First German down comforter factory Kirchner & Griebe

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The First German Down Comforter Factory Kirchner & Griebe in Hanover , also known as Frankona-Werk Kirchner & Griebe , was one of the most important down comforters and bedding manufacturers in the Federal Republic of Germany. It later became part of the bedding manufacturer Paradies .

history

The down factory was established during the founding period of the German Empire in 1879, when the company founder Eduard Frankenberg "[...] was the first in Germany to recognize the importance of the down comforter" and - protected by a patent - invented it. After initially running his company in Hanover as a small craft business, as the German Patent Down Quilt Factory in Nordmannstrasse 15 in Hanover, his Frankona down duvets were awarded prizes at international exhibitions in Paris and London at the turn of the century . Frankenberg, who is considered the founder of a new trade in Germany, was soon able to open his second factory in London .

In the middle of the First World War , Eduard Kirchner and Etty Griebe took over Frankenberg's legacy in 1915 and expanded the company's founder's factory and production program in Hanover. They moved the business from previously rented commercial space to the "Lindenhof" in Linden at Deisterstraße 15 near the Black Bear , which they bought and expanded in 1923 , the year the German hyperinflation peaked . location

Due to the air raids on Hanover in World War II , the down comforter factory in Linden was almost completely destroyed in a night of bombing in September 1943, along with all of its inventory.

After 1945 Waldemar Claus became the new owner of the bombed-out company, with Albert Hiller as a partner. Instead of a large heap of rubble, they were only able to build a new and enlarged plant with modern machinery very gradually and - with a staff of previously proven employees - by 1950, which now has 7,000 square meters of more work rooms and workplaces with plenty of light, air and sun soon offered more than 500 employees. Around 80 percent of the workforce at the time were women, including many from the Hanover district of Ricklingen .

In the 1950s, the new company manager expanded the production program to include special items such as anti-rheumatism jersey blankets and under-blankets. With products under the brand name Frankona such as quilts, down and bedspreads, mattresses and reform bedspreads, the limited partnership developed into one of the most important bedding manufacturers in what was then the Federal Republic of Germany despite great competition .

Soon, however, the premises of the Frankona plant in Kirchner & Griebe am Schwarzen Bären were no longer sufficient, so that in early 1958 the company management built a new factory on Göttinger Chaussee in place of the allotment garden colony Am Mühlenholz, which had been in operation there for 25 years planned. The Lower Saxony state capital offered the allotment gardeners there replacement areas for their green spaces. location

In 1965, the first German down duvet factory Kirchner & Griebe was bought by Paradies , a bedding company founded in 1854 and a family business in Neukirchen-Vluyn on the Lower Rhine . This new GmbH finally built a new factory building again in 1970, this time in Hanover-Marienwerder , at the same time a factory outlet at Merkurstrasse 9 there . location

In contrast, the former Erste Deutsche down comforter factory Kirchner & Griebe, entered in the commercial register at the Hanover District Court under the number HRA 12740 , has since been deleted there.

See also

literature

  • Illustrirte Zeitung , Vol. 109, 1897, p. 29; Preview over google books
  • Quarterly for Forensic Medicine and Public Sanitary , ed. with the participation of the Scientific Deputation for the Medical System in the Ministry of Public Welfare, 3rd episode, Berlin: Hirschwald, 1906, p. 488; preview
  • oV : Partial declarations of nullity regarding patent number 144 188, class 39 (cold vulcanizing machine), in: Patentblatt , ed. from the German Patent and Trademark Office, Munich; Cologne; Berlin; Bonn: C. Heymanns Verlag, 1910, p. 1755; Preview over google books
  • The India-rubber Journal: The Organ of the Rubber, Gutta-percha, Asbestos and Plastics Industries , Volume 44, Part 2, 1913, p. 360; regarding Mr. Wilhelm König and the Gummiwerk Eduard Frankenberg GmbH of Hanover ; preview
  • Helmut Plath , Herbert Mundhenke , Ewald Brix (edit.): First Deutsche Daunenfabrik Kirchner & Griese KG., Hanover , in this .: Home chronicle of the capital Hanover (= home chronicle of the cities and districts of the federal territory , vol. 17), Cologne: Archive for Deutsche Heimatpflege GmbH, 1956, p. 366f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Helmut Plath, Herbert Mundhenke, Ewald Brix (edit.): First Deutsche Daunenfabrik Kirchner & Griese KG., Hanover , in this .: Heimatchronik of the capital Hanover (= home chronicles of the cities and districts of the federal territory , vol. 17), Cologne: Archive for German home care GmbH, 1956, p. 366f.
  2. ↑ a b c d Hartmut Herbst: 50 years ago - April 1958 , content reproduction from the journal Ricklinger monthly post from April 1958 on the page fidele-doerp.de , last accessed on December 23, 2016
  3. ↑ a b o.V. : Focus on companies / Combination of tradition and innovation / 150 years of Paradies GmbH ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF document), IHK magazine issue economy (tw) of the Lower Rhine Chamber of Industry and Commerce Duisburg-Wesel-Kleve zu Duisburg , issue 6, 2004, p. 37 on the ihk-niederrhein.de page , last accessed on 23. December 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ihk-niederrhein.de
  4. ^ A b Ludwig Hoerner : agents, bathers and copists. Hannoversches Gewerbe-ABC 1800–1900 . Ed .: Hannoversche Volksbank , Reichold, Hannover 1995, ISBN 3-930459-09-4 , p. 96; Preview over google books
  5. ^ The company / factory outlets on the paradies.de page , last accessed on December 23, 2016
  6. ↑ Compare the information at moneyhouse.de
  7. ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Werner & Ehlers, bed feather and down factory. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , pp. 672f.