There were also the following external works:

literature

  • Dagmar Schnurr, Manfred Ehrich and Heinrich Weiße: Anyone who is called Holtzmann and loves the forest can either become a forester or a paper maker. Festschrift for the 100th anniversary. Weisenbach, 1983.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Fritz Fischer:  Holtzmann, Eugen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 560 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ FAZ -Meldung 1997