Hardenberg-Wilthen
| Hardenberg-Wilthen Aktiengesellschaft | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1700 |
| Seat | Nörten-Hardenberg , Germany |
| management | Nicolaus Fehling, Wolfgang Rieber (spokesman), Carl Graf von Hardenberg jun. |
| Number of employees | 87 |
| sales | EUR 25.3 million |
| Branch | Food and luxury food industry |
| Website | www.hardenberg-wilthen.de |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
The Hardenberg-Wilthen Aktiengesellschaft is a company in the spirits industry in Norten-Hardenberg . According to its own information, Hardenberg-Wilthen AG is the second largest spirits manufacturer in Germany.
The shares are exclusively owned by the family of the Counts of Hardenberg through the Graeflich von Hardenberg'sche Kornbrennerei GmbH & Co. KG .
history
The company in its current form was founded in 1998. The story goes back to the year 1700, however, when Fritz-Dietrich von Hardenberg opened the Hardenberg grain distillery.
In 1971 the Hardenberg grain distillery took over shares in the traditional Danzig liqueur factory Der Lachs (founded in 1598).
After the German reunification , the company bought the Saxon distillery in Wilthen in 1992 and integrated it. The tradition of this house goes back to the year 1842. The takeover also enabled the integration of another traditional brand, the Wilthener Goldkrone .
The company has been cooperating with Semper idem Underberg GmbH in production since 2007 . A joint production line was set up together at the Saxon location in Wilthen. This is operated by the subsidiary Santa Barbara GmbH, founded in 2006 .
Popular brands
The brands produced and sold by the company are:
- Beverbach ( whiskey )
- Original Danziger Goldwasser ( liqueur ),
- Hardenberg ( grain ),
The wheat grain ("with the boar's head") is very well known in Germany. - Small boar (liqueurs),
- Lehment (clearer),
- Wilthener ( brandy ).
The brand Hardenberg was in the category of the spirit to the brand of the century named of 2010.
Further range
- Schwartzhog
- Sambalita
- Helios
- Persiko
- Mild juniper
- Little boar
- Wilthener mountain herbs
- Danzig Goldwasser
- Wilthener Goldkrone
With 26 million bottles sold per year, the Wilthener Goldkrone is the best-selling German spirit and the company's most important product in the 2010s . - Miamee
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2018 , bundesanzeiger.de, accessed on August 14, 2020
- ↑ Hardenberg homepage
- ↑ Hardenberg named brand of the century in lifepr.de, December 14, 2009 ( memento of the original from November 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
