Klosterfrau Healthcare Group

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Klosterfrau Zurich AG

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legal form Corporation
founding 1826
Seat Zurich , SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
management Hans-Helmut Fabry
( CEO )
Petra Tritschler-Klein
( Chairman of the Board of Directors )
Number of employees 1,307 (2011)
Branch pharmacy
Website klosterfrau.de

The nun Zurich AG (also Klosterfrau Healthcare Group ) is a Swiss pharmaceutical company in the field of self-medication with headquarters in Zurich and operational headquarters in Cologne , whose best-known brand its flagship product Monastery Melissengeist is.

History of origin

Monastery woman Melissa spirit

prehistory

The main product of Klosterfrau Melissa Spirit is the invention of the nun Maria Clementine Martin (* 1775, † 1843), who entered the Annuntiate Convent of St. Anna in Coesfeld as a novice on October 2, 1792 . It is questionable whether she got to know the production of secret herbal recipes there, as is often claimed, including the old secret recipe of “real Spanish lemon balm water”. It is no different with the claim that she improved old recipes and developed new ones. When the Rheingraf Salm-Grumbach claimed the monastery to build a residence in 1803, she and her convent moved to the Glane monastery near Gronau , which, like so many other monasteries, was also secularized in 1811. She finally moved to the Paterskerk in Tirlemont near Brussels and on June 18, 1815, took care of the wounded German soldiers under General Field Marshal Blücher in the Battle of Waterloo . For this she received from King Friedrich Wilhelm III. an annual annuity of 160 thalers was awarded.

Establishment and expansion of the business

On April 27, 1825 she came to Cologne and lived with the 86-year-old cathedral vicar Johann Gumpertz (* 1739) in the house at Auf der Litsch No. 1, which belonged to the cathedral chapter. Whether she nursed the clergyman is not known, but it is obvious.

From one day to the next it entered the address Auf der Litsch No. 1 as a manufacturer of colognes . Before that, she had never appeared in the field. In the Kölnische Zeitung - with a circulation of 8000 copies - her first advertisement appeared on November 6th, 1825, in which she offered her Eau de Cologne: “A self-recommended real Eau de Cologne is available. On the Litsch No. 1, the large bottle for 6 silver groschen, 3 pfennig ”. 64 companies that produced cologne competed with it. Another advertisement followed on May 7, 1826, in which she announced her “self-made Cologne water”. The company was founded with the entry on May 23, 1826 in the municipal magistrate register ( commercial register ) under the company "Maria Clementine Martin Klosterfrau".

Since June 17, 1827, she has been producing her “Ächtes Carmeliter water” (real Carmeliter water) in a house at Domhof No. 19, where she initially rented it, but which she was able to buy later. In 1829, 14-year-old Peter Schaeben began an apprenticeship as an “assistant” in her company. On November 7, 1829, the "nun Maria Clementine Martin, Cologne am Rhein, sent a very submissive request" to King Friedrich Wilhelm III, in which she asked for "the highest permission to use the Prussian eagle on her products". As early as January 1830, she received the approval from the Prussian Ministry of the Interior to “be allowed to add the Prussian eagle to the etiquette of the Melissa and Cologne water that she manufactured”. On October 17, 1831, she deposited her “factory mark” with the council of trade experts of the city of Cologne, which included the Prussian eagle and the Carmelite coat of arms. The "Klosterfrau" brand, which was only registered after the Trademark Act came into force, allows its origin to be traced back perfectly. On February 21, 1835, the government rejected their application to grant the melissa spirit monopoly in Prussia because of the freedom of trade. Likewise, she was unsuccessful with her application to legally recognize her Carmelite Spirit as a medicine.

In order to gain international renown, she took part in the "Art and Industry Exhibition" organized by the trade association in Cologne from May 27, 1838 to July 4, 1838 on the Heumarkt . On August 30, 1842, advertisements appeared in the Kölnische Zeitung about her melissa spirit.

Maria Clementine Martin died on August 9, 1843, her grave in the Melaten cemetery is a listed building .

Continuation by the Schaeben family and bankruptcy

Shortly before her death, she wrote her will on April 5, 1843, in which she made “Peter Schaeben, who lives with me”, the “heir to my entire fortune in the confidence that he will faithfully maintain the pious attitudes that have been demonstrated throughout his life.” Peter Gustav Schaeben (* 1815, † 1885) had worked as an assistant for Martin and became the sole heir to the owner of the company, which he expanded considerably and expanded the sales of the products worldwide. At the London World's Fair in 1851 he achieved first place with the Eau de Cologne. His son Robert Schaeben (* 1863, † 1944) continued to run the company between 1885 and 1933 before it went bankrupt. Robert Schaeben's son Wilhelm Schaeben (* 1888, † 1972), who was the company's general partner until bankruptcy , founded "Haus Schaeben GmbH Kölnisch Wasser Fabrik" on August 1, 1933.

