Güssinger mineral water
| Güssinger mineral water
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1815 |
| Seat | Gerersdorf-Sulz , Austria |
| management | Anatolii Boikiv (Management) |
The Güssinger mineral water was a Austrian mineral water which originates in Burgenland Gerersdorf-Sulz had close Güssing. The source bears the name Vitaquelle .
History of Vitaquelle and the company
According to a finding of a stone slab decorated with nymphs from the time of Emperor Augustus , the spring was used as a drinking fountain and perhaps also as a bathing fountain around the birth of Christ.
In the first documented mention of the place Sulz in 1388, it was given the name "kwasfalva" - which means village of drinking vessels . It is therefore also assumed that the Vitaquelle is one of the oldest healing springs in Austria.
In 1460 the village is called Sós Kut (salt well) , in 1779 savanyo vizi kut (sour water well) .
The Roman stone slab was found when the spring was uncovered in 1815, when Count György Festetics' widow had a bath house built on her estate in Sulz. At this time the source was first referred to as the Vitaquelle . The pharmacist Franz Mittermayr, who was living at the time, carried out the first source analyzes and found, among other things, that wine is quite hot and there is a refreshing drink. Descriptions of the bathing establishment, which is said to have enjoyed great popularity, as it is said to have been tastefully furnished with numerous conveniences, such as a dance hall or billiard room, also come from this.
In the course of the 19th century the water was further examined and classified qualitatively in the class of the Europe-wide known Seltzer or Johanneswasser.
In 1904 the Sulzer springs were bought by the Viennese mineral water dealer Samuel Unger after they had changed hands several times before. Since the pool was difficult to reach by train, he shut it down and concentrated on selling water. Afterwards, attempts were made to reopen the bathroom a few times. The Second World War meant the final end.
In the mid-1950s, Montana AG for mining, industry and trade acquired the entire operation and ran it under Güssinger-Vitaquellen-Mineralwasser AG and was able to significantly increase mineral water sales . In the years from 1958 to 1968, the output increased from around 500,000 liters to 6,000,000 liters per year. In 1968 the warehouse and production halls were rebuilt.
At the beginning of the 1970s, the company was taken over by the Schwechat brewery , which also took over the bottling of Severinquelle in 1975 . In 1978 Güssinger Mineralwasser received the state award after the output was continuously increased to 20 million liters. With the incorporation of the Schwechater brewery into Brau AG , this company also came into their possession. Güssinger got another internal competitor with Gasteiner mineral water , which also belonged to Brau AG.
Under the new owners, the company, which was converted from a stock corporation into a limited liability company in 1982 , had to contend with a sharp drop in sales, which could only be increased again in the mid-1980s. At the beginning of the 1990s, Güssinger and Gasteiner were in third place in Austria behind Römerquelle and Vöslauer, marketing 30 million liters a year .
In 2000 the output dropped dramatically, so that Güssinger Mineralwasser GesmbH got into economic difficulties and in 2002 was sold by Brau AG to Aqua Montana Getränke Import GmbH , a German-Italian mineral water distribution company. The operating result could not be improved by the new owner either, so that bankruptcy had to be declared in early 2004 .
In November 2004, the new owner was Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani & Sons Co. , a Saudi-Arabian conglomerate that employs 4,000 people in various industries worldwide. Since then, the Sulzer company has operated under the name of Güssinger Beverages & Mineralwater GmbH .
The company has been owned by E & A Beteiligungs GmbH, based in Vienna, since 2012, which means that Güssinger is again 100 percent in Austrian hands.
In December 2019, the company had to file for bankruptcy. This affects 17 employees and 120 creditors. The insolvency was justified with the discontinuation of Hofer KG as a customer and an outdated machine park. After a short break in operations and a quota of 20%, it is planned to continue the company.
As no funds for modernization were received in March 2020, the company's initial restructuring failed.
ingredients
| Güssinger | |
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| ingredient | Milligrams per liter |
| Cations | |
| calcium | 114.6 |
| magnesium | 24.55 |
| sodium | 292.2 |
| Anions | |
| chloride | 126.6 |
| Bicarbonate | 1049.5 |
| Trace elements | |
| fluoride | 0.66 |
| Iodide | 0.05 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Güssinger Mineralwasser: 5.5 million euros in debt . In: News , February 20, 2004; accessed on January 23, 2010
- ↑ Güssinger Mineralwasser sold on ORF on September 27, 2012, accessed on September 27, 2012
- ↑ Güssinger Mineralwasser is insolvent on ORF from December 19, 2019, accessed on December 19, 2019.
- ↑ red, burgenl, .ORF.at / Agencies: Güssinger restructuring failed. March 9, 2020, accessed March 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Güssinger Mineralwasser at Forum Mineralwasser, accessed on January 23, 2010