Joh. Egger's son

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The company Joh. Eggers Sohn is a traditional trading company for wine and spirits based in Bremen .

founding

The company was founded in 1773 by Johann Michael Loebelein and continued in his name from 1777 by Johann Eggers (1747–1819), who in 1775, after Loebelein's early death, whose still young widow Anna Maria Loebelein née. Ficke had married. Johann Eggers came to Bremen in 1767 as the son of farmer Johann Hinrich Eggers from Barmbeck with no prospect of the business run by his father and had worked for a few years in the wine shop Johann Nonnen & Co. founded in 1692, today's Ludwig von Kapff wine shop . In 1778 the business moved from Wachtstrasse to Schlachte No. 7. A wine tavern was also operated there.

Bremen was already a stronghold of the wine trade in the 17th century . In the Hanseatic city, French red wines , mainly from Bordeaux , were traded. The wine came to Bremen by sea and was shipped from here inland.

Around 1800, the volume imported by Johann Eggers first reached the 50,000 liter mark. During the French era of the Département des Bouches du Weser in Bremen , the company faced difficulties.

After Johann Egger's death, family members continued the wine business, from 1826 on as the Joh. Eggers Söhne company . From 1840 the packing house at Martinistraße 34 was also owned by the wine shop. After the inclusion of partners, the company was named Joh.Eggers Sohn & Co.

From retail to wholesale

One of the founder's grandsons was Johann Eggers (1831–1881) of the same name . He played an important role in public life, as a deacon at the Bremen Cathedral , member of the management of the Sparkasse Bremen , at the St. Petri orphanage , member of the Bremen citizenship and vice-president or president of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce .

After 1866 the company also had a wine warehouse in Verden , due to the problem in the customs union , since Hamburg and Bremen remained outside the customs area as free ports until 1888. In 1888 the company set up the wine store in the free port (Europahafen) and therefore closed the warehouse in Verden. In 1883 she gave up the wine tavern and retail trade. The liquor trade, including rum and brandy , was expanded. The company locations changed more frequently over the next hundred years: in 1888 the houses at Schlachte No. 7 were sold ; The office and warehouse were operated at Am Deich Nr. 38 .

20th century

Around 1900 the introduced white and especially red Chile wines reached over 50,000 liters. Californian wines and wines from China , Australia and the USA were added to the range. Eggers focused on diversity through imports from new growing areas.

The First World War also ran into considerable difficulties for this company, as it was cut off from international wine importers. The situation has improved since 1924, survived the global economic crisis from 1929 to 1931 and had a positive development in the 1930s. In 1928, the Am Deich location was given up and the company's headquarters were in Schlachte No. 39 / Langenstrasse No. 75. Then the company moved back to the free port. In 1935 the private mail order business was discontinued . The distribution of German wines also stopped. A city camp was set up on Leinenstrasse in Neustadt .

The Second World War brought with it that only wines from the occupied territories could be imported. The operating facilities were destroyed by bombs from 1942 to 1944 and only a few stocks could be saved. A fresh start took place first in the offices on Parkallee , then in Schwachhauser Heerstraße 33 and then in Ellhornstraße 33 and in a warehouse in the Europahafen.

In 1957/58 offices and warehouses were combined at Getreidestrasse No. 16 . Even if the ambience in Getreidestrasse was not very romantic, the wine tastings at Eggers were popular. In 1959 the company began producing its own spirits. This in-house production was relocated to Regis-Spirituosen GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin as early as 1963 for tax reasons . The market required that Eggers now increasingly traded in quality wines and market spirits.

Eggers worked with 21 sales representatives around 2000. The annual turnover was around 15 million euros and 60 people were employed.

EggersSohn currently

In 2002 Joh. Egger's son had to file for bankruptcy. A few months later, in 2003, Eggers & Franke acquired the name and trademark rights and built up a wine trading company with a quality range.

Today EggersSohn is part of the Eggers & Franke Group , under whose roof the Bremen wine traders Eggers & Franke, Reidemeister & Ulrichs, Ludwig von Kapff, Ruyter & Ast and Eggers Sohn have come together. The company currently operates as Joh. Eggers Sohn GmbH in Speicher I ( Konsul-Smidt-Straße ) in the Überseestadt in Bremen. It sells over 300 wines and spirits to gastronomy and specialist retailers and works with various sales representatives across Germany.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Müller, Hartmut Dr., "200 years of Joh. Eggers Sohn & Co., Festschrift from 1973, Bremen State Archives
  2. ↑ Hans Dreckmann , Henny Wiepking, Werner Lüdemann: Barmbek. From the village to the big city. A home book. Dammtor Verlag, Hamburg 1965, page 68.
  3. ^ Siegrid Schuer: More than 200 years of Bremen wine tradition . In: Welt-online from March 18, 2003
  4. ↑ Information from the management