FW Borchardt

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F. W. Borchardt's company headquarters on Französische Strasse in Berlin

The company FW Borchardt is a traditional catering business at Französische Strasse  47 in Berlin- Mitte.

history

Historical photograph from 1902 with the lettering F. W. Borchardt MDCCCLIII

The company was founded in 1853 as a delicatessen and wine wholesaler by August F. W. Borchardt at Französische Strasse 47 and 48. The current building at number 47 was not rebuilt until 1895.

Thanks to his diligence and business acumen, Borchardt quickly became successful in Berlin and in the German Empire as well as abroad. Borchardt also ran a mail order kitchen, which was something unusual at the time. Customers not only included the upper class, but also the nobility and the Prussian court. In the Wilhelmine era, Borchardt was finally appointed purveyor to the court . Successors to August F. W. Borchardt were Hanns and Fritz Borchardt. At the turn of the century they were appointed purveyors to the imperial court . After Hanns Borchardt left the company, Fritz became the sole owner.

Because of linearization in the era of National Socialism came home Kempinski , the former Haus Vaterland on Potsdamer Platz , on 1 December 1941 as a branch in the possession of the family Borchardt. It was named F. W. Borchardt . All the larger buildings around Potsdamer Platz fell victim to the bombs and fighting at the end of the Second World War . The main building on Französische Strasse was hardly damaged. However, the restaurant was closed until 1948. On November 16, 1948, two independent restaurants opened in Berlin (here guests could sometimes eat at high prices without handing over groceries ), including the former Borchardt . When the HO was formed in 1949 , the Borchardt became their property. It was named Lukullus and gradually specialized as a fish restaurant. It later served initially as a youth dance hall and in the 1980s as a restaurant for construction workers from the companies commissioned to build Friedrichstrasse. 1990 came the end of the restaurant with the political change . The building was re-privatized, renovated and reopened on March 5, 1992 under its traditional name borchardt by Roland Mary , who is still in office today .

Interior view of the borchardt restaurant
Company monogram on the balcony

At the Französische Strasse location, prominent personalities, federal ministries and the Federal President's Office , embassies and DAX companies are among Borchardt's customers.

Today, the Borchardt restaurant is also successful in the catering sector.

The poem New Year's Eve with the cannibals by Joachim Ringelnatz names the Borchardt kitchen, Berlin , as a comparison .

Headquarters

The building of FW Borchardt at Französische Straße 47 was built by Carl Gause in 1899–1900 as an extension of a neighboring house that is no longer preserved today. The building extends over five floors including the attic. The representative facade made of red sandstone shows neo-renaissance and neo-baroque influences . Two street entrances, four rows of windows and the elongated balcony on three strong double consoles on the second floor dominate the building. The company's monogram is attached to the balcony in cast iron above the entrances . At the top are the lettering F. W. Borchardt and the year of foundation in Roman numerals MDCCCLIII (1853). The building is a historical monument.

In front of the shop window of August F. W. Borchardt's delicatessen and wine wholesaler

literature

Web links

Commons : FW Borchardt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ French street . In: Allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger together with address and business manual for Berlin , 1860, part 2, p. 33 (entered in number 47 as "wine merchant" and number 48 as "merchant").
  2. ↑ Handbook of the Supreme Court and the Court of His K. and K. Apostolic Majesty for 1910 . Printing and publishing of the kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei , Vienna. P. 444.
  3. ↑ Handbook of the Supreme Court and the Court of His K. and K. Apostolic Majesty for 1917 . Printing and publishing of the kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna. P. 519.
  4. ↑ December 1 (1941) in: Daily facts of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (at the DHM )
  5. ^ Gerhard Keiderling: Free shops and free restaurants . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 12, 1998, ISSN  0944-5560 , p. 46 ff . ( luise-berlin.de ).
  6. ^ Karl-Heinz Arnold: Borchardt had a break of more than 50 years. On the history of the HO restaurants from late 1948 to 1990 . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 7, 2000, ISSN  0944-5560 , p. 37-45 ( luise-berlin.de ).
  7. ↑ An excerpt from our customer list. Borchardt, accessed September 14, 2009 .
  8. ↑ Joachim Ringelnatz : New Year's Eve with the cannibals on Wikisource
  9. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '54.2 "  N , 13 ° 23' 24.9"  E