Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth

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Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth (born July 30, 1930 in Herten ; † February 15, 2020 in Munich ) was a German entrepreneur and a pioneer in the field of organic food production .

biography

Schweisfurth learned the butcher's trade. Schweisfurth implemented his experience as an intern in the large slaughterhouses in Chicago in the industrialization of domestic meat processing. He developed the L. Schweisfurth meat and canning factory founded in 1902 into the largest meat processing company in Europe: Herta in Herten (now a subsidiary of the Spanish food company Casa Tarradellas and the Nestlé group). 25,000 pigs and 5,000 cattle were processed weekly at that time. In 1972 the architect Werner Ruhnau developed the open-plan office of the Herta company, in which he incorporated works of art into the design. Works by Daniel Spoerri , Hugo Kükelhaus , Christo and the installation Mit (H) ropa by Wolf Vostell von Schweisfurth were purchased and exhibited in the open-plan office.

When it became clear that after Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth's withdrawal, neither his two sons nor his daughter wanted to continue running the company, he sold his company to the Nestlé Group in 1984.

Immediately after the sale, Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth began to keep pigs according to the principles of organic farming on Gut Herrmannsdorf near Glonn in Bavaria . His quote comes from this time: "It was suddenly clear to me that meat from animals that have been tortured in this way cannot be life-enhancing food for us humans."

Schweisfurth last lived in Herrmannsdorf.

Conception

In Schweisfurth's new concept, principles of sustainable ecological agriculture are combined with principles of animal ethics . The theoretical foundation also includes nutritional and gastrosophic aspects. Last but not least, the reorientation of Schweisfurth also has a work ethic character, since classic ways of working and living in agriculture and the food trade are being revived and upgraded.

Hermannsdorf country workshops and shops

The Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten , which resulted from the reorientation of Schweisfurth, with stables , slaughter / butcher , bakery , dairy / cheese dairy , brewery , farm shop , beer garden and inn are today considered to be pioneers in natural, species-appropriate and sustainable food production on a large scale, they combine a fully organic operation (including its own biogas plant and its own sewage treatment plant ) with the aim of economic efficiency (sales network and own shops as well as market operations) and ideal / artistic claim (numerous works of art in and around the courtyard, regular courtyard markets with an artistic accompanying program). In 2008 the Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten were awarded the organic retail price, a " Selly ". The company is now run by his son Karl Schweisfurth , while Karl's twin brother Georg is one of the founders of Basic AG .

In and around Munich, the Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten operate twelve of their own Herrmannsdorfer shops, in which, in addition to their own products, a basic range of organic food is sold, and they also deliver their products to various organic shops across Germany. Deliveries to Basic AG were discontinued in September 2007 due to the Schwarz Group's entry into this organic supermarket chain.

Schweisfurth Foundation

The Schweisfurth Foundation, founded by Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, is committed to research into healthy and natural nutrition and, together with the International Society for Livestock Husbandry (IGN), awarded the Schweisfurth Research Prize for species-appropriate livestock husbandry between 1991 and 2002 .

criticism

In Herten, the hometown of Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, criticism was voiced in 2010 that the Schweisfurth family's fortunes were also "generated" by exploiting forced labor in the Third Reich. 115 forced laborers assigned by the employment office were employed and housed on the Schweisfurth company premises.

In 2016 there were allegations against Schweisfurth that its farms use antibiotics and that the way pigs are kept is viewed critically. Schweisfurth justified the use of antibiotics as necessary when alternative remedies failed. The use corresponds to strict guidelines. The earlier keeping of the mother sows in crate stalls was a result of the deliberations in which the protection of the piglets was in the foreground, which could not be crushed in this way.

