Wholesale market hall
The wholesale market hall (or several halls) are structures that are used to hold a wholesale market . In them the market participants handle the trading of the merchandise that is stored in the wholesale market halls. In this way, market halls still enable the floor trade handed down from the Middle Ages . The limited number of sales outlets in a wholesale market hall is allocated to producers and traders for a fee, depending on the suitability of their range and after a reliability check by the store management. Retail does not take place here, end consumers are not permitted.
With a few exceptions, the term “Großmarkthalle” is now rarely used. Usually only the abbreviated form wholesale market is used. Some wholesale markets are now called freshness centers . Either the hall or the pavilion serves as the design of a wholesale market hall .
function
Wholesale market halls had an outstanding function in the industrialized countries until well into the 1970s. In connection with the development of logistics, they were often replaced by commercial freshness centers and goods distribution centers (GVZ) of the freight forwarding industry . For regional and local medium-sized retailers as well as for locally based bulk buyers , for example in the catering trade , especially for weekly market feeders, wholesale market halls continue to fulfill an important function as shopping and trading centers for fresh goods .
By promoting regional and local retailers, wholesale markets and wholesale market halls fulfill important economic and political tasks.
Examples
The largest wholesale market hall in Germany is the Munich wholesale market hall , which was built in 1912 and is still in operation. At the time of its construction, it was one of the most modern commercial buildings in Europe (with a complete basement and accessible underground; hydraulic lifts and much more).
One of the most famous wholesale market halls in Germany is the Großmarkthalle in Frankfurt am Main in Frankfurt's Ostend , which was built between 1926 and 1928. The listed building was closed in mid-2004 and converted from 2010 to 2014 into the new location of the European Central Bank . The hall was integrated into the new building of the European Central Bank .
The prestressed concrete halls of the Hamburg Wholesale Market and their predecessors, the Deichtorhallen , and the Cologne Wholesale Market are also under monument protection .
organization
Practically all German wholesale markets are members of the working group for the market in the German Association of Cities (AGM), most of them are also members of the joint marketing company, the Association for the Promotion of the Interests of German Fresh Food Markets (GFI). Many wholesale flower markets are organized in the Association of German Flower Markets (VDB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ ecb.int: ECB: construction phase , accessed on December 5, 2015