Elektrizitäts-AG formerly W. Lahmeyer & Co.
| Elektrizitäts-AG formerly W. Lahmeyer & Co. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1890 |
| resolution | 2000 |
| Reason for dissolution | fusion |
| Seat | Frankfurt am Main |
| Branch | Energy supply , transport |
The electricity AG formerly W. Lahmeyer & Co. (EAG) was a company of the electrical industry , based in Frankfurt am Main .
history
The EAG was created on April 1, 1893 from the merger of the engineering company Wilhelm Lahmeyer & Co., founded in 1890, with the Actiengesellschaft for the construction and operation of electrical systems in Frankfurt am Main. She dealt with all branches of the electricity industry. In the 19th century, this also included the construction and operation of power plants and trams .
In the neighboring town of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , EAG built a steam power plant in 1897 and founded its own stock corporation for this purpose . From July 26, 1899 to July 31, 1935, this also operated the electric tram , which was connected to the Frankfurt tram network from 1910 . The link was Frankfurter Lokalbahn AG (FLAG), whose shares EAG had gradually acquired 100%.
In the field of transport, the EAG was still significantly involved in the following companies until the beginning of the First World War in 1914:
- Thüringer Elektricitäts-Lieferungs-Gesellschaft AG (with Gotha tram )
- Tram Guben GmbH
- Hirschberger Thalbahn AG
- Mülheimer Kleinbahnen AG
- E-Werk and Tram Tilsit AG as well
- Tram Kiev - Sviatozhin
The economic success of EAG enabled it to found today's RWE on April 25, 1898 . After a few years, however, Lahmeyer sold the young company to Stinnes and Thyssen in 1902 . RWE flourished under their leadership, and in 1923 the former daughter became the majority shareholder of EAG.
In 1969 EAG changed its name to Lahmeyer AG . After the merger with the AG für Energiewirtschaft in Mannheim, it was called Lahmeyer AG für Energiewirtschaft from 1987 and had its headquarters in Bad Homburg from 1992 to 1997. In 1997 it merged with the RWE subsidiary Rheinelektra and renamed Lahmeyer AG , based in Frankfurt am Main. The result was a company with sales of DM 8.2 billion, which, however, did not conduct any operative business, but was purely a holding company .
In 2000 Lahmeyer AG finally merged with its mother RWE and the Lahmeyer AG company went out. As a result of the complete integration, Lahmeyer's industrial holdings also passed into the direct possession of RWE. This included a stake of over 56% in Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG , which was itself transferred to Lahmeyer via the merger with Rheinelektra. The name Lahmeyer is only continued today by the former subsidiary Lahmeyer International .
The wholly-owned Lahmeyer subsidiary AG für Energiewirtschaft , which emerged from the Elektrizitätswerk Bad Homburg AG and supplied the cities of Bad Homburg and Oberursel with electricity, merged with three other companies to form Süwag Energie AG in Frankfurt am Main in 2001 .
The manufacturer SGB-SMIT still sells transformer stations under the brand name Lahmeyer Compactstation . The name goes back to the factory in Mechernich , where EAG took over a repair shop for transformers in 1947 and later expanded it into a factory for transformer stations.
An operational electric generator from Felten & Guilleaume-Lahmeyerwerke AG, Frankfurt am Main is located in the Technoseum in Mannheim, it is driven by a piston steam engine.
Monument protection
The Bockenheim power station is a listed building.
Personalities
- Wilhelm Lahmeyer (1859–1907), founder of Wilhelm Lahmeyer & Co. KG
- Bernhard Salomon (1855–1936), 1900 to 1933 General Director of the EAG
- Carl Schmidt-Polex (1853–1919), co-founder and member of the supervisory board of EAG
- Richard Arendt (1878 – after 1944), director and board member of EAG from 1920