Doerenkamp family

Wilhelm Doerenkamp (born May 19, 1882, † December 26, 1972), who had previously been active in the automobile trade, entered the Klosterfrau company as a limited partner in 1929 and acquired the company from bankruptcy as the main creditor, continued to run it as sole owner and successfully restructured it . Doerenkamp concentrated on the production of lemon balm spirit, which could be sold almost without competition.

In October 1962 the subsidiary Klosterfrau Berlin GmbH was established to cope with the increasing demand. After Doerenkamp's death, the “Wilhelm Doerenkamp Foundation” was established in Chur , Switzerland on November 17, 1972 in order to secure the continuation of his life's work and jobs. As a holding company, it forms the supervisory body for the various country and company groups. The beneficiary of the foundation was his daughter Hildegard Doerenkamp until her death in 2011 and his granddaughter Martine Eloy (* 1957) since then.

Corporate structure

Headquarters at Gereonsmühlengasse 1–11 in Cologne

Today the company has 530 employees at its headquarters in Cologne. Since 1971, production has mainly taken place in Berlin with around 190 employees. The entire company (as of 2006) has 1,025 employees and a worldwide turnover of 650 million euros. In 2006, the Klosterfrau Group was renamed the “Klosterfrau Healthcare Group”.

Through the acquisition of several companies, the company developed further into a group of companies, a leading provider in the field of self-medication (see OTC ). The core business consists of the manufacture and sale of health products and cosmetics (following the takeover of the French cosmetics manufacturer Maria Galland Paris in the 1980s). The Klosterfrau Group also includes Divapharma GmbH and Cassella-med GmbH & Co. KG . In June 2006, the Klosterfrau Group acquired the entire brand portfolio of Lichtwer Healthcare GmbH & Co. KG and the associated drug approvals. The products acquired include Hepar SL forte, Jarsin, Kwai, Kaveri, Euminz, Ameu and Bedan. The parties have agreed not to disclose the amount of the purchase price. Another subsidiary is Artesan Pharma GmbH & Co. KG with around 200 employees in two plants at the company's headquarters in Lüchow . Artesan is a contract manufacturer and produces pharmaceuticals in tablet and ointment form, homeopathics and dietary supplements; Another focus is galenics .

Sales cooperations existed with the Swiss Ricola and Condomi .

Corporate social responsibility

During the COVID-19 pandemic , the drug manufacturer announced that it would donate 100,000 liters of disinfectant to the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Products

The Klosterfrau Healthcare Group now has a range of over 200 products . The main product is Klosterfrau Melissa Spirit. The other products are under different brands.

Monastery woman Melissa spirit

The "Klosterfrau Melissengeist" is an alcoholic distillate made from 13 medicinal plants , including the eponymous real balm ( Melissa officinalis, also called lemon balm), which is grown today according to the guidelines of "good agricultural practice" (GAP). Paris Carmelites developed the recipe in 1611, the nun Maria Clementine Martin distilled the remedy in her company "Maria Clementine Martin Klosterfrau", founded in 1826 at the foot of Cologne Cathedral. The Bonn medical professor Johann Friedrich Christian Herless certified their water in 1827 as "both in terms of the pure wine spirit used for this purpose and the ingredients from the class of aromatic-ethereal medicinal plants used for the distillation of proven healing powers and in terms of preparation, of very excellent quality and usefulness, and therefore particularly recommendable for internal and external use ”.

The term "monastery balm" is a trademark of the Klosterfrau company. The lemon balm spirit is indicated for internal use to strengthen nervous complaints, difficulty falling asleep , sensitivity to the weather and uncomplicated colds; in case of malaise, to promote the function of the stomach and intestines (e.g. when feeling full and flatulence ) as well as externally to support the skin circulation e.g. B. for sore muscles and muscle tension . The remedy with an alcohol content of 79 % alcohol by volume is registered as a traditional medicine in Germany ; this means that the areas of application are based exclusively on experience from many years of use. The lemon balm spirit is made from a mixture of 13 medicinal drugs of up to

per liter of finished medicinal product distilled, the distillation agent is ethanol 96% (V / V) and purified water.

The total daily dose should not exceed 25 ml and should only be used from the age of 18. Alcohol-based tonics and geriatric drugs are sometimes criticized because of the potential abuse or support of an existing alcohol dependence , especially when they are combined with certain medications such as sleeping pills .

