Hävemeyer & Sander

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Sign in the freight elevator number 6652 with the company logo from 1954 in Helmkestrasse in Hainholz

Hävemeyer & Sander in Hanover was a tool , machine and elevator construction company founded in the 19th century . The company was based at Schaufelder Strasse 11–13 in the Hanover district of Nordstadt .

history

The company was founded in the early days of the German Empire in 1873 by the entrepreneur Friedrich Hävemeyer (born January 11, 1841 in Steinhude ; † November 23, 1923 in Hanover) and the mechanics Louis Knölke and August Sander . Initially as "Maschinenfabrik Knölke, Hävemeyer & Sander", the company was already represented at the trade exhibition in 1878 , where it presented tools and machines it had built itself . According to the city of Hanover's address book from 1896, the company's purpose was to manufacture “ steam engines , brickwork machines, etc.”, but also transmissions and elevator systems were part of the product range.

After the departure or death of Knölke and Sander , the son of the company founder, Alfred Hävemeyer (born July 9, 1876 in Hanover; † March 29, 1952 there), joined the company. During the First World War , he refused to produce grenades and other war materials.

During the Weimar Republic in 1928 the company set up a workshop for electromechanics .

Even at the time of National Socialism and even in the middle of the Second World War , Hävemeier & Sander built elevator systems, but during the air raids on Hanover , the factory was partially destroyed by bombs from the Allies .

After the restoration of the operating facilities, Hävemeyer & Sander increasingly delivered to other European countries , but also to the Middle East , South America and Southeast Asia . At the same time, the company began specializing in elevator construction. By 1954, Hävemeyer & Sander employed more than 300 people.

Sign in the Europa-Haus in Hanover, with a reference to the 1992 renovation by Kone

In 1973 the company, which with its around 500 employees was at the forefront of German elevator manufacturers, celebrated its 100th anniversary - and in the same year was transferred to Kone GmbH, Elevators and Escalators, Door, which was based in Finland and operated worldwide at the time - and gate service sold. This relocated the operation with the main administration and production in the Südfeldstrasse at the Lindener Hafen , the " branch Hanover" as well as the sales office and the fault center however to Ahlem .

After restructuring and outsourcing of production moved Kone's head office in Germany as well as the disturbance place finally to the Vahrenwalder Straße 317 .

Orientation board from the Hannover-Nordstadt depot on the former industrial site of Hävemeyer & Sander, in the background the passage of the "Hävemeier & Sander Halle"

The old industrial buildings of Hävemeyer & Sander on Schaufelder Straße were rebuilt after the turn of the millennium in the course of the renovation of the northern part of the city while partially preserving the historical building fabric and converted into a workshop, for example with the "Hävemeier & Sander Hall" and with conversions for example as a hotel , foyer and as conference rooms .

literature

  • R. Hartmann : History of Hanover from the oldest times to the present. With special consideration for the development of the royal seat of Hanover. 2 volumes, 2nd very expanded edition, Ernst Kniep, Hannover 1886, p. 1160
  • Gerda Valentin: 25th anniversary of the Werkhof , with an archive photo on the page of the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from June 27, 2013; on-line

Web links

Commons : Hävemeier & Sander  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Hävemeyer & Sander, elevators. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , 248; online through google books
  2. ↑ a b N.N. : Hävemeyer & Sander. Elevator plant and machine factory. In: The Book of the Old Companies of the City of Hanover 1954 , with textual and editorial assistance from Heinz Lauenroth (Director of the Municipal Press Office), Ewald Brix (IHK Hanover), Herbert Mundhenke (Municipal Archives Council) and the Hanover Chamber of Crafts , Adolf Sponholtz Verlag, Hanover 1954, p. 77
  3. ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Schaufelder Strasse , in ders .: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 217
  4. ^ A b Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Hävemeyer, Friedrich. In: Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 146.
  5. ↑ Compare this information board with the information "Year of construction 1942", but built into a granary silo built by the company Topf & Sons in the port of Linden during this time
  6. ↑ Compare the imprint on the kone.de page in the version of March 9, 2016
  7. ↑ Franziska Scharsky, Michael Roemer (ed.): Industrial, commercial and retail. In: Nordstadt renovation. Final report , 2nd, unchanged edition, publisher: The Lord Mayor , Building Department, Department of Planning and Urban Development, Department of Urban Renewal and Housing, Hannover: Landeshauptstadt, 2007, p. 82. u.ö.

Coordinates: 52 ° 23 '18.3 "  N , 9 ° 43' 8.8"  E