Graf Hardenberg Group
| Günther Graf von Hardenberg GmbH & Co KG
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| legal form | Limited Liability Company & Compagnie Kommanditgesellschaft |
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Singen (Hohentwiel) , Germany
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| Number of employees | 587 (2017) |
| sales | 359.8 million euros |
| Branch | Automobile trade |
| Website | www.grafhardenberg.de |
| As of December 31, 2017 | |
The Graf Hardenberg Group is a car trading company operating in southwest Germany. The parent company is Günther Graf von Hardenberg GmbH & Co KG, based in Singen . The group of companies sells vehicles from various manufacturers at 15 locations. It is one of the largest automotive trading groups in Germany and is part of the foundation capital of the Günther Graf von Hardenberg Foundation.
history
After the Second World War , racing driver Günther Graf von Hardenberg founded the “Donau” car dealership in Donaueschingen and took over the sale of Volkswagen in southern Germany. By participating in the Gramling car dealership founded in 1926 at the beginning of the 1950s, additional locations in the Karlsruhe area and in the Lake Constance region were added in the years that followed. At that time, the von Hardenberg family had private contacts with Ferry Porsche as well as with his company. After Günther Graf von Hardenberg's death on January 19, 1985, the company was transferred to a family foundation and the founder's employee-oriented management style was defined in the foundation's purpose.
In 1990 the first "car mile" was created in Offenburg. This was the first time that all brands of the then Volkswagen group were represented at one location. The Graf Hardenberg Group has grown steadily through strategic mergers, such as in 1998 with the then 50-year-old car dealership Eberhardt in Karlsruhe and with the Gohm dealership on Lake Constance, whose roots go back to 1906, as well as acquisitions.
Companies
The Graf Hardenberg Group is an automobile trading company and operates 30 car dealerships at 15 locations in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, in which vehicles from the brands Volkswagen , Audi , Škoda , Seat , Cupra , Porsche , Ford and Harley-Davidson are sold . In addition, the Graf Hardenberg Group offers services and parts. The group of companies is 69.6% owned by the Günther Graf von Hardenberg Foundation and was the 19th largest German vehicle dealer in 2017 with 25,000 vehicles sold.
The Group's car dealerships are mainly located in the Lake Constance region (formerly Gohm car dealership) and in North Baden (formerly Gramling and Eberhart car dealerships).
Company founder
Günter Graf von Hardenberg (born February 14, 1918 in Schwedt an der Oder, † January 19, 1985 in Baden-Baden) founded Motorflug Baden-Baden GmbH in addition to his car dealerships in 1955. He was a member of the German Aerospace Society , first chairman of the AGL and president of the German Aero Club .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Balance sheet as of December 1, 2017 , bundesanzeiger.de, accessed on October 29, 2019.
- ↑ a b History of the Graf Hardenberg Group. Richard Gramling GmbH & Co KG, accessed on September 20, 2019 .
- ↑ German Aerospace Society : Yearbook 1985 II . Maier Verlag, Ravensburger 1986, p. 90-19 .
- ↑ Karin Fleschutz: The foundation as a successor instrument for family businesses . Gabler Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8349-1400-2 , pp. 402 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Flight Revue . tape 77 , no. 1 . United Motor-Verlag, 1977, p. 6 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Holger Siebnich: The all-round carefree package for the helicopter, please. (PDF) In: Badisches Tageblatt. May 4, 2015, accessed September 20, 2019 .