United Oil Works Hubbe and Farenholtz
The United Oil Works Hubbe and Farenholtz were an important industrial company in Magdeburg . Parts of the former company buildings are under monument protection .
Hubbe company
The beginnings of the company go to the company Walstab & Comp. back. In 1832, Gustav Hubbe , the son of a farmer from Althaldensleben , who also worked as an oil miller , joined the company as an employee. In 1839 Hubbe became a partner in the colonial goods trade. As early as 1840 he took over the sole management of the company from the blind previous owner Rudolph Schroeder , which he renamed the Gustav Hubbe company in the same year .
The registered office was at Große Münzstraße 13 in Magdeburg. Hubbe changed the range. The grocery trade was given up. Instead, Hubbe sold potash , Archangel pitch , coal tar , alum , East Indian hides, fat products, palm oil , coconut oil and resin . From 1862, palm kernel oil was also sold to soap manufacturers. In 1870 the company participated in the oil production of the Heins & Asbeck company in Harburg .
In 1871, after Gustav Hubbe's death, his sons Fritz Hubbe and Otto Hubbe took over the company.
The transition of the company from a pure trading to an industrial operation began. They separated from the Heins & Asbeck company and built an oil factory on the Großer Werder in 1874, which went into operation in 1875. Was produced palm kernel oil , coconut oil and sesame oil . During this time, the Dammhof on Berliner Chaussee was acquired , to which the company headquarters was later relocated. First a varnish distillery was built here .
After the death of his brother in 1878, Otto Hubbe continued to run the company as the sole owner from 1881. He continuously expanded capacities. In 1890, however, the oil factory on the Großer Werder burned down. In 1891 a modern new building was erected on the company premises at Berliner Chaussee 66.
Production was expanded to include oils for the production of edible fat. In addition to palm kernels, copra was also processed. Another technical innovation was the use of strainer presses instead of the previous box presses . The company also managed to expand its own test department and did research in the field of fat splitting . In 1900 Hubbe already employed 200 workers. In 1914 the annual turnover was 22 million marks. A new refinery was built.
The beginning of the First World War was a difficult turning point for the Hubbe company as well. 97% of the raw materials for processing originally came from abroad. The beginning of the war therefore initially led to an almost complete cessation of production. The newly built refinery did not go into operation until 1919.
Farenholtz company
The Farenholtz company was founded in 1763 by Johann Christian Farenholtz in Goslar . Initially, the company was active in the grocery trade. From 1768 the trade in oils and oil cakes began . In the same year Farenholtz acquired two oil mills in the Gosetal .
His successor was Johann Wilhelm Farenholtz, who acquired a third oil mill. Production was limited to oils made from local raw materials, especially rapeseed , poppy seeds , linseed and beechnuts .
In 1837 the son Gustav Wilhelm Farenholtz took over the company. He gradually switched production to foreign raw materials, sesame seeds , peanuts and East Indian poppy seeds.
In 1881 Hermann Farenholtz and Botho Farenholtz took over the company and moved the location to Magdeburg-Sudenburg in 1889 . The reason for the relocation was the loss of importance of hydropower compared to steam power and Magdeburg, which is much more conveniently located on the Elbe . Produced edible oils .
Like the Hubbe company, Farenholtz got into considerable difficulties during the First World War due to its dependence on foreign raw materials. In a makeshift way, production was converted to domestic substitutes.
fusion
The Hubbe and Farenholtz companies, both battered by the effects of the war, merged in 1922 to form Gustav Hubbe - GW Farenholtz GmbH , which was later renamed United Oil Works Hubbe and Farenholtz . Gustav Hubbe and Wilhelm Adolf Farenholtz were in charge of the company .
New buildings were built and a margarine factory was built at the Sudenburg site. They had a company site of 275,000 m² and their own storage and quay facilities on the Elbe.
The processing of the local rapeseed was also increased. The company had one of the most modern plants and became one of the most important oil producers in Germany .
A company for trading in technical oils was spun off as Hubbe Handelsgesellschaft mbH in 1923 . The seat of this company was the traditional parent company in the Große Münzstraße in Magdeburg. There were branches in Hamburg and Vienna .
In 1927 Gustav Hubbe and Herbert Hubbe took over the management of the company. Further extensive investments were made (oil distillation plant, splitting plant for the production of glycerine , new boiler plant, new laboratory). In 1936/1937 the architect Heinrich Tessenow built a new office building on Berliner Chaussee, where the office had now been relocated.
VEB oil and fat works Magdeburg
After the Second World War , the company was expropriated during the Soviet occupation in 1948 . It was now state- owned and carried the name VEB Öl- und Fettwerke Magdeburg . From 1952 the name of the anti-fascist resistance fighter Hans Schellheimer , who was employed as a lathe operator in the company and was executed shortly before the end of the war, was used as an additional name .
In 1958 the company had around 1,200 employees. The seat was the Berliner Chaussee No. 66. Oilseeds were processed, a refinery was operated, margarine and later also ice cream were produced. In 1984 the company became the parent company of the oil and margarine combine.
In 1992 the company was liquidated .
A part of the company was privatized in 1992 by way of a management buy-out . Today's ÖHMI AG is a holding company for industry-related technology and service companies; it holds stakes in testing laboratories, certification bodies, engineering offices, consulting companies and research institutions. The core competencies of these companies lie in the areas of food, renewable raw materials, the environment, energy efficiency and real estate services.
The site was acquired in 1997 by the municipal company for economic development (GWM) and converted into a commercial center by 2001. Most of the former buildings have now been demolished. However, some buildings in brick architecture remained. The naming of a street on the site as An der Ölmühle reminds of the company's tradition .
The “Alte Ölmühle” rehabilitation clinic of medinet Aktiengesellschaft has been located in the fully restored building on Berliner Chaussee since 2004. The warehouse of the Hubbe & Farenholtz oil mill, which was built in 1939, is a listed monument.
literature
- Horst-Günther Heinicke: Hubbe, Christoph Wilhelm Otto. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 .
- Sabine Ullrich: Industrial architecture in Magdeburg. City Planning Office Magdeburg, Magdeburg 2003.
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