Combine Solidor Heiligenstadt

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VEB Kombinat Solidor
legal form publicly-owned business
founding 1973
Seat Heilbad Heiligenstadt
Number of employees 7,000 (1989)

Main building of VEB Solidor and today's Solidor-Heuer GmbH in Heiligenstadt

The VEB Kombinat Solidor Heiligenstadt was a company in the field of metal goods based in Heilbad Heiligenstadt in the Eichsfeld district in Thuringia.

history

The company was founded in 1873 as a needle factory. In 1920 the company had around 650 employees and at that time was one of the largest employers in Eichsfeld . In addition to needles, other metal goods such as letter clips, snap fasteners and key rings were also manufactured. In the GDR , the needle factory was converted into public ownership and renamed VEB Metallwarenwerk Heiligenstadt . In 1973 the company location in Heiligenstadt became the headquarters of VEB Kombinat Solidor . Around 2,400 people were employed in Heiligenstadt and its parts of the business, and 7,000 in the entire combine.

With the reunification of Germany , the company was privatized as Solidor AG and split into several parts. Today part of the metal goods processing is continued in Heiligenstadt with Solidor-Heuer GmbH . Other companies are active in the areas of mechanical engineering, zipper and vehicle parts production.

Operating locations of the VEB Kombinat Solidor Heiligenstadt

The following business units belonged to the Combine Solidor:

Others

Logo of BSG Motor Heiligenstadt

The Scharfenstein Castle belonged to the VEB Solidor Heiligenstadt as a business and holiday property . Furthermore, the company took over the sponsorship of the company sports association BSG Motor Heiligenstadt .

literature

  • Rudolf Lucas: The MEWA training workshop (1949–1969). Heiligenstadt 2002, 95 pages, numerous black-and-white illustrations
  • Rudolf Lucas: From the SOLIDOR company school to the vocational training center (IB) Heiligenstadt. Contribution to the industrial history of Heiligenstadt. Volume 2, Heiligenstadt 2008, 83 pages, numerous black-and-white illustrations.
  • Rudolf Lucas: From the paper mill to the needle factory. On the industrial history of Heiligenstadt. In: EJb 17 (2009), pp. 263–286.

Web links

Commons : Kombinat Solidor Heiligenstadt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Solidor at Treuhand Thuringia
  2. ↑ From the weapons factory to the Sächsische Zeitung event factory on January 9, 2010
  3. ↑ Tradition at Solidor-Heuer

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 39.5 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 41 ″  E