Henschel (company)

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Henschel GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 1935
Seat Darmstadt , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Moritz Koch, Kai Brune
Number of employees about 400
sales about 47 million
Branch Department store / retail
Website www.henschel-darmstadt.de

Henschel headquarters in Darmstadt (2015)

The Henschel GmbH , based in Darmstadt is a German department store chain .

History and description

In 1897, Siegmund Rothschild (1870–1940) acquired the former "Mecklenburg Palace" on Darmstadt's market square . Between 1907 and 1929 Rothschild bought several neighboring buildings. These acquisitions were partially demolished and replaced by a new building. In the 1930s, the department store complex between Marktplatz and Ernst-Ludwigs-Platz had reached its present size.

In 1936 Rothschild sold his property to the Henschel GmbH founded in 1935 by Erich Henschel (1901–1970) and Hans Ropertz (1901–1956). In 1944 the department store was partially destroyed in an air raid. In 1945 Rothschild's widow became a partner in Henschel GmbH. The reconstruction took place between 1945 and 1956. The department store has been rebuilt several times over the past few decades.

Headquarters and branches

The Henschel headquarters are located on Darmstadt's market square. There are other department stores in Heidelberg , Lübeck and Michelstadt . In Darmstadt there is also a branch on Rheinstrasse. In 2018 the company had around 400 employees, including around 220 in Darmstadt. The main competitors of the Henschel department stores today are C&A , H & M , Kaufhof and Karstadt .

literature

  • Roland Dotzert: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt , Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8062-1930-2 , p. 370.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Darmstädter Echo, Saturday, February 17, 2018, p. 19.

Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '20.7 "  N , 8 ° 39' 14.9"  E