Prizes and awards

  • 1999: BAUM environmental award
  • 2005: Bavarian State Medal
  • 2014: Bavarian Nature Conservation Prize - The prize was awarded by the Federation of Nature Conservation in Bavaria for the “further development of organic farming, for species-appropriate animal husbandry, the preservation of holistic food quality and the promotion of sustainable agriculture”.
  • 2015/2016: “National Champion” at the “European Business Award” and “Ruban d'Honneur” in the “Environmental & Corporate Sustainability” category for the Hermannsdorfer Werkstätten

Memberships

Publications

  • with Bertram Verhaag : Reverence for life ... let's talk about killing. 35 min., DVD.
  • Karl Götze, Theo Driessen van der Lieck, Werner Rudolf Vogt: KLS ... on the way, ... in search . Design Wolf Vostell , Herta KG Karl Schweisfurth / Sala Druck, 1980 (without ISBN)
  • Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, Günter Altner, Hans-Jürgen Kaufmann: Slaughter Festival? Reverence for life. Restoring the dignity of animals . Self-published, 2012.
  • I love handicraft . Self-published, 2011.
  • Looking for a new togetherness culture (nature + people together) for survival on our exhausted planet earth . Hugendubel, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-89631-142-5 .
  • The book of good meat. Hermannsdörfer Landwerkstätten, Glonn 1998 (first edition DNB 970403909 ); Sandmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-89883-099-7 .
  • When it comes to the sausage . Autobiography. Bertelsmann, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-570-50001-2 .
  • Extremely good. Westend, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-938060-31-5 .
  • with Claus-Peter Lieckfeld: The butcher who no longer eats meat . Oekom, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-86581-470-8 .

Television documentary

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth died - he was 89 years old. February 15, 2020, accessed February 15, 2020 .
  2. ^ Obituary notice of Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth. In: trauer.sueddeutsche.de. February 19, 2020, accessed February 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ From sausage king to organic pioneer - Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth - tagesschau24. In: programm.ard.de. August 29, 2018, accessed November 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ DIE ZEIT (archive): Little messes ... In: Die Zeit . December 26, 1957, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed February 17, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Nestlé sells Herta sausage - Spaniards take over. Retrieved July 28, 2020 .
  6. ^ Karl Götze, Theo Driessen van der Lieck, Werner Rudolf Vogt: KLS ... on the way, ... on the search . Herta KG Karl Schweisfurth / Sala Druck, 1980.
  7. ↑ Animal Ethics Archive - Schweisfurth Foundation Fair to Humans and Animals. In: schweisfurth-stiftung.de. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
  8. ^ Gastrosophie.at - Center for Gastrosophy. The Center for Gastrosophy was founded in September 2008 at ... In: gastrosophie.at. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Stefanie Bachmann: Press release on the subject of Lidl and Basic. Lidl gets in - Herrmannsdorfer get out. (PDF; 98.2 kB) In: herrmannsdorfer.de. August 7, 2006, archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; accessed on November 30, 2019 .
  10. ^ Karl Ludwig Schweisfurt: Lidl at Basic, cheap home at Bio? (PDF; 141.3 kB) In: www.herrmannsdorfer.de. July 30, 2007, archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; accessed on November 30, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Schweisfurth. In: ign-nutztierhaltung.ch. Retrieved November 30, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Forced laborers: memorial plaque relocated. In: 24vest.de. May 7, 2010, accessed November 30, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Hans-Heinrich Holland: Materials on the history of the forced laborers in Herten . 2nd supplemented and expanded edition. VHS Herten, VVN-BdA, Herten Action Alliance against Neofascism, Herten 2002 ( vvn-bda-re.de [PDF; 5.2 MB ; accessed on November 30, 2019]).
  14. ^ Carolin Fries: Regional food: Who is behind the Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed January 22, 2017]).
  15. ^ Christian Sebald: Munich: Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten: Critique of animal husbandry . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed January 22, 2017]).
  16. ↑ Bavarian Nature Conservation Prize for Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth. In: bund-naturschutz.de. BUND Nature Conservation in Bavaria e. V., accessed April 15, 2015 .
  17. ↑ Kösener corps lists . tape 62 , 1996, pp. 102 .
  18. ↑ Planet Wissen: From meat manufacturer to organic farmer. In: planet-wissen.de. Planet Wissen, April 14, 2015, accessed February 16, 2020 . Video available until April 14, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Schweisfurth, Karl Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Herten
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 2020
Place of death Munich