Other products

In addition to Klosterfrau products such as Klosterfrau Mobilind rubbing alcohol and Klosterfrau Active Capsules V , a total of over 200 other products are sold. The offer includes u. a. neo-angin throat tablets, Vita-Gerin-Geistlich N and the ranges from taxofit, Soledum, Broncholind, grain products from Goldsam and cough drops from the Krügerol brand . Under the product name nun also be rubbing alcohol , cold baths, vitamin and herbal pills manufactured.

Brands

As of 2019, the Klosterfrau Group uses 25 brands which, according to their own presentation, are divided into main brands and other brands as follows:

Main brands:

  • Nun
  • Nasic
  • Neo-angin
  • Laxatan M.
  • Bronchicum
  • Contramutan
  • Monapax

Other brands:

  • Femannose N
  • Melrosum
  • Taxofit
  • Euminz
  • Anginettes
  • Laryngomedine N
  • Allergy
  • Sinulind
  • Traumaplant pain cream
  • Hepar-SL
  • Essentiale
  • Sedonium
  • Jarsin
  • Kwai
  • Vitagerin
  • Faros
  • Maria Galland, Paris
  • Nattermann Cholagogue

literature

  • Georg Schwedt, Helmut Heckelmann: Eau de Cologne and lemon balm spirit. The story of the nun Maria Clementine Martin (1775–1843). A critical review. Berlin, Münster, Vienna: LIT 2019 (= Personality in Current Affairs, Vol. 10), ISBN 978-3-643-14365-5
  • Helmut Heckelmann: Maria Clementine Martin (1775–1843). MV Science, Münster.
  • Helmut Heckelmann: Maria Clementine Martin (1775–1843). In: Research on Folklore. Issue 62, MV-Wissenschaft, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-95645-480-6 (At the same time, dissertation , Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg , 2014)
  • Ursula Köhler-Lutterbeck: Moments of Decision, Episode 11: With God and the Prussians . In: The time . No. 20 , 2003, p. ? ( zeit.de [accessed on October 22, 2007]).

Web links

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Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ Klosterfrau locations of the companies .
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  6. ^ Hiltrud Kier, Ulrich Krings: Stadtspuren. Monuments in Cologne. Volume 21. 1996, p. 514.
  7. ↑ The small alley on the Litsch was in the vicinity of the cathedral ; it led downhill past the west facade of Cologne Cathedral in a north-south direction and connected Trankgasse and Cathedral Monastery.
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  13. ^ Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Historical Commission: New German Biography. Volume 16, 1990, p. 292.
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  16. ↑ The nun's owner died. (No longer available online.) Apotheke adhoc, March 10, 2011, archived from the original on February 27, 2014 ; Retrieved July 27, 2013 .
  17. ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger. October 18, 2007, p. 14.
  18. ↑ Wolfgang Hirn: Klosterfrau - Revived brand spirit . In: Manager Magazin . June 7, 2006 ( manager-magazin.de ).
  19. ↑ Coronavirus: disinfectants instead of Jägermeister - how alcohol manufacturers want to help against corona. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Melissa , www.klosterfrau.de, accessed on June 22, 2020.
  21. ↑ Katrin Wittmann: Herbs: 70 kitchen herbs from A – Z. 2013, p. 149 ( books.google.de ).
  22. ↑ Der Klosterfrau-Spirit , www.klosterfrau.de, accessed on June 22, 2020.
  23. ↑ Heiko Hünemeyer: House Schaeben, family business with tradition. ( Memento of July 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) August 2007, p. 12.
  24. ↑ Information on the Klostermelisse trademark  in the register of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
  25. ↑ Economy: Klostermelisse - the Piedmont cherry from the Klosterfrau family. ( Memento of December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Handelsblatt, July 25, 2008.
  26. ↑ a b c Klosterfrau Melissengeist - Instructions for use. (PDF; 1.8 MB) MCM Klosterfrau, December 2018, accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  27. ^ J. Reichling, M. Harkenthal: Traditional medicines on the test stand , DAZ 26/2008.
  28. ↑ 25 ml of Klosterfrau Melissa spirit contain 15.5 g of alcohol and correspond approximately to the amount of alcohol in 0.4 l of beer (5% by volume of ethanol ).
  29. ^ S. Dobel: When people start drinking in old age , Die Welt, July 7, 2014.
  30. ↑ Drug addiction, Addiction Medicine Series Volume 5, German Central Office for Addiction Issues, 2013 ( PDF ).
  31. ↑ All brands of the Klosterfrau at a glance. In: klosterfrau-group.de. Retrieved November 2, 2019 .
  32. ↑ At 77, attorney Helmut Heckelmann did his doctorate at the University of Regensburg - the subject has occupied him since 1975. In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung . January 21, 2015.