Eberspächer glass roof factory
The building with the postal addresses Hauffstraße 6, Heugasse 33 and Zwerchstraße 12 in Esslingen am Neckar is the first independent building of the Eberspächer glass roof factory .
description
The factory building for Eberspächer was designed by Hermann Falch and built in several construction phases northeast of the old town of Esslingen. The two-storey workshop was built in 1900. Its facade has exposed brickwork and recessed plaster fields. By 1910 the structure was extended to the east. As a specialist in putty-free glazing, Eberspächer had the roof landscape of the building designed accordingly and several glass roof skylights installed. The western part of the building was added between 1910 and 1924. It contained living and office space on three floors. Art Nouveau windows are available on the second floor . The building is now used for offices, shops and studios.
Company history
The master bottle maker Jakob Eberspächer (1840–1899) founded his company on July 9, 1865 in Webergasse in Esslingen, which soon specialized in metal-framed roof glazing. Starting from the shed roof , numerous window and glazing forms were developed. The first machines with an electric drive were used around 1900; At that time, Eberspächer had around 80 employees. As early as 1913 or 1914, the company moved to the new factory and administrative premises at Oberesslingen train station . The first foreign branch was founded in Vienna in 1913 . In 1925 the number of employees had risen to 350 and Eberspächer supplied glass roofs for train stations, factory buildings and hangars across Europe. In 1928 branches were opened in the Czech Republic, Poland and Italy. The glazing of the Milan train station dates from 1929.
From 1931 silencers and from 1933 vehicle heaters for automobiles were also developed and produced by Eberspächer. This part of the company was integrated into arms production from 1939 to 1945; Among other things, aircraft engine parts were built at Eberspächer. In 1960 the metal goods factory in Neunkirchen was taken over. In 1965 the company was divided into three areas: building construction, silencers and heating. In 1973 Espar Products was founded in Canada and in 1977 a subsidiary in Great Britain. From the 1980s, further production plants were set up in numerous countries; In 2011 Eberspächer was present on four continents and in 26 countries.
Since the areas of silencers and heating had developed more strongly than the building construction department, the Eberspächer construction area was spun off in 2003 to Eberspächer Glasbau GmbH & Co. KG (EGLA). This was a 100% daughter of J. Eberspächer. In 2004 she moved to Köngen . In the course of a management buy-out in 2006, senior employees took over 74% of the shares. The remaining 26% stayed with J. Eberspächer. The remaining 26% shares in EGLA were sold on April 8, 2009.
Roofing and other glass elements from Eberspächer can be found on the Hochtief administration building in Frankfurt, on the City-Galerie in Aschaffenburg , the Dreispitzpassage in Berlin , on the EnBW operations building in Altbach , at the police headquarters in Erlangen , the Telekom administration building in Frankfurt Garbsen Town Hall, the Johnson House in Berlin, the Villeroy & Boch high-bay warehouse in Merzig , the Porsche Center in Mannheim , Düsseldorf Central Station, Munich Airport , the Daimler-Chrysler engine plant in Stuttgart and numerous other buildings.
literature
- Andrea Steudle et al., Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 1.2.1. City of Esslingen am Neckar , Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0834-6 , p. 287
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.winterstory.cz/Du/Alltext/Chb01.htm
- ↑ a b c http://www.eberspaecher.com/unternehmen/historie.html
- ↑ http://www.eberspaecher.com/unternehmen/historie.html
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 32.2 " N , 9 ° 18 ′ 44.